UPSC 2017 CDS II GK Paper

According to the agriculture ministry’s second advance estimate of horticulture, production most of the vegetables including onion, potato and tomato, recorded an increase in 2016-17 as compared to their production in 2015-16. The production of onion is estimated at 21.6 million tonnes, which is an increase of 3% over the previous year. Similarly, the potato production has increased from 43.4 million tonnes in 2015-16 to 46.5 million tonnes in the current year, which is 7.2% higher than the previous year.