Agricultural Production and Miscellaneous - Facts of India
Agricultural Production
- Largest producer of milk
- Largest producer of millets in the world
- Largest producer of jute
- Largest producer of ginger
- Largest producer of bananas
- Largest producer of castor oil seeds
- Largest producer of mangoes
- Largest producer of coir
- Largest producer of papayas
- Largest producer of cottonseed
- Largest producer of lemons and limes
- Largest producer of onions
- Largest producer of pulses
- Second largest producer of tea, after China
- Second largest producer of sugarcane, after Brazil
- Second largest producer of wheat, after China
- Second largest producer of potatoes, after China
- Second largest producer of garlic, after China
- Second largest producer of rice, after China
- Second largest producer of lentils, after Canada
- Second largest producer of groundnuts, after China
- Second largest producer of oranges, after Brazil
- Second largest producer of tobacco, after China
- Second largest producer of cement, after China
- Second largest producer of silk, after China
Miscellaneous Facts
- India was the first to introduce government-supported family planning in the world.
- India has the largest postal network in the world.
- India has the largest livestock population in the world.
- India is the largest consumer of gold jewellery in the world.
- India has the second largest arable land in the world, after the USA.
- India is the third largest producer and second largest consumer of fertiliser in the world.
- India has the largest deposits of thorium in the world.