Table 1 Annual Production Estimates for Rice, Unadjusted and Adjusted and Corresponding Production Relatives, 1949-50 to 1958-59

  1949-50 1950-51 1951-52 1952-53 1953-54 1954-55 1955-56 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59
Unadjusted production ('000 tons) 23,170 20,251 20,964 22,537 27,769 24,821 27,122 28,578 24,885 30,354
Production comparable with preceding year                    
    in coverage and method ('000 tons)   20,336 20,758 22,523 27,613 24,771 26,729 28,595 24,875 30,299
Adjusted production ('000 tons) 23,736 20,864 21,386 22,976 28,151 25,112 27,106 28,578 24,875 30,287
Production relatives based on unadjusted production 100 87.4 90.5 97.3 119.8 107.1 117.1 123.3 107.4 131
Production relatives based on adjusted production 100 87.9 90.1 96.8 118.6 105.8 114.2 120.4 104.8 127.6

 Source: Panse and Menon, "Index Number of Agricultural Production", p. 21.