Summary
Market analysts expect the sector to be worth between eleven and twelve thousand crore Indian rupees by the 2029‑30 financial year.
Prices have more than doubled since 2020, reaching about twelve fifty Indian rupees per kilogram.
Production grew modestly, with total output around sixty‑four thousand metric tonnes in 2024‑25 and projected to rise to over eighty thousand metric tonnes by 2025‑26.
Bihar remains the top producing state, contributing roughly sixty thousand metric tonnes.
The government launched a National Makhana Board and a four hundred seventy‑six crore Indian rupee scheme to improve seeds, farming techniques, processing and export potential.