Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Saturday that India expects to harvest at least 92 million tonnes of wheat this year despite rains and hail pummelling the crop. In a statement, he put the total wheat output figure unchanged from a previous government forecast. "The recent untimely rains and hailstorms in some parts of the country have caused some damage but, as per the present assessment, production of wheat in the country will still be around 92-93 million tonnes," Singh added. In February the agriculture ministry forecast India's 2016 wheat output at 93.82 million tonnes, lower than a target of 94.75 million tonnes, but higher than the previous year's production of 86.53 million tonnes. On Friday, industry body ASSOCHAM forecast at least a 14 percent drop in output after showers and hail storms hit the crop this month