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Monday 12 September 2016

Kharif crops sown in around 10 crore 54 lakh hectare till date as against 10 crore 12 lakh hectare last year


Kharif crops have been sown in around 10 crore 54 lakh hectare till date as against 10 crore 12 lakh hectare last year. 

Data released by the Agriculture Ministry said, rice has been sown in over 380 lakh hectare which is about 10 lakh hectare more than last year. 

Around 144 lakh hectare area has been covered under the cultivation of pulses which is more than 32 lakh hectare of the sown area under the crop last year.

The coarse cereals have been sown in over 187 lakh hectare, Oilseeds in 186 lakh hectare and cotton in over 102 lakh hectare.

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