March 29, 2024

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Kharif sowing crosses 100 million hectares

Buoyed by a substantial fourteen for every cent increase in planting of oilseeds and rice, the overall region underneath kharif crops so significantly crossed one,000 lakh hectares (lh) previously and is all established to clock a new report in overall cropped region.

Kharif sowing data produced by the Agriculture Ministry on Friday explained a overall of one,016 lh has been planted so significantly, approximately nine for every cent extra than 936 lh sown in the corresponding 7 days past calendar year.

Rice is established to witness a report planting region. Rice planting has previously protected 352 lh, fourteen for every cent extra than 309 lh planted in the exact same 7 days in the former kharif season. Key kharif oilseeds – soyabean and groundnut – previously surpassed the acreage which is regarded usual. Even though soyabean is planted over 119 lh, approximately 7 for every cent extra than 111 lh protected in the exact same 7 days in the former season, groundnut region has absent up by a substantial 41 for every cent to forty nine lh as compared to exact same interval past calendar year. This has pushed the oilseeds region to 187 lh, fourteen for every cent extra than 64 lh in the corresponding 7 days in kharif 2019.

The increase in pulses acreage may perhaps be a marginal two for every cent, but important pulses crops – arhar, moong and urad – have recorded an increase in planted region with moong and urad previously surpassing the usual region of cropping. The overall region underneath pulses crops so significantly is 124 lh.

An increase in sown region of bajra and maize have resulted in coarse cereals recording a approximately 4 for every cent advancement over the former kharif season. So significantly, coarse cereals have been planted over 168 lh as towards 162 lh in the corresponding 7 days past calendar year.

At a hundred twenty five lh, the region underneath cotton far too is marginally bigger than that in the exact same 7 days in the former calendar year.

The region as a full has received 578 millimetres of rainfall in the latest monsoon season, which is two for every cent extra than the usual of 569 mm. The 123 reservoirs monitored by the Central Drinking water Fee have cumulative storage which is 88 for every cent of the exact same in the corresponding 7 days past calendar year.