The area under wheat sowing in the country has increased by 6.58 percent to 200.35 lakh hectares. Whereas the total area of ​​Rabi crops increased by 4.13 percent to 428.84 lakh hectares. Wheat, the main winter crop, is usually sown from November and harvested between March and April.
New Delhi. In the current Rabi season, the area under wheat sowing in the country has increased by 6.58 percent to 200.35 lakh hectares. The total area of ​​Rabi crops increased by 4.13 percent to 428.84 lakh hectares. This information was received from the data released by the Ministry of Agriculture. Wheat, the main winter crop, is usually sown from November and harvested between March and April. In this Rabi season, till December 2, the area under pulses increased marginally to 108.95 lakh hectares, which was 105.14 lakh hectares last year.
In this, gram has been sown in 78.52 lakh hectares and lentils in 13.45 lakh hectares. Sowing of coarse cereals also increased from 24.67 lakh hectares to 28.24 lakh hectares, of which jowar has been sown in 17.43 lakh hectares and maize in 6.87 lakh hectares. However, sowing of oilseeds has declined to 80.55 lakh hectares as compared to last year's 84.85 lakh hectares. The area under rapeseed-mustard has decreased from earlier 84.85 lakh hectares to 75.86 lakh hectares, while the area under groundnut has decreased from earlier 2.11 lakh hectares to 1.97 lakh hectares.
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