Kharif crop sowing rises to 306 lakh hectares

Oilseeds crop sowing jumps to 74.17 lakh hectares

The total kharif crop sown area as on 03 July 2015, as per reports received from states, stood at 306.06 lakh hectare as compared to 194.25 lakh hectare at this time last year. The crops sown area shows a hoping increase of 57.6% over the same time of last year.

It is reported that rice has been sown/transplanted in 54.03 lakh hectares, indicating a marginal rise from 53.56 lakh hectares covered same time a year ago. Meanwhile, the pulses crop area have jumped to 22.61 lakh hectares from 9.72 lakh hectares same time a year ago. The coarse cereals crop area have also zoomed to 43.72 lakh hectares from 28.92 lakh hectares covered same time a year ago.

Oilseeds crop sowing has shot up to 74.17 lakh hectares compared with the coverage of 14.73 lakh hectares a year ago.

The cotton sown area has also jumped to 60.16 lakh hectares from 35.42 lakh hectares a year ago. However, the area under sugarcane at 43.68 lakh hectares and jute & mesta at 7.69 lakh hectares was lower compared with 43.92 lakh hectares and 7.98 lakh hectares a year ago.

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