Oilseeds: About 108.34 lakh ha area coverage has been reported compared to 100.50 lakh ha during the corresponding period of last year. Thus 7.84 lakh ha more area has been covered compared to last year. Higher area is reported from the States of Rajasthan (4.43 lakh ha), Madhya Pradesh (2.57 lakh ha), Chhattisgarh (0.65 lakh ha), Odisha (0.51 lakh ha), West Bengal (0.47 lakh ha), Bihar (0.32 lakh ha), Maharashtra (0.26 lakh ha), Tamil Nadu (0.17 lakh ha), Assam (0.12 lakh ha), Nagaland (0.09 lakh ha), Andhra Pradesh (0.06 lakh ha) and Jammu & Kashmir (0.05 lakh ha). Less area is reported from the States of Uttar Pradesh (0.77 lakh ha), Telangana (0.43 lakh ha), Gujarat (0.33 lakh ha), Haryana (0.24 lakh ha), Jharkhand (0.05 lakh ha), Karnataka (0.03 lakh ha) and Uttarakhand (0.01 lakh ha).