Wheat: About 341.85 lakh ha area coverage has been reported compared to 340.56 lakh ha during the corresponding period of last year. Thus 1.29 lakh ha more area has been covered compared to last year. Higher area is reported from the States of Rajasthan (2.52 lakh ha), Maharashtra (1.28 lakh ha), Bihar (1.28 lakh ha), Chhattisgarh (0.52 lakh ha), Gujarat (0.44 lakh ha), Uttar Pradesh (0.22 lakh ha), Jammu & Kashmir (0.08 lakh ha) and Assam (0.03 lakh ha). Less area is reported from the States of Madhya Pradesh (4.15 lakh ha), Jharkhand (0.34 lakh ha), Punjab (0.18 lakh ha), Haryana (0.11 lakh ha), Himachal Pradesh (0.10 lakh ha),West Bengal (0.09 lakh ha), Uttarakhand (0.02 lakh ha) and Karnataka (0.02 lakh ha).
Rice: About 33.49 lakh ha area coverage has been reported compared to 23.64 lakh ha during the corresponding period of last year. Thus 9.86 lakh ha more area has been covered compared to last year. Higher area is reported from the States of Telangana (7.78 lakh ha), West Bengal (1.05 lakh ha), Chhattisgarh (0.74 lakh ha), Assam (0.53 lakh ha), Odisha (0.42 lakh ha), Tamil Nadu (0.42 lakh ha), Karnataka (0.04 lakh ha), Tripura (0.01 lakh ha) and Bihar (0.01 lakh ha). Less area is reported from the State of Andhra Pradesh (1.22 lakh ha) and Kerala (0.01 lakh ha).
Nutri-cum-Coarse cereals : About 51.90 lakh ha area coverage has been reported compared to 49.57 lakh ha during the corresponding period of last year. Thus 2.33 lakh ha more area has been covered compared to last year. Higher area is reported from the States of Rajasthan (0.93 lakh ha), Telangana (0.75 lakh ha), Bihar (0.52 lakh ha), Uttar Pradesh (0.51 lakh ha), Chhattisgarh (0.41 lakh ha), Gujarat (0.17 lakh ha), Maharashtra (0.09 lakh ha), Odisha (0.04 lakh ha), Haryana (0.03 lakh ha), Assam (0.02 lakh ha), Arunachal Pradesh (0.01 lakh ha) and Punjab (0.01 lakh ha). Less area is reported from the States of Karnataka (0.63 lakh ha), Madhya Pradesh (0.41 lakh ha), Andhra Pradesh (0.06 lakh ha), Himachal Pradesh (0.03 lakh ha), West Bengal (0.03 lakh ha), Tamil Nadu (0.02 lakh ha) and Jharkhand (0.01 lakh ha).
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