New Delhi, August 07 (Commoditiescontrol) India’s area under kharif crops still lowered 2.36 percent to 933.88 lakh hectares. As per data released by the Union Agriculture Ministry on late Friday, sowing activities picked up in last week due to good rains in all over the country. However, total area is still lower than 956.47 lakh ha of corresponding period of last season. The acreage of rice, oilseeds, coarse cereals and cotton still lowered than last year. But the acreage of pulses improved slightly.
Rice
About 310.17 lakh ha area coverage has been reported compared to normal of corresponding week (305.62 lakh ha). Thus 4.55 lakh ha more area has been covered compared to normal of corresponding week. Higher area is reported from the States of Madhya Pradesh (7.20 lakh ha), Telangana (5.08 lakh ha), Jharkhand (1.46 lakh ha), Maharashtra (1.45 lakh ha), West Bengal (1.01 lakh ha), Tamil Nadu (0.98 lakh ha), Punjab (0.37 lakh ha), Gujarat (0.29 lakh ha), Haryana (0.21 lakh ha), Bihar (0.12 lakh ha), Arunachal Pradesh (0.04 lakh ha) and Uttarakhand (0.01 lakh ha). Less area is reported from the States of Assam (4.03 lakh ha), Odisha (3.49 lakh ha), Chhattisgarh (1.80 lakh ha), Uttar Pradesh (0.96 lakh ha), Nagaland (0.94 lakh ha), Andhra Pradesh (0.76 lakh ha), Karnataka (0.72 lakh ha), Rajasthan (0.29 lakh ha), Manipur (0.23 lakh ha), Himachal Pradesh (0.18 lakh ha), Tripura (0.09 lakh ha), Kerala (0.07 lakh ha), Goa (0.06 lakh ha), Meghalaya (0.03 lakh ha), Sikkim (0.01 lakh ha) and Jammu & Kashmir (0.01 lakh ha).
Pulses
About 119.54 lakh ha area coverage has been reported compared to normal of corresponding week (121.69 lakh ha). Thus 2.15 lakh ha less area has been covered compared to normal of corresponding week. Higher area is reported from the States of Karnataka (3.16 lakh ha), Haryana (0.57 lakh ha), Maharashtra (0.29 lakh ha), Jharkhand (0.22 lakh ha), Bihar (0.09 lakh ha), Nagaland (0.08 lakh ha), Uttarakhand (0.08 lakh ha), Gujarat (0.03 lakh ha), Meghalaya (0.01 lakh ha) and West Bengal (0.01 lakh ha). Less area is reported from the States of Rajasthan (2.63 lakh ha), Madhya Pradesh (1.81 lakh ha), Andhra Pradesh (0.77 lakh ha), Odisha (0.47 lakh ha), Telangana (0.26 lakh ha), Chhattisgarh (0.23 lakh ha), Uttar Pradesh (0.19 lakh ha), Himachal Pradesh (0.09 lakh ha), Tamil Nadu (0.07 lakh ha), Punjab (0.06 lakh ha), Arunachal Pradesh (0.04 lakh ha), Tripura (0.03 lakh ha), Sikkim (0.02 lakh ha) and Manipur (0.01 lakh ha).
Coarse cereals
About 153.05 lakh ha area coverage has been reported compared to normal of corresponding week (158.92 lakh ha). Thus 5.87 lakh ha less area has been covered compared to normal of corresponding week. Higher area is reported from the States of Karnataka (2.39 lakh ha), Himachal Pradesh (1.46 lakh ha), Madhya Pradesh (0.59 lakh ha), Assam (0.19 lakh ha), Jammu & Kashmir (0.06 lakh ha) and Punjab (0.03 lakh ha). Less area is reported from the States of Maharashtra (3.06 lakh ha), Rajasthan (2.19 lakh ha), Haryana (1.52 lakh ha), Telangana (1.46 lakh ha), Gujarat (0.83 lakh ha), Uttar Pradesh (0.35 lakh ha), Tamil Nadu (0.28 lakh ha), Andhra Pradesh (0.26 lakh ha), Bihar (0.26 lakh ha), Chhattisgarh (0.17 lakh ha), West Bengal (0.05 lakh ha), Jharkhand (0.04 lakh ha), Uttarakhand (0.03 lakh ha), Odisha (0.03 lakh ha) and Arunachal Pradesh (0.02 lakh ha).
Oilseeds
About 173.50 lakh ha area coverage has been reported compared to normal of corresponding week (164.88 lakh ha). Thus 8.62 lakh ha more area has been covered compared to normal of corresponding week. Higher area is reported from the States of Maharashtra (6.00 lakh ha), Gujarat (3.33 lakh ha), Karnataka (1.15 lakh ha), Rajasthan (1.05 lakh ha), Tamil Nadu (0.34 lakh ha), Nagaland (0.14 lakh ha), Uttar Pradesh (0.12 lakh ha), Haryana (0.08 lakh ha), Bihar (0.08 lakh ha), Tripura (0.04 lakh ha), Manipur (0.03 lakh ha), Uttarakhand (0.03 lakh ha), West Bengal (0.02 lakh ha), Meghalaya (0.02 lakh ha) and Mizoram (0.01 lakh ha). Less area is reported from the States of Andhra Pradesh (1.40 lakh ha), Telangana (0.80 lakh ha), Chhattisgarh (0.65 lakh ha), Madhya Pradesh (0.50 lakh ha), Punjab (0.04 lakh ha), Jammu & Kashmir (0.03 lakh ha), Odisha (0.02 lakh ha), Jharkhand (0.02 lakh ha), Assam (0.02 lakh ha), Sikkim (0.01 lakh ha) and Arunachal Pradesh (0.01 lakh ha).
Sugarcane
About 54.46 lakh ha area coverage has been reported compared to normal of corresponding week (50.64 lakh ha). Thus 3.82 lakh ha more area has been covered compared to normal of corresponding week. Higher area is reported from the States of Maharashtra (3.01 lakh ha), Uttar Pradesh (0.94 lakh ha), Karnataka (0.61 lakh ha), Gujarat (0.49 lakh ha), Haryana (0.14 lakh ha), Uttarakhand (0.06 lakh ha), Punjab (0.06 lakh ha), Madhya Pradesh (0.05 lakh ha), Bihar (0.05 lakh ha), Assam (0.04 lakh ha) and Odisha (0.03 lakh ha). Less area is reported from the States of Tamil Nadu (0.86 lakh ha), Andhra Pradesh (0.46 lakh ha), Chhattisgarh (0.20 lakh ha), Telangana (0.13 lakh ha) and West Bengal (0.02 lakh ha).
Jute & Mesta
About 6.99 lakh ha area coverage has been reported compared to normal of corresponding week (7.06 lakh ha). Thus 0.07 lakh ha less area has been covered compared to normal of corresponding week. Higher area is reported from the States of Assam (0.05 lakh ha), Tripura (0.04 lakh ha) and Meghalaya (0.02 lakh ha). Less area is reported from the States of West Bengal (0.10 lakh ha), Bihar (0.03 lakh ha), Andhra Pradesh (0.02 lakh ha) and Nagaland (0.02 lakh ha).
Cotton
About 116.17 lakh ha area coverage has been
reported compared to normal of corresponding week (114.22 lakh ha). Thus 1.95 lakh ha more area has been covered compared to normal of corresponding week. Higher area is reported from the States of Telangana (4.98 lakh ha), Karnataka (0.74 lakh ha), Rajasthan (0.59 lakh ha), Haryana (0.42 lakh ha), Odisha (0.36 lakh ha), Madhya Pradesh (0.11 lakh ha) and Tamil Nadu (0.01 lakh ha). Less area is reported from the States of Gujarat (2.39 lakh ha), Maharashtra (1.81 lakh ha), Punjab (0.62 lakh ha) and Andhra Pradesh (0.60 lakh ha).
(By Commoditiescontrol Bureau: +91-22-40015505)
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