Synopsis
The area has been reported mainly from the states of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Gujarat. For Shri Anna and nutri and course cereals about 11.73 lakh ha area coverage has been reported compared to 11.30 lakh ha during the corresponding period of last year with Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal being the top three states.
The sowing of summer crops is marginally down at 69.20 lakh hectares this year as against 70.30 lakh hectares during the same period last year, according to the latest data released by the agriculture ministry data.
The sowing area under pulses and coarse cereals is higher year-on-year, while the acreage of rice and oilseeds is lower, according to the data.
About 19.61 lakh ha area coverage has been reported under pulses compared to 18.44 lakh ha during the corresponding period of last year.
The area has been reported mainly from the states of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Gujarat.
For Shri Anna and nutri and course cereals about 11.73 lakh ha area coverage has been reported compared to 11.30 lakh ha during the corresponding period of last year with Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal being the top three states.
About 27.89 lakh ha area coverage under summer rice has been reported as compared to 29.80 lakh ha during the corresponding period of last year while that of oileeds is 96 lakh ha area this year compared to 10.85 lakh ha last year.
The agriculture ministry has set a target of a record 332 million tonnes production of foodgrains for the year 2023-24 as against the latest estimate of 323. 5 million tonnes produced the previous year.
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