Kharif crop sowing crosses 378 lakh hactare area
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released progress of area coverage under kharif crops as on 8th July 2024.
Area: In lakh hactare
| S.
No. |
Crop |
Area Sown | |
| Current Year 2024 | Last Year 2023 | ||
| 1 | Paddy | 59.99 | 50.26 |
| 2 | Pulses | 36.81 | 23.78 |
| a | Arhar | 20.82 | 4.09 |
| b | Urdbean | 5.37 | 3.67 |
| c | Moongbean | 8.49 | 11.79 |
| d | Kulthi* | 0.08 | 0.07 |
| e | Other pulses | 2.05 | 4.15 |
| 3 | Shree Anna & Coarse Cereals | 58.48 | 82.08 |
| a | Jowar | 3.66 | 7.16 |
| b | Bajra | 11.41 | 43.02 |
| c | Ragi | 1.02 | 0.94 |
| d | Small millets | 1.29 | 0.75 |
| e | Maize | 41.09 | 30.22 |
| 4 | Oilseeds | 80.31 | 51.97 |
| a | Groundnut | 17.85 | 21.24 |
| b | Soybean | 60.63 | 28.86 |
| c | Sunflower | 0.46 | 0.30 |
| d | Sesamum** | 1.04 | 1.34 |
| e | Niger | 0.19 | 0.00 |
| f | Castor | 0.10 | 0.20 |
| g | Other Oilseeds | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| 5 | Sugarcane | 56.88 | 55.45 |
| 6 | Jute & Mesta | 5.63 | 6.02 |
| 7 | Cotton | 80.63 | 62.34 |
| Total | 378.72 | 331.90 | |