Kharif crop sowing is more than 1031 lakh hectares
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released progress of area coverage under kharif crops as on 20th August 2024.
Area: In lakh hactare
| S.
No. |
Crop |
Area Sown | |
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| 1 | Paddy | 369.05 | 349.49 |
| 2 | Pulses | 120.18 | 113.69 |
| a | Arhar | 45.78 | 40.74 |
| b | Urdbean | 28.33 | 29.52 |
| c | Moongbean | 33.24 | 30.27 |
| d | Kulthi* | 0.20 | 0.24 |
| e | Moth bean | 8.95 | 9.28 |
| f | Other pulses | 3.67 | 3.63 |
| 3 | Shree Anna & Coarse Cereals | 181.11 | 176.39 |
| a | Jowar | 14.62 | 13.75 |
| b | Bajra | 66.91 | 69.70 |
| c | Ragi | 7.56 | 7.04 |
| d | Small millets | 4.79 | 4.66 |
| e | Maize | 87.23 | 81.25 |
| 4 | Oilseeds | 186.77 | 185.13 |
| a | Groundnut | 46.36 | 42.61 |
| b | Soybean | 125.11 | 123.85 |
| c | Sunflower | 0.70 | 0.65 |
| d | Sesamum** | 10.55 | 11.35 |
| e | Niger | 0.27 | 0.24 |
| f | Castor | 3.74 | 6.38 |
| g | Other Oilseeds | 0.04 | 0.05 |
| 5 | Sugarcane | 57.68 | 57.11 |
| 6 | Jute & Mesta | 5.70 | 6.56 |
| 7 | Cotton | 111.07 | 122.15 |
| Total | 1031.56 | 1010.52 | |