Kharif crop sowing is more than 904 lakh hectares
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare has released progress of area coverage under kharif crops as on 2nd August 2024.
Area: In lakh hactare
| S.
No. |
Crop |
Area Sown | |
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| 1 | Paddy | 276.91 | 263.01 |
| 2 | Pulses | 110.61 | 99.71 |
| a | Arhar | 41.89 | 33.27 |
| b | Urdbean | 25.96 | 26.21 |
| c | Moongbean | 31.62 | 28.15 |
| d | Kulthi | 0.16 | 0.20 |
| e | Moth bean | 7.86 | 8.90 |
| e | Other pulses | 3.11 | 2.99 |
| 3 | Shree Anna & Coarse Cereals | 165.59 | 160.38 |
| a | Jowar | 13.53 | 12.78 |
| b | Bajra | 62.70 | 65.99 |
| c | Ragi | 3.18 | 3.97 |
| d | Small millets | 3.93 | 3.07 |
| e | Maize | 82.25 | 74.56 |
| 4 | Oilseeds | 179.69 | 174.53 |
| a | Groundnut | 44.06 | 39.24 |
| b | Soybean | 123.77 | 120.51 |
| c | Sunflower | 0.66 | 0.55 |
| d | Sesamum | 9.51 | 10.07 |
| e | Niger | 0.23 | 0.11 |
| f | Castor | 1.41 | 4.01 |
| g | Other Oilseeds | 0.04 | 0.05 |
| 5 | Sugarcane | 57.68 | 57.11 |
| 6 | Jute & Mesta | 5.69 | 6.29 |
| 7 | Cotton | 108.43 | 118.19 |
| Total | 904.60 | 879.22 | |