House sown to wheat has risen by way of 15 according to cent to 101.49 lakh hectares whilst pulses acreage has declined within the present rabi (iciness) season thus far in comparison to the year-ago duration, in keeping with the Agriculture Ministry information launched on Friday. Sowing of wheat, the primary rabi crop, starts in October and harvesting begins in March-April. But even so wheat, gram and mustard are different main vegetation grown all through the rabi season of the 2022-23 crop yr (July-June).
Consistent with the most recent sowing information, wheat has been sown in 101.49 lakh hectares until November 18 of this rabi season as in opposition to 88.46 lakh hectares within the year-ago duration. The upper house below wheat has been reported from Punjab (7.18 lakh ha), adopted by way of Rajasthan (4.24 lakh ha), Uttar Pradesh (2.59 lakh ha), Maharashtra (1.05 lakh ha), and Gujarat (0.67 lakh ha), information confirmed.
Then again, the realm sown to pulses remained decrease at 73.25 lakh hectares thus far this rabi season as in opposition to 76.08 lakh hectares within the year-ago duration. Amongst pulses, gram was once planted in 52.57 lakh hectares as in opposition to 52.83 lakh hectares within the mentioned duration.
When it comes to oilseeds, about 66.81 lakh hectare was once sown to 6 forms of oilseeds, upper than 59.22 lakh hectare within the year-ago duration. A lot of the realm was once sown to rapeseed and mustard at 63.25 lakh hectares as in opposition to 55.13 lakh hectares within the mentioned duration.
Coarse cereals had been sown in 19.24 lakh hectares as in opposition to 19.80 lakh hectares, whilst rice in 8.03 lakh hectares as in opposition to 7.21 lakh hectares within the mentioned duration, the knowledge confirmed. General protection below all of the rabi vegetation remained upper at 268.80 lakh hectares as on November 18 of this rabi season, upper than 250.76 lakh hectares within the year-ago duration.
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