Area Coverage Under Rabi Crops

As per Rabi Crops data released by Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, total area coverage as on today under Rabi crops moves to 552.82 lakh hectares while last year's sowing area was at 579.63 lakh hectare. Wheat's sowing area is at 293.16 lakh hectares as compared to last year's 294.30 lakh hectares. The area under sowing of total Coarse cereals is at 51.17 lakh hectares as compared to last year's 56.18 lakh hectares. The area under sowing of Gram is at 79.65 lakh hectares this year while the last year's figure was 95.03 lakh hectares. Area coverage under Total Pulses is at 129.99 lakh hectares while the last year's sowing area coverage was 144.79 lakh hectares. Similarly sowing area under total oilseeds is at 75.43 lakh hectares as compared to 80.93 lakh hectares last year.