Area of pulses and sugarcane exceeds normal area
The total area sown under kharif crops as on 11 September 2015 has reached to 1012.01 lakh hectares as compared to 994.49 lakh hectare last year at this time. Rice has been sown/transplanted in 368.41 lakh hectares, pulses in 110.08 lakh hectare coarse cereals in 180.95 lakh hectares, oilseeds in 181.19 lakh hectares and cotton in 114.75 lakh hectares.Sowing as on 11 Sept Variance2015-16 2014-15 +/- %Rice 368.41 366.51 1.90 0.52Pulses 110.08 99.14 10.94 11.03Coarse Cereals 180.95 171.16 9.79 5.72Oilseeds 181.19 175.52 5.67 3.23Sugarcane 48.84 48.74 0.10 0.21Jute & Mesta 7.80 8.13 -0.33 -4.06Cotton 114.75 125.29 -10.54 -8.41Total 1012.01 994.49 17.52 1.76
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