Rise in paddy, pulses area lifts kharif acreage to 1,121.81 lakh hectares
Irrespective of a sluggish get started to kharif planting owing to erratic rains in various States during the early component of the time, the complete acreage this calendar year has surpassed last year’s stage mostly on account of bigger location less than paddy and pulses.
The location less than paddy picked up momentum in the direction of the fag end of the planting time with the complete location growing by 2.38 lakh hectares (lh) to one,121.eighty one lh. The location less than paddy is bigger by 3.2 per cent at 422.seventy three lh (409.39 lh).
Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab have claimed an boost in location, even though Odisha and Kerala registered a decline.
Rain deficit down
The South-West monsoon finished up ordinary as a complete, regardless of various regions experiencing deficit during early component of the time. The cumulative rainfall for the region, as a complete, during theJune one-September thirty time period) stood at 874 mm in opposition to a ordinary of 880.6 mm, a deficit of one per cent. H2o storage in a hundred thirty major reservoirs was ninety two per cent of the are living storage during the identical time period a calendar year back. There are no report of serious pest and disease assaults on the kharif crops, the Ministry of Agriculture mentioned.
Between pulses, the location less than tur/arhar (pigeon pea) increased to 50.50 lh (forty eight.seventy five lh), even though urad (black matpe) acreage stood at 40.05 lh (39.23 lh). The location less than moong (eco-friendly gram) fell marginally to 35.forty one lh (35.53 lh), mostly owing to erratic rains in Rajasthan, the most significant producer.
The location less than coarse/nutri cereals was down at 178.24 lh (182.95 lh) owing to decline in jowar and bajra. Jowar acreage declined to 14.twenty five lh (fifteen.thirteen lh), even though that of bajra was at 63.37 lh (70.38 lh). Modest millets acreage also came down to 4.seventy nine lh (4.ninety lh).
The coverage of maize stood at 85.04 lh (eighty two.03 lh), even though ragi also increased marginally to ten.seventy nine lh (ten.51 lh).
Cash crops
Between oilseeds, the acreage less than groundnut was lower at 49.44 lh (51.seventeen lh), even though soyabean remained flat at 122.23 lh. Sesamum and castorseed ended up lower at thirteen.62 lh and 7.71 lh, respectively
Between money crops, sugarcane received location at fifty five.22 lh (54.twelve lh), even though cotton finished the time with a deficit of close to 7.seventy three lh more than last calendar year. Cotton acreage stood at 120.fifteen lh (127.87 lh).
