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In accordance with the most recent information, the realm beneath protection for wheat has risen to 341.13 lakh ha until January 20 of the present rabi season of the 2022-23 crop yr (July-June) in opposition to 339.87 lakh ha throughout the identical interval final yr.
The upper space has been reported primarily from Rajasthan (2.52 lakh ha), Bihar (1.49 lakh ha), Maharashtra (0.92 lakh ha), Chhattisgarh (0.54 lakh ha), Gujarat (0.48 lakh ha) and Uttar Pradesh (0.22 lakh ha).
The lesser space beneath protection for wheat is principally reported from Madhya Pradesh (4.15 lakh ha), Jharkhand (0.34 lakh ha), Punjab (0.18 lakh ha), Himachal Pradesh (0.10 lakh ha) and Haryana (0.10 lakh ha).
As per the sowing information, Paddy acreage has additionally elevated to 31.54 lakh ha in comparison with 23.64 lakh ha within the year-ago interval.
Equally, pulses acreage has risen marginally to 164.12 lakh ha in opposition to 163.7 lakh ha. Coarse and Nutri-cereals acreage has elevated marginally to 51.46 lakh ha from 49.36 lakh ha.
Within the case of oilseeds, the full space sown to numerous sorts of oilseeds has elevated to 108.11 lakh ha up to now this rabi season in opposition to 100.44 lakh ha within the year-ago interval. Of which, the rapeseed-mustard seed space has elevated to 97.1 lakh ha from 90.18 lakh ha, the info confirmed.
The full space sown to every kind of rabi crops is larger at 696.35 lakh ha until January 20 of the present rabi season from 676.97 lakh ha a yr in the past.
