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When contacted, the ministry officers on Friday couldn’t give any legitimate causes for not releasing the information for the three crops.
Paddy is the principle kharif (summer season) crop and greater than 80 per cent of the nation’s complete rice manufacturing occurs throughout this season.
Sowing of kharif crops, together with paddy, begins with the onset of Southwest monsoon in June. The ministry normally releases the sowing knowledge of all kharif crops each Friday after the graduation of sowing.
The final accessible knowledge from the ministry on paddy sowing is barely until July 17 of this kharif season.
All-India paddy protection was down by 17.4 per cent at 128.50 lakh hectare as in opposition to 155.53 lakh hectare within the corresponding interval of the earlier 12 months, as per the accessible knowledge until July 17.
Barring the three crops — paddy, cotton and sugarcane — , the ministry has launched sowing replace of pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals and jute/mesta. Knowledge for these crops are up to date until July 29 of this kharif season.
As per the information, space sown to pulses has elevated marginally to 106.18 lakh hectare until July 29 as in opposition to 103.23 lakh hectare within the year-ago interval.
Space sown to oilseeds has additionally risen marginally to 164.34 lakh hectare from 163.03 lakh hectare whereas that of acreage below coarse cereals to 142.21 lakh hectare from 135.30 lakh hectare through the comparable interval.
Nevertheless, space below jute/mesta was lagging behind barely at 6.91 lakh hectare until July 29 of this kharif season in comparison with 7.01 lakh hectare within the year-ago interval.
Whole space below all kharif crops barring paddy, cotton and sugarcane remained larger by 2.70 per cent at 419.64 lakh hectare until July 29 of this kharif season in comparison with the year-ago interval.
The India Meteorological Division (IMD) has projected a traditional Southwest monsoon this 12 months. The nation as an entire obtained 10 per cent larger monsoon rains between June 1 and July 27 however 15 per cent deficit was reported in east and north east India throughout the identical interval.
Rains have been poor in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand West Bengal, Mizoram and Manipur, as per IMD knowledge.
India is the world’s second largest producer and high exporter of rice.
