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September 2018
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kharif crops (The
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Planting of kharif crops
this season has increased over the previous year’s figure. According to latest
numbers from the agriculture ministry, kharif crop planting has covered
1,057.81 lakh hectare from June to September 20, a 0.61% increase from 1,051.36
lakh hectares a year earlier.
Rice, oilseeds and sugarcane saw the increase while pulses, coarse cereals and cotton saw the decline. The government has set a target of planting kharif crop on 1,058.10 lakh hectares this year.
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Meanwhile, data from the weather department shows monsoon rainfall has been 10% below normal so far this year.
Rice planting saw a 2.36% increase over the previous year at 385.85 lakh hectare.
Higher acreage was reported from Telangana, Karnataka , Madhya Pradesh and Punjab. Planting of oilseeds, chiefly soyabean, sesamum and castor increased while groundnut and niger fell, taking total planting from the previous year to 3.10% increase at 178.27 lakh hectare.
Sugarcane, was planted on 51.94 lakh hectares, up 4.17% from a year earlier. Area under cotton however was 0.89% lower at 120.64 lakh hectares. The area of pulse cultivation too dropped 1.11% to 137.93 lakh hectares. Major dip was seen in uradbean.
Rice, oilseeds and sugarcane saw the increase while pulses, coarse cereals and cotton saw the decline. The government has set a target of planting kharif crop on 1,058.10 lakh hectares this year.
..
Meanwhile, data from the weather department shows monsoon rainfall has been 10% below normal so far this year.
Rice planting saw a 2.36% increase over the previous year at 385.85 lakh hectare.
Higher acreage was reported from Telangana, Karnataka , Madhya Pradesh and Punjab. Planting of oilseeds, chiefly soyabean, sesamum and castor increased while groundnut and niger fell, taking total planting from the previous year to 3.10% increase at 178.27 lakh hectare.
Sugarcane, was planted on 51.94 lakh hectares, up 4.17% from a year earlier. Area under cotton however was 0.89% lower at 120.64 lakh hectares. The area of pulse cultivation too dropped 1.11% to 137.93 lakh hectares. Major dip was seen in uradbean.
In coarse cereals the
planting fell by 3.92% to 176.16 lakh hectare. All major cereals from jowar,
bajra, ragi, small millets and maize saw the dip.
The 91 major reservoirs held 23% more water as on Thursday compared with last year and 5% more than the ten year average at 120.087 billion cubic metres. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
The 91 major reservoirs held 23% more water as on Thursday compared with last year and 5% more than the ten year average at 120.087 billion cubic metres. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
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