Summer crops area up 15% at 56 lakh hectares

Planting of summertime crops has picked up and the whole acreage jumped by fifteen for every cent to exceed fifty six lakh hectares till March 26 against 48.82 lakh ha throughout the exact same time period a yr in the past, as for every the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare’s most recent information.

Paddy acreage went up to 36.87 lakh ha — an raise of 16 for every cent about exact same time period a yr in the past, as farmers in states this sort of as West Bengal and Telangana planted much more location under the cereal crop.

The location under pulses increased to five.53 lakh ha (3.58 lakh ha), though that of coarse cereals stood at six.79 lakh ha (six.seventy two lakh ha).

“The pattern of summertime sowing progress is incredibly excellent as on date. Apart from, the prospect of rabi crops is also incredibly excellent and about 48 for every cent of all round rabi crops have been harvested as on Friday. There is no affect of Covid-19 pandemic condition on progress of location coverage under summertime crops in the nation,” the Agriculture Ministry said in a assertion.

The location under summertime maize crop has also increased marginally to 4.seventy one lakh ha (4.29 lakh ha), though bajra and jowar saw a dip in cultivation.

Coverage of oilseeds also noted a marginal raise at seven.20 lakh ha (six.91 lakh ha).

Rainfall across the nation from March one till date has been forty two for every cent decreased and the live water storage in one hundred thirty reservoirs stood at 86 for every cent of corresponding past yr.