Government of India - Ministry of Agriculture
01-March-2013 17:09 IST
The Crop Weather Watch Group of Agriculture Ministry has today released the sowing figures for major rabi crops. The rabi crops have been sown in 631.67 lakh hectare as compared to 629.86 lakh hectare last year and 619.9 lakh hectare sown on average in the last five years. While wheat has been sown in approximately the same area as last year, there has been improvement in area under coarse cereals, pulses and oilseeds.
The details of the area covered under major rabi crops as on today, last year and average of five years are given below: - (Area in lakh hectare)
|
Crops |
Area Sown (2012-13) |
Area Sown (2011-12) |
Normal for corresponding week |
|
Wheat * |
298.38 |
298.61 |
287.19 |
|
Rice (Rabi) |
28.87 |
32.63 |
38.62 |
|
Sorghum * |
39.02 |
37.84 |
43.77 |
|
Coarse Cereals * |
63.80 |
60.56 |
64.96 |
|
Gram * |
95.17 |
90.08 |
86.89 |
|
Pulses * |
151.71 |
150.49 |
142.02 |
|
Rapeseed & Mustard * |
67.46 |
65.89 |
65.56 |
|
Oilseeds* |
88.91 |
87.57 |
92.33 |
Total Rabi Area |
631.67 |
629.86 |
625.12 |
*: final figures MP: DS:CP: weatherwatch (1.3.2013) (Source: PIB Release)