Rise in paddy, pulses area lifts kharif acreage to 1,121.81 lakh hectares

 

Inspite of a sluggish start off to kharif planting because of to erratic rains in a number of States during the early section of the period, the full acreage this calendar year has surpassed previous year’s level primarily on account of greater location below paddy and pulses.

The location below paddy picked up momentum in the direction of the fag conclusion of the planting period with the full location expanding by two.38 lakh hectares (lh) to 1,121.eighty one lh. The location below paddy is greater by three.two for each cent at 422.73 lh (409.39 lh).

Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab have reported an enhance in location, although Odisha and Kerala registered a drop.

Rain deficit down

The South-West monsoon finished up regular as a whole, even with a number of areas going through deficit during early section of the period. The cumulative rainfall for the place, as a whole, during theJune 1-September 30 time period) stood at 874 mm in opposition to a regular of 880.six mm, a deficit of a person for each cent. Water storage in one hundred thirty big reservoirs was ninety two for each cent of the dwell storage during the very same time period a calendar year ago. There are no report of significant pest and condition assaults on the kharif crops, the Ministry of Agriculture claimed.

Amongst pulses, the location below tur/arhar (pigeon pea) greater to fifty.fifty lh (forty eight.seventy five lh), although urad (black matpe) acreage stood at 40.05 lh (39.23 lh). The location below moong (inexperienced gram) fell marginally to 35.41 lh (35.fifty three lh), primarily because of to erratic rains in Rajasthan, the biggest producer.

The location below coarse/nutri cereals was down at 178.24 lh (182.ninety five lh) owing to drop in jowar and bajra. Jowar acreage declined to 14.twenty five lh (fifteen.13 lh), although that of bajra was at sixty three.37 lh (70.38 lh). Compact millets acreage also arrived down to 4.seventy nine lh (4.90 lh).

The coverage of maize stood at 85.04 lh (82.03 lh), although ragi also greater marginally to ten.seventy nine lh (ten.51 lh).

Income crops

Amongst oilseeds, the acreage below groundnut was reduced at forty nine.forty four lh (51.seventeen lh), although soyabean remained flat at 122.23 lh. Sesamum and castorseed were being reduced at 13.sixty two lh and 7.seventy one lh, respectively

Amongst dollars crops, sugarcane gained location at 55.22 lh (54.12 lh), although cotton finished the period with a deficit of near to 7.73 lh around previous calendar year. Cotton acreage stood at 120.fifteen lh (127.87 lh).