The wheat sowing area has elevated by 1.38% to 320 lakh hectares inside the ongoing rabi season, in accordance with the agriculture ministry data launched on Monday.
Whereas wheat is the first rabi (winter) crop, the other crops grown all through the season are gram lentil, maize, and mustard seeds.
In complete, sowing of the rabi crops has touched 640 lakh hectares, which is a slight rise from the sooner yr.
The ultimate part of wheat planting is underway and the crop might be harvest-ready by April.
Agriculture Minister Shivaraj Singh Chouhan, in a gathering with officers, assessed the progress of the rabi sowing, and local weather circumstances. He moreover carried out a pest surveillance by means of the Nationwide Pest Surveillance System.
In line with an official assertion, “The overall crop safety and crop state of affairs is greatest than earlier yr.”
The ministry’s data confirmed that wheat sowing had elevated to 320 lakh hectares till Jan. 20 of the current rabi season from 315.63 lakh hectares a yr prior to now.
Pulses’ area rose marginally to 141.69 lakh hectares from 139.29 lakh hectares. Gram has been sown in 98.28 lakh hectares and lentils in 17.43 lakh hectare up to now this season.
Inside the case of coarse cereals, acreage was barely lower at 54.49 lakh hectare compared with 54.63 lakh hectare a yr prior to now. Maize was lined in 22.90 lakh hectares and jowar in 22.90 lakh hectares.
Oilseeds sowing fell to 97.62 lakh hectares as on Jan. 20 compared with 101.80 lakh hectares a yr prior to now. Rapeseed and Mustard have been grown in 89.30 lakh hectares and groundnut in 3.65 lakh hectares.
So far this season, a whole of 640 lakh hectares has been lined beneath the rabi crops. That’s marginally bigger compared with a yr prior to now, when it was 637.49 lakh hectare.
The ministry acknowledged the sowing of rabi tomato, onion, and potato was underway and area lined beneath these crops up to now was bigger than the year-ago interval.
At current, prices of wheat, rice, gram, mustard and sesame are bigger than the minimal help worth on the market.
(With PTI Inputs)