Total place sown with wintry weather plants (Rabi) reached at 251 lakh hectares thus far, about 10 in keeping with cent decrease than the 276.Eighty three lh planted in the corresponding week closing yr.

According to the today’s rabi sowing statistics launched by the Agriculture Ministry, there may be a good sized shortfall in the planting of gram and maize, in particular.

Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are a few of the predominant gram-cultivating States that have suggested a tremendous drop in gram acreage. The gram sowing vicinity in Madhya Pradesh has gotten smaller to fourteen.07 lh as towards 26.54 lh inside the same week closing year.

In Maharashtra, the region below gram cultivation currently is ready 1.25 lh compared to 5.Sixty three lh inside the same period. Rajasthan, which has been capable of placed to right use the heavy rains it received for the duration of the monsoon season, however, has suggested nearly a 50 according to cent boom in pulses sowing. As towards 11.34 lh sown until this time final year, the place covered under pulses in Rajasthan is sixteen.18 lh till this week.

The sowing of lentil too has been affected in many regions with the sown vicinity stated at eight.Forty four lh, approximately 17 in line with cent decrease than last 12 months. Overall, pulses sowing is down by using 19 in line with cent to 71.26 lh until this week.

Wheat sowing, on the other hand, is progressing well in most States. While the sown vicinity is up in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, it is marginally lower in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. So far wheat has been sown on ninety six.77 lh, a bit decrease than the ninety nine.Sixty four lh inside the corresponding week remaining 12 months.

Coarse cereals planting too has been hit with the said sown place down with the aid of 11% as compared to the corresponding week remaining yr. As against 24 lh planted ultimate 12 months, planting has taken area best on 21.33 lh so far. The major crop affected became maize, whose sown location remained at 3.49 lh as towards 5.28 lh in the same week ultimate yr.

Among oilseeds, mustard/rapeseed sowing is down with the aid of almost five in step with cent to 50.71 lh compared to fifty three.62 lh planted inside the identical week remaining year. The overall vicinity sown with oilseeds till this week become fifty four.88 lh as in opposition to fifty eight.07 lh final 12 months.

At 6.8 lh, rice planting remained greater or less identical as last yr, despite the fact that Tamil Nadu mentioned a tremendous boom in rice sowing. But planting is down in many States, such as Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.