NEW DELHI (Commodity Online): India's pulses and oilseed sowning for rabi season has been lower on account of scanty rains in the major growing areas.
Pulses have been sown in 140.66 lakh hectare as against 142.38 lakh hectare last year and total area under oilseeds cultivation is reported to be 80.96 lakh hectare against 85.5 lakhhectare last year.
Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are the major oilseed and pulses growing areas in India.
The area under gram which is a dominant pulse crop of rabi season has been reported at 87.22 lakhhectare against 92.77 lakh hectare during the corresponding period last year.
According to the data provided by Agriculture Ministry, wheat has been shown in 284.25lakh hectare against 283.45 lakh hectare last year on this date.Total wheat acreage is 0.80 lakh hectare higher than the area sown during the corresponding period last year.
Higher coverage has been reported from Madhya Pradesh (4.32 lakh hectare), Rajasthan (3.01 lakh hectare), Jharkhand (0.58 lakh hectare), Chhattisgarh (0.16 lakh hectare) and Bihar (0.08 lakh hectare).
Meanwhile, rice transplanting is in progress in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha and Tamil Nada and total area under the crop has reached is 6.61lakh hectare against 6.35 lakh hectare during the corresponding period of last year.
