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The sowing below summer season paddy has elevated to 29.61 lh till April 12, which is 11 per cent greater than 26.69 lh reported within the year-ago interval.
Pulses protection up 5%
Summer time pulses areas are up 5 per cent to succeed in 11.85 lh from 11.28 lh as greater protection of urad and moong has been reported this 12 months. Moong sowing is up at 8.98 lh in opposition to 8.59 lh a 12 months in the past and that of urad is up at 2.65 lh from 2.42 lh. The important thing growers of summer season pulses are Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.
Oilseeds acreage reported at 8.99 lh, down a tad from 9.03 lh. Groundnut acreage reached at 4.02 lh and sesamum at 4.45 lh. Whereas sesamum acreage is greater, there’s a marginal drop in groundnut protection. Sunflower acreage reached 30,000 hectares in opposition to 28,000 hectares year-ago.
Poor rainfall
Acreage of summer-grown coarse cereals is up 13 per cent at 10.18 lh from 9.04 lh as an increase in protection of jowar and bajra has been reported this 12 months. Jowar sowing is up at 31,000 hectares in opposition to 13,000 hectares within the year-ago interval whereas bajra acreage is reported 9 per cent greater at 4.11 lh from 3.78 lh. Maize acreage, too, is up 14 per cent at 5.63 lh from 4.95 lh.
In the meantime, the cumulative rainfall in pre-monsoon season since March 1 is 17 per cent beneath regular at 36.2 mm till April 12 in opposition to 43.7 mm thought of regular on pan-India foundation for this era. Whereas north-west area is deficit by 22 per cent, the central India has acquired 107 per cent greater precipitation than its lengthy interval common (LPA) between March 1 and April 12. South peninsula area has acquired 79 per cent beneath regular rainfall and east and north-east India 21 per cent decrease than common precipitation, India Meteorological Division information present.
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