Wheat sown area crosses 340.08 lakh hectares in ongoing rabi season

20 Jan 2024 Evaluate
In ongoing rabi season of the 2023-24 crop year (July-June), wheat sown area has crossed 340.08 lakh hectares as on January 19, 2024, against 337.50 lakh hectare in a year-ago period. Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab are the top three states having the maximum area under wheat coverage. However, Pulses have been sown in 155.13 lakh hectare in 2023-24 rabi season, down from 162.66 lakh hectare in the previous year. Area under gram, urad, and moong also remained lower. Paddy acreage declined to 28.25 lakh hectares from 29.33 lakh hectares in the year-ago period.

While, lentil (masur) area is higher at 19.51 lakh hectares so far this rabi season, as against 18.46 lakh hectares in the year-ago period. Total area under coarse cereals remained higher at 53.83 lakh hectares so far this rabi season, as against 50.77 lakh hectares in the year-ago period. Oilseeds coverage improved slightly to 109.88 lakh hectares as against 108.82 lakh hectares in the previous year said period. 

Due to lag in paddy and pulses coverage, the overall area under all rabi crops remained down at 687.18 lakh hectares so far the 2023-34 rabi season, compared with 689.09 lakh hectares in the year-ago period.
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