All India Sowing Report

The lastest data released by the Agriculture Ministry shows that area under rice and oilseeds have increased as compared to last year. However, area under pulses has shown a sharp decline. The data shows that rice has been sown in 381.32 lakh hectare as 23rd September 2011. It represents an increase of 33.54 lakh hectare over last year’s acreage on this date. This was mainly on account of higher area coverage reported from West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Oilseeds have been sown in 178.60 lakh hectare, 5.58 lakh hectare more than last year. Higher area coverage has been reported in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Coarse cereals have been sown in 200.19 lakh hectare. Higher area coverage has been reported from Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Jammu & Kashmir.

Cotton has been sown in 120.03 lakh hectare. Higher area coverage has been reported from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana , Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.