August 27, 2024 8:16 PM

Kharif sowing exceeds last year’s figures

Kharif crop sowing is at its advanced stage with farmers in India having sown crops across 1,065.08 lakh hectares so far this year as against 1,044.85 lakh hectares in the same period last year. On a yearly basis, the sowing is about 1.93 per cent higher, according to the latest data from Agriculture Ministry released on Tuesday. Commodity-wise, paddy, pulses, oilseeds, millets, and sugarcane sowing has been higher year-on-year. Sowing for cotton and jute/mesta has, on the other side, were on ...