August 17, 2026 10:53 PM
Total area sown in India’s current kharif season crosses 1,016.57 lakh hectares
The total area sown under kharif crops in the current season across the country so far is estimated at 1016.57 lakh hectares as on August 14 this year, compared with the corresponding figure of 1037.52 lakh hectares in the same period last year, data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Monday showed. The official figures show that the area under rice is 379.07 lakh hectares so far this year, compared with 393.44 lakh hectares during the same period last year. The 14.3...
