Sowing of Kharif crops gets low as compared to the previous year by June 03rd
The sowing of kharif crops gets started with the onset of June. The major crops that are sown in the season are pulses, cereals, rice, oilseeds, cotton, sugarcane etc. As per the report generated by the government here is the comparative analysis of sowing area of kharif crops( in lakh hectare) in the month of June in last year and the current year.
Pulses including arhar, kulthi, urad, moong has been sown in 1.09 ( lakh hectare) area which was sown in 0.81 last year , which records a difference of 35.08% increase of sowing area.
Rice being a major kharif crop has recorded downfall in terms of sowing that is the difference of 0.14 lakh hectare.
If we talk about oilseeds, there’s no apparent difference in sowing it was 0.37 by the start of June in last year and current year as well.
As far as Jute and Mesta are concerned they have covered a little lesser area than the last year that is 6.45 in 2021 and 6.31 in 2022.
Last but not the least; the government has not revealed any data of plantation of cotton seeds yet. But, if we look at the last year’s data, cotton had covered 13.55 lakh hectare area.
In essence, By this time in last year kharif crops had already been sown in 72.28 lakh hectare area, which is merely 10.02 this year which is clearly 86.13% less.
