Rajasthan expects kharif sowing in 1.52 lakh hectare area

JAIPUR: Rajasthan government has taken steps to ensure availability of seeds in the kharif season and expects sowing of summer crops over 1.52 lakh hectare area, a state minister said today.

Against the estimated demand of 7.80 lakh quintal seeds, arrangements of 8.56 lakh quintal seeds for crops that included pearl millet, maize and soybean has been made so that there is no lack of seeds at the time of sowing, Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Prabhu Lal Saini said today.

He said that sowing is expected to be in 1.52 lakh hectare this year.

After two years of successive deficient rains in the country, the Met department has predicted above normal monsoon this year, which could boost sowing of summer crops.