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SUMMER CROP COVERAGE
Area under paddy up 4.4 pc, pulses down 8.3 pc this kharif season: GovtArea under paddy crop increased by 4.4 per cent to 384.05 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing kharif season despite a lag in Andhra Pradesh...25 Aug, 2023, 08.40 PM IST- India's summer crops sowing marginally lower at 70.3 lakh hectareThe ministry's data showed that the sowing area under pulses and coarse cereals is higher year-on-year, while the acreage of rice and oilse...26 May, 2023, 06.56 PM IST
- Summer crop area marginally down YoYThe sowing area under pulses and coarse cereals is higher year-on-year, while the acreage of rice and oilseeds is lower.About 19.61 lakh ha...14 May, 2023, 12.41 AM IST
- Area under summer crops down marginallyThe area has been reported mainly from the states of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Gujarat. For Shri An...12 May, 2023, 03.13 PM IST
- Kharif sowing nears to end; paddy acreage down by 5.51 pcBesides paddy, there is marginal lag in sowing of pulses, oilseeds and jute/mesta. Consequently, the total sown area under kharif crops dec...23 Sep, 2022, 03.45 PM IST
- Kharif sowing till July 9 lagging by 10%India has completed sowing of the kharif season crop on 46% of the normal area of 1,073 lakh hectare allocated for summer cultivation. Farm...10 Jul, 2021, 01.57 PM IST
- Area of summer crops expands by 21.58%“Like last year, the agriculture is growing steadily during Covid-19 pandemic. The focus is on increasing pulses and oilseeds production an...07 May, 2021, 03.39 PM IST
- 2021 Kharif sowing slowly picks up; over 56 lakh hectare coverage so far"The trend of summer sowing progress is very good as on date. Besides, the prospect of rabi crops is also very good and about 48 per cent o...26 Mar, 2021, 02.40 PM IST
- Wheat sowing up 4% at 325.35 lakh hectare so far this rabi seasonWheat sowing has increased by 4 per cent so far this rabi season to 325.35 lakh hectare, while pulses acreage grew 5 per cent to 154.80 lak...01 Jan, 2021, 08.00 PM IST
- Summer crop sowing in full swing, procurement picks upZaid crops are planted during March-May - the intervening period between Rabi and Kharif, which starts with monsoon in June.05 May, 2020, 06.51 PM IST
- Harvesting peaks, sowing continues for summer crops during lock downHarvesting is in its peak in Haryana, Punjab, UP and is likely to be completed by the end of April 2020. Punjab has deployed 18000 combines...19 Apr, 2020, 04.54 PM IST
- Kharif pulses sowing up by 11 per centAmid rising prices, the sowing of pulses has increased by 11 per cent while paddy acreage has risen marginally so far this kharif season.11 Sep, 2015, 08.27 PM IST
- No threat to paddy crop despite deficient rain forecast: GovernmentThe coverage area under paddy crop has improved in states such as Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Punjab due to the pick-up in rains in June.02 Jul, 2015, 05.21 PM IST
- Government ropes in private players to offer crop insuranceSo far, the state-run Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AIC) has been offering yield-based and weather-based crop insurance programs.16 Dec, 2014, 04.38 PM IST
- Deficit rains likely to hit kharif foodgrain output by 7%India's foodgrain production is projected to drop by 7 per cent to 120.27 million tonnes in the kharif season of this year due to poor mons...19 Sep, 2014, 07.37 PM IST
- Foodgrain production to fall 7% due to poor monsoon rainsFoodgrain production stood at 129.24 million tonnes in the kharif season of the 2013-14 crop year (July-June).19 Sep, 2014, 04.31 PM IST
- Paddy area down 25% so far this Kharif at 45.12 lakh hectaresArea under coverage for paddy, the main kharif crop (summer-sown), stood at 60.28 lakh hectares in the year-ago period.07 Jul, 2014, 07.34 PM IST
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