Sowing for different Kharif season crops had been achieved at 41 per cent so far, an official statement issued here on Monday stated. The sowing had been completed in 19.66 lakh hectares against the proposed area of 48.25 lakh hectares.
Forty four per cent sowing had been completed for paddy, 45 per cent of maize and 77 per cent for Soyabean. During the current Kharif season, 44 per cent sowing had been completed for food grain crops, 11 per cent for pulses and 35 per cent for oilseeds.
This year the sowing had been completed in 16.20 lakh hectares against the target of 36.58 lakh hectares. Similarly for maize crop, sowing had been completed in more than one lakh hectares against the proposed 2.25 lakh hectares.
Sowing had also been completed in 1.22 lakh hectares for Soyabean against the proposed 1.58 lakh hectares. The sowing for pulses crops had been completed in 43,000 sectors so far while for Arhar it is 28,000 hectares and for Urad it is 12,000 hectares.