As per data released by Directorate of Economics & Statistics, acreage under kharif rice as on October 31, 2014 has increased to 380.30 lakh hectare as compared to 376.73 lakh hectare during the corresponding period of last year.
Preliminary Rabi area coverage is as under:
(lakh hectare)
Crop
|
Area sown in 2014-15
|
Area sown in 2013-14
|
Jowar
|
12.81
|
20.21
|
Maize
|
1.13
|
0.90
|
Total coarse cereals
|
14.13
|
21.55
|
Total oilseeds
|
20.31
|
17.94
|
Total pulses
|
7.84
|
6.66
|
GG : CP :weather watch (31.10.2014)
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