OREANDA-NEWS. June 16, 2015. The total sown area as per reports received from States, stands at 75.10 lakh hectare as compared to 82.87 lakh hectare at this time last year.

It is reported that rice has been sown/transplanted in 4.71 lakh ha, sugarcane in 41.58 lakh hectare and cotton in lakh ha.

The details of the area covered so far and that covered during this time last year are given below:

Lakh hectare 

Crop

Area sown in 2015-16

Area sown in 2014-15

Rice

4.71

4.52

Pulses

2.46

2.75

Coarse Cereals

3.82

6.09

Oilseeds

1.21

0.94

Sugarcane

41.58

43.52

Jute & Mesta

7.02

7.11

Cotton

14.30

17.34

Total

75.10

82.27