India's rabi acreage down 46% as sowing of all crops gets delayed
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- ✓India's rabi acreage fell 46 per cent to 37.56 lakh hectares as of October 30.
- ✓The Union Agriculture Ministry said sowing of all crops got delayed due to high temperatures and low moisture.
- ✓Officials expect sowing to pick up now as the weather cools and kharif harvesting nears its completion.
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Coverage of mustard down 47%, under pulses 52% and gram by 59%, while the area under paddy and wheat is also lower
The area under India's rabi crops is down by 46 per cent, with 37.56 lakh hectares (lh) being covered as of October 30 against 69.02 lh a year ago, according to a weekly update on rabi crop sowing released by the Union Agriculture Ministry on Monday. This includes 20.50 lh under mustard, down by 47 per cent from 38.07 lh, and 9.45 lh under pulses, down by 52 per cent from 19.56 lh year-ago. Also, the winter-grown paddy has been transplanted on 3.16 lh against 3.29 lh.
In the pulses category, gram acreage stood at 5.90 lh, down 59 per cent from 14.35 lh, while lentil (masur) acreage stood at 1.10 lh, compared with 2.14 lh.
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