Kharif season sowing up....

Kharif season plantings of all major crops is higher on the year though rice is facing stress because of deficient rains in northwest region, latest government data showed Friday. One-third of the 36 weather districts of the country received deficient rains in the week to Wednesday. According to the data,
plantings of rice as of Sept. 14 were estimated at 35.57-million hectares as against 35.51-million a year-earlier. Planting of oilseeds are estimated at 17.30-million hectares as against 16.17-million hectares a year-earlier.
The data also showed corn has been planted in 7.61-million hectares during May 1 to September, up from 7.17M ha planted during the same period last year. Pulses, has been sown in 12.12-million hectares of land, up from 11.03-million ha a year-earlier. Among oilseeds, soybean, the largest grown oilseed in India during the summer planting season has been sown in around 8.74-million hectares of land, up from 8.09-million ha a year-earlier. Groundnut has been sown in 5.32-million hectares, as against 4.72M ha a year-earlier. Cotton was planted in 9.06-million hectares, up from 8.68-million ha a year-earlier.