AndhraNews.Net - Rice sown in about 260 lakh hectares

New Delhi: August 16, 2004

Sowing of Kharif crops is continuing in various parts of the country.

Normal area under rice is about 406 lakh hectares. Rice sowing is in progress in all the States. The area coverage of rice so far is reported to be about 259.76 lakh hectares compared to 272.51 lakh hectares last year in the corresponding period. In Punjab, sowing of rice is over.

The area coverage under sugarcane is reported to be 37.36 lakh hectares compared to 46.43 lakh hectares during the corresponding period of last year.

Normal area under cotton is about 88 lakh hectares. Sowing is over in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. In Gujarat, 92 % of the normal area has been sown. Area coverage of cotton reported so far is 78.86 lakh hectares against 72.93 lakh hectares in the corresponding period last year.

Normal area under Kharif coarse cereals is about 231 lakh hectares. The total area coverage under coarse cereals is 186.30 lakh hectares as compared to 211.42 lakh hectares during last year in the corresponding period. The total area under jowar is 34.87 lakh hectares as compared to 40.62 lakh hectares in the corresponding period of the previous year. Maize is covered in 67.13 lakh hectares as compared to 65.38 lakh hectares during last year in the corresponding period.

As on the 13th of this month, total water storage in the 71 important reservoirs monitored by the Central Water Commission was 42 per cent of the full reservoir level (FRL) of 131.28 billion cubic meters. This was 110 per cent of the last year's storage and 84 per cent of the average of the last ten years.

Press Release: PIB

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