During the same period last year, rice sowing stood at 4 lakh hectares.
The official statement on Tuesday said that the Agriculture Department has announced the progress of the coverage of kharif crops (summer sown) area on June 2 June 225.
The area of pulses has also increased from 2.6 lakh hectares to 3.07 lakh hectares.
Sowing Sri Anna Kam rough cereals has so far remained flat on 89.89 LK lakh hectares in this kharif season.
In the non-Fudgren type, the area of oilseeds has increased from 1.55 lakh hectares to 2.05 lakh hectares during the same period last year. Sugarcane sowing so far is slightly higher on 55.07 lakh hectares. The area under cotton is 13.19 lakh hectares less than 13.28 lakh hectares.
The total sowing area of all kharif crops has gone up to 89.29 lakh hectares by June 13, 2025.
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