New Delhi: Preliminary reports of crop coverage in the Kharif season have started coming in. The total sown area as on 9th June 2017, as per reports received from States, stands at 81.33 lakh hectare as compared to 72.31 lakh hectare at this time last year.
It is reported that rice has been sown/transplanted in 5.51 lakh ha, pulses in 1.64 lakh ha, sugarcane in 47.39 lakh hectare and cotton in 14.06 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 2017-18 | Area sown in 2016-17 |
| Rice | 5.51 | 4.52 |
| Pulses | 1.64 | 1.20 |
| Coarse Cereals | 4.59 | 3.89 |
| Oilseeds | 1.27 | 0.94 |
| Sugarcane | 47.39 | 44.82 |
| Jute & Mesta | 6.88 | 7.07 |
| Cotton | 14.06 | 9.88 |
| Total | 81.33 | 72.31 |
