The sowing area under pulses and coarse cereals is higher year-on-year, while the acreage of rice and oilseeds is lower.
About 19.61 lakh ha area coverage has been reported under pulses compared with 18.44 lakh ha last year. They are mainly in Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Gujarat.
Shri Anna and nutri and course cereals are being grown in about 11.73 lakh ha compared with 11.30 lakh ha last year, with Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal being the top three states.
About 27.89 lakh ha area coverage under summer rice has been reported against 29.80 lakh ha last year while that of oilseeds is 9.6 lakh ha area this year compared with 10.85 lakh ha last year.
The agriculture ministry has set a target of a record 332 million tonnes production of foodgrains for 2023-24 against the latest estimate of 323. 5 million tonnes produced last year.
