Summer crop acreage under pulses, maize up

Planting of pulses and maize has picked up even as paddy continues to make large gains in the ongoing summertime cropping season with farmers bringing in much more spot beneath the cereal crop in West Bengal and Telangana.

As of March 12, pulses acreage has moved up by about a fifth with equally black gram and environmentally friendly gram getting acreage in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Bihar among other people. Black gram was planted on 1.18 lakh ha (.seventy nine lakh ha in past 12 months), though environmentally friendly gram spot stood at 1.ninety six lakh ha (1.81 lakh ha).

Paddy continued to increase with acreage increased at 33.seventy two lha (26.sixty five lha). West Bengal has observed paddy acreage increase to nine.83 lakh ha, followed by Telangana at nine.77 lakh ha and Karnataka at 2.fifty nine lakh ha. Amongst coarse cereals, maize spot has been increased at 3.94 lakh ha (3.23 lha), though jowar and bajra have observed a decrease. Overall oilseeds spot has observed a marginal maximize at five.88 lakh ha (five.54 lakh ha). Overall acreage beneath the summertime crops stood 22 for every cent increased at 47.ninety three lakh ha (39.38 lakh ha).

Storage degrees

The true rain fall across the state was decreased by fifty five for every cent at four.2 mm in opposition to the usual in the course of the to start with 12 days of March. According to the Central Water Fee the reside drinking water storage in a hundred thirty reservoirs across the state was 88 for every cent of the reside storage in the corresponding time period as of February 25. Also the drinking water storage is 123 for every cent of the past ten 12 months normal for the time period.