date:Jul 28, 2012
The cropped areas of other kharif crops as compared to those last week and this time last year are as follows:
The area under cultivation of coarse cereals, whose normal cropped area is about 160.86 lakh hectare, grew from 95.43 lakh hectare to about 117.48 lakh hectare in the last seven days.
That of pulses, whose normal cropped area is about 79.82 lakh hectare, was about 40.19 lakh hectare last week. It grew to 62.99 lakh hectare this week.
That of oilseeds, whose normal cropped area is abo