Union Ministry Agriculture is taking several measures to facilitate the farmers and farming activities at field level during COVID 19 pandemic. The Ministry said, there has been satisfactory progress of sowing area coverage under Kharif crops. It said, rice has been sown in about 120.77 lakh hectare area as compared to 95.73 lakh hectare during the corresponding period of last year.
Besides, about 64.25 lakh hectare area has been brought under sowing of pulses as compared to 24.49 lakh hectare during the corresponding period of last year. It said, oilseeds have been sown in over 139 lakh hectare area as compared to around 75 lakh hectare of last year.
The Ministry said, coarse cereals has been sown in around 93 lakh hectare area and sugarcane was sown in around 51 lakh hectare area.
