As per the data released by the Ministry of Agriculture here on Friday, the area under rice cultivation is 260.36 lakh hectares against 244.79 lakh hectares sown this time last year. Sown area has increased in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam. However, it is lower in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Gujarat, Haryana and Punjabdue to insufficient rain.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/sowing-kharif-rice-oilseeds-improves
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gargi-parsai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oilseeds
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-agriculture
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajasthan
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttaranchal-uttarakhand
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundnut
