Paddy, pulses and oilseeds push kharif crop cultivation area to 979.89 hectares, an increase of 1.4%
[ad_1] New Delhi: The area under crop cultivation in the kharif season climbed to 979.89 lakh hectares – or 89.4% of the normal sown area – from 966.40 lakh hectares last year following better monsoon rains during the past fortnight. The combined sown area of key kharif crops such as paddy, pulses, oilseeds, sugarcane and…