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Summer sowing of rice, maize down; pulses sees uptick
Mint Chennai
|March 25, 2026
Rice sowing fell from 2.86 million hectares a year ago to 2.78 million hectares in March-June season
India's summer crop sowing is slightly below the year ago level, with lower acreage under rice and maize offsetting the gains in pulses, agriculture and farmers welfare ministry data showed.
As on 24 March, the total sown area was at 4.27 million hectares, down from 4.37 million a year ago. The season's sowing is still in progress. Last year, summer crop acreage totalled 8.4 million hectares.
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