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Sowing operations have been completed in about 114 lakh hectares during kharif season in Madhya Pradesh.
Last year, sowing operations were accomplished in over 104 lakh hectares, an official release said here today.
Of the sowing operations completed so far, coarse cereals have been sown in 28,92,000 hectares, pulses in 11,56,000 hectares, oilseeds in 67,14,000 hectares and cotton in 6,21,000 hectares.
Similarly, paddy has been sown in 13.16 lakh hectare, jowar in 2.57 lakh hectare, maize in 9.98 lakh hectare, millet 1.68 lakh hectare and other crops have been sown in 1.52 lakh hectare.
Tuar has been sown in 4.57 lakh hectare, urad in 5.80 lakh hectare, moong in 1.02 lakh hectare, kulthi in 17,000 hectare, soyabean in 62.09 lakh hectare, groundnut in 2.21 lakh hectare, linseed in 2.39 lakh hectare and other oilseed crops have been sown in 44,000 hectares. Besides, cotton has been sown in 6.21 lakh hectare, the release added.
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