Hit by poor rains, kharif area dips

While paddy and pulses showed higher decline of 20 LH and 6 LH respectively, oilseeds reported a decline of over 1 LH (nearly 1%). Deficit is, however, bridged to an extent by the higher acreage of millets and cotton that showed an increase of nearly 8 LH (over 4%) and 9 LH (over 7%), respectively, over the last year’s figures.