Wheat sowing area marginally down at 299.33 lakh hectares
Area under coverage for coarse cereals, pulses and oilseeds is also down in the winter sowing season compared to the year-ago period.
Jan 09, 2015, 19:51 PM ISTGram sowing down by 21%; wheat marginally lower
Total area sown to gram is down by 21 percent at 79.65 lakh hectares, while that of wheat crop is lagging behind marginally at 293.16 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing rabi season, according to latest government data.
Jan 02, 2015, 19:32 PM IST