Summary
The area for rice is a little lower because the monsoon rains were weak.
Beans and millets are still being grown on almost the same amount of land.
The government increased the guaranteed price for many crops to support farmers.
Key Points
5 points1
Total planted area: 1,016.57 lakh hectares (about 1.02 million hectares).
2
Rice area dropped from 393.44 to 379.07 lakh hectares.
3
Pulses like urad and moong stayed at around 108 lakh hectares.
4
Millets such as jowar, bajra and ragi fell slightly.
5
Minimum Support Prices were raised for 14 crops for the next marketing season.
New Words to Learn
9 wordskharif
the rainy season when many Indian crops are grown
lakh
one hundred thousand
hectare
a large area of land, about 2.5 acres
monsoon
season with heavy rain
El Nino
a weather pattern that can reduce rainfall
pulses
seeds such as beans and peas that are eaten as food
millets
small grain crops that need little water
Minimum Support Price
a price the government promises to pay farmers so they earn enough
marketing season
the time when crops are sold to buyers
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