Crop Report
Summer crop acreage up 11% on year at 7.7 mln ha as of Friday
This story was originally published at 18:17 IST on 7 May 2025
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--India summer crop acreage 7.7 mln ha as of May 2 vs 6.9 mln ha year ago
--India summer rice acreage 3.2 mln ha as of May 2 vs 2.9 mln ha year ago
--India summer pulses acreage 2.1 mln ha as of May 2 vs 1.8 mln ha year ago
--India summer moong acreage 1.7 mln ha as of May 2 vs 1.6 mln ha year ago
--India summer maize acreage 882,000 ha as of May 2 vs 737,000 ha year ago
--India summer coarse cereals area 1.5 mln ha as of May 2 vs 1.3 mln yr ago
--India summer oilseeds acreage 951,000 ha as of May 2 vs 923,000 ha yr ago
--India summer groundnut acreage 431,000 ha as of May 2 vs 411,000 ha yr ago
MUMBAI – The area under summer crops in India was 7.7 million hectares as of Friday, up 11% from 6.9 million hectares a year ago, according to data released by the agriculture ministry on Tuesday. Rice, the largest summer crop in terms of both acreage and production, was sown across 3.2 million hectares, up 12% from 2.9 million hectares a year ago.
The acreage of coarse cereals was up 12% on year at 1.5 million hectares. The area under maize, the largest coarse cereal grown during the season, rose to 882,000 hectares from 737,000 hectares a year ago. On the other hand, the acreage of bajra, the second-largest coarse cereal, rose to 505,000 hectares from 496,000 hectares.
The area under all pulses rose 12% to 2.1 million hectares from 1.8 million hectares in the corresponding period last year. Under pulses, acreage of moong rose to 1.7 million hectares from 1.6 million hectares, while that of urad rose to 307,000 hectares from 257,000 hectares.
The total area under all oilseeds rose to 951,000 hectares from 923,000 hectares a year ago, according to the data. The acreage of sesamum, the major summer oilseed crop, rose nearly 1% on year to 477,000 hectares. Similarly, groundnut acreage rose nearly 5% on year to 431,000 hectares.
The following table details the sowing of key summer crops so far, compared with the same period a year ago, in hectares, and the year-on-year change in percentage:
| Crops | Acreage 2025(ha) | Acreage 2024 (ha) | Change (%) |
| Rice | 3,202,000 | 2,857,000 | 12 |
| Total Pulses | 2,067,000 | 1,847,000 | 12 |
| Moong | 1,742,000 | 1,573,000 | 11 |
| Urad | 307,000 | 257,000 | 19 |
| Corase Cereals | 1,451,000 | 1,295,000 | 12 |
| Bajra | 505,000 | 496,000 | 2 |
| Maize | 882,000 | 737,000 | 20 |
| Total Oilseeds | 951,000 | 923,000 | 3 |
| Groundnut | 431,000 | 411,000 | 5 |
| Sesamum | 477,000 | 473,000 | 1 |
| Total* | 7,671,000 | 6,923,000 | 11 |
*Total may not tally as crops with low acreage have been omitted.
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Reported by J. Navya Sruthi
Edited by Avishek Dutta
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