Summer crop area marginally down YoY

The sowing area under pulses and coarse cereals is higher year-on-year, while the acreage of rice and oilseeds is lower.About 19.61 lakh ha area coverage has been reported under pulses compared with 18.44 lakh ha last year. They are mainly in Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Gujarat.