Rabi crop area reaches 393 lakh hectares

01-Dec-2025 09:45 PM

New Delhi. Thanks to favorable weather conditions and the enthusiasm of farmers, the area sown for Rabi crops has increased to 393.07 lakh hectares till November 28, 2025, which is about 35.34 lakh hectares more than the area of ​​357.73 lakh hectares during the same period last year.

This year, the five-year average area of ​​Rabi crops has been estimated at 637.81 lakh hectares, of which sowing has been completed in more than 50 percent of the area.

According to the latest weekly data of the Union Agriculture Ministry, during the current Rabi season, compared to last year, the area under wheat has jumped from 160.26 lakh hectares to 187.37 lakh hectares, the area under paddy has improved from 8.45 lakh hectares to 9.10 lakh hectares, the area under pulses has increased from 85.06 lakh hectares to 87.01 lakh hectares,

the area under coarse cereals has improved from 26.58 lakh hectares to 29.06 lakh hectares and the area under oilseeds has increased from 77.38 lakh hectares to 80.53 lakh hectares, whereas the sowing of peas has lagged behind a bit.

Apart from this, the area under horse gram, black gram, green gram, khesari and other pulses is either equal to or behind last year.

Within the oilseeds category, mustard is growing by more than 400,000 hectares, and safflower is also growing, but peanut and sorghum are lagging far behind.

Among coarse grains, sorghum, maize, and barley are seeing significant increases in acreage. Ragi and small millets are also slightly ahead. Intensive sowing of rabi crops is currently underway and will continue for the next few weeks.