Moong-Urad sowing increased, Tuvar lagged behind

10-Sep-2025 09:42 PM

New Delhi. In comparison to last year, the sowing area of ​​Moong and Urad has increased during the current Kharif season but the area of ​​Arhar (Tuvar) has lagged behind.

As per the data of the Union Agriculture Ministry, this time compared to last year, till September 5, the production of Moong improved from 34.09 lakh hectares to 34.22 lakh hectares and the sowing area of ​​Urad increased from 21.33 lakh hectares to 23.35 lakh hectares while the area of ​​Tuvar fell from 45.71 lakh hectares to 45.19 lakh hectares. The area of ​​Moth was ahead of last year but now it has lagged behind.

During the period under review, area under moong increased from 22.53 lakh hectare to 23.52 lakh hectare in Rajasthan but fell from 4.29 lakh hectare to 4.14 lakh hectare in Karnataka, from 2.35 lakh hectare to 2.11 lakh hectare in Maharashtra and slipped from 55 thousand hectare to 48 thousand hectare in Gujarat.

Similarly, area under black gram improved from 92 thousand hectare to 95 thousand hectare in Karnataka, increased from 2.98 lakh hectare to 3.13 lakh hectare in Rajasthan but fell from 3.87 lakh hectare to 3.76 lakh hectare in Maharashtra and slipped from 84 thousand hectare to 83 thousand hectare in Gujarat.

Some fluctuations in area were also observed in other states. As far as Tuvar is concerned, its production area in Maharashtra improved from last year's 12.18 lakh hectare to 12.20 lakh hectare, in Gujarat it increased from 2.27 lakh hectare to 2.91 lakh hectare,

in Rajasthan it jumped from 3 thousand hectare to 15 thousand hectare, in Andhra Pradesh it increased from 2.06 lakh hectare to 2.23 lakh hectare, in Telangana it improved from 1.92 lakh acre to 1.93 lakh acre and in Uttar Pradesh it increased by 5 percent to 3.79 lakh hectare, but in the most important producing state- Karnataka, it slipped from 15.42 lakh hectare to 13.01 lakh hectare.