The Ministry of Agriculture released the data for Kharif sowing for the week ended 18th September 2015. As per this data, Area sown for non-food crops declined by 1.5 per cent to 35.4 million hectares by 18th September 2015 on a y-o-y basis. This was on account of a fall in area sown for jute & mesta and cotton. While area sown for jute & mesta fell by 4.1 per cent to 0.8 million hectares, area sown for cotton declined by 8.4 per cent to 11.5 million hectares. Area sown for oilseeds rose by 3.1 per cent to 18.2 million hectares.
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