As per the data released by Ministry of Agriculture on July 21, Rice transplanting is up by more than 4% than the same time of last year. So far, rice has been transplanted in 177.04 lakh hectares as compared to 169.23 lakh hectares of last year same time. Normal in season area is 395.94 lakh hectares in the country.
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