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  "id": "economy/kharif-sowing",
  "name": "Monsoon-crop sowing",
  "hub": "Economy",
  "topic": "Farming and rural incomes",
  "moduleIds": [
    "kharif-sowing"
  ],
  "url": "https://data.indiadispatch.com/economy/kharif-sowing",
  "period": "24 July 2026",
  "periodKey": "2026-07-24",
  "latest": {
    "formattedValue": "78.737 million hectares"
  },
  "source": {
    "name": "Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare",
    "url": "https://agriwelfare.gov.in/"
  },
  "numericValue": 78.737,
  "unit": "million hectares",
  "measure": "current_million_hectares",
  "cadence": "Weekly during the sowing season",
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    "The table retains the source’s published periods. Missing observations are not zero and have not been interpolated.",
    "Area reported sown in the current kharif season. The normal-area comparison is full-season area, so it is not a like-for-like progress measure."
  ],
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    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
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  "attribution": "India by the numbers, Monsoon-crop sowing, 24 July 2026, https://data.indiadispatch.com/economy/kharif-sowing. Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.",
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    {
      "title": "Area sown, 24 July 2026",
      "temporalCoverage": "2026-07-24",
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        "Crop",
        "Normal million hectares",
        "Current million hectares",
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            "Rice",
            "41.2 million hectares",
            "23.443 million hectares",
            "24.062 million hectares"
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        },
        {
          "id": "Pulses",
          "cells": [
            "Pulses",
            "12.364 million hectares",
            "8.457 million hectares",
            "9.146 million hectares"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "Shri Anna cum Coarse cereals",
          "cells": [
            "Shri Anna cum Coarse cereals",
            "18.263 million hectares",
            "14.221 million hectares",
            "16.149 million hectares"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "Oilseeds",
          "cells": [
            "Oilseeds",
            "20.008 million hectares",
            "16.354 million hectares",
            "16.7 million hectares"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "Sugarcane",
          "cells": [
            "Sugarcane",
            "5.42 million hectares",
            "5.758 million hectares",
            "5.672 million hectares"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "Jute & Mesta",
          "cells": [
            "Jute & Mesta",
            "0.64 million hectares",
            "0.632 million hectares",
            "0.619 million hectares"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "Cotton",
          "cells": [
            "Cotton",
            "12.551 million hectares",
            "9.872 million hectares",
            "10.271 million hectares"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "Total",
          "cells": [
            "Total",
            "110.446 million hectares",
            "78.737 million hectares",
            "82.619 million hectares"
          ]
        }
      ]
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