Increase in wheat planting reported

significant increase in wheat planting reported from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan this week has helped overall rabi sowing to surpass the area covered during the corresponding week last year, according to data released by the Agriculture Ministry on Friday. As against 413 lakh hectares (LH) sown in the same week in the previous year, farmers across the country covered 418 lh, an increase of 1.24 per cent year-on-year