Total quantity of certified/quality seeds sold to the farmers in the Country was 304.04 lakh quintals in 2015-16 increased to 348.58 lakh quintals in 2016-17.
Total quantity of fertilizers sold to the farmers in the Country were 92.99 lakh Metric Tons in November and December, 2015 increased to 99.63 lakh Metric Tons in November and December, 2016. State-wise details of rabi and kharif crops sown from 2014 to 2018 are in annexure I and II respectively.
The national growth rate of crop sector in 2014-15 was -3.7 per cent, in 2015-16 was -3.2 per cent and in 2016-17 was 6.9 per cent.
In the year 2016-17, growth rate of crop sector was increased to 6.9 percent.
Annexure-I
| State-wise crop sown in Rabi season from 2014 to 2018 | ||||
| (Area in 000 ha.) | ||||
| State | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2026.00 | 2247.0 | 1892.00 | 2154.00 |
| Assam | 868.80 | 852.7 | 865.21 | 874.00 |
| Bihar | 3305.64 | 3190.7 | 3222.06 | 3132.50 |
| Chhattisgarh | 869.81 | 809.9 | 874.30 | 756.90 |
| Gujarat | 1715.00 | 1426.0 | 1685.00 | 1856.00 |
| Haryana | 3195.40 | 3199.0 | 3138.30 | 3138.00 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 374.08 | 382.8 | 390.83 | 381.88 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 386.08 | 337.7 | 347.09 | 356.03 |
| Jharkhand | 657.64 | 634.9 | 884.02 | 973.89 |
| Karnataka | 3098.00 | 3444.0 | 2611.70 | 3296.00 |
| Kerala | 46.05 | 48.4 | 44.98 | 46.38 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 10888.19 | 10907.0 | 11602.17 | 11213.00 |
| Maharashtra | 5796.00 | 5552.0 | 6494.60 | 5185.50 |
| Orissa | 752.45 | 667.6 | 639.67 | 570.58 |
| Punjab | 3596.20 | 3588.5 | 3565.40 | 3573.80 |
| Rajasthan | 7462.02 | 6941.2 | 7349.68 | 6906.41 |
| Tamil Nadu | 1213.21 | 1242.2 | 1069.69 | 1292.43 |
| Telangana | 968.00 | 681.0 | 1275.17 | 1389.00 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 12281.00 | 11506.0 | 12119.00 | 12088.00 |
| Uttarakhand | 420.12 | 408.3 | 408.00 | 398.00 |
| West Bengal | 2464.20 | 2597.1 | 2473.92 | 2638.48 |
| Others | 535.13 | 572.7 | 586.85 | 604.04 |
| All-India | 62919.03 | 61236.9 | 63539.64 | 62824.82 |
Annexure-II
| State-wise crop sown in Kharif season from 2014-2018 | ||||
| (Area in 000 ha.) | ||||
| State | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3976.00 | 3597.0 | 3804.00 | 3561.00 |
| Assam | 2243.45 | 2246.5 | 2229.47 | 2209.00 |
| Bihar | 3901.50 | 3854.6 | 3917.94 | 3823.37 |
| Chhattisgarh | 4499.10 | 4514.7 | 4495.50 | 4420.37 |
| Gujarat | 7338.56 | 7161.4 | 7444.00 | 7450.00 |
| Haryana | 2505.40 | 2515.8 | 2653.90 | 2734.40 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 394.96 | 392.9 | 397.66 | 384.63 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 631.70 | 629.7 | 633.47 | 637.48 |
| Jharkhand | 2169.14 | 2280.8 | 2536.84 | 2510.28 |
| Karnataka | 6824.00 | 6264.0 | 6937.10 | 6342.00 |
| Kerala | 155.91 | 154.5 | 133.99 | 146.81 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 12306.10 | 12761.0 | 13150.60 | 13180.00 |
| Maharashtra | 15116.00 | 15058.0 | 14725.30 | 15047.30 |
| Orissa | 4775.41 | 4485.1 | 4570.41 | 4323.78 |
| Punjab | 3548.60 | 3535.7 | 3405.00 | 3578.60 |
| Rajasthan | 10322.51 | 11303.8 | 11985.66 | 12030.11 |
| Tamil Nadu | 3189.96 | 3306.1 | 2559.56 | 3098.81 |
| Telangana | 3892.00 | 3757.0 | 3977.00 | 4168.00 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 11064.80 | 11309.0 | 11404.20 | 11061.00 |
| Uttarakhand | 610.82 | 598.6 | 590.00 | 574.00 |
| West Bengal | 5034.27 | 5146.7 | 5138.10 | 4797.06 |
| Others | 1172.63 | 1197.2 | 1206.09 | 1201.37 |
| All-India | 105672.81 | 106070.0 | 107895.78 | 107279.36 |
This information was given by Minister of State for Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Parshottam Rupala.
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