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Cotton sowing was down 2.4 percent, while rice planting rose 2.3 percent.
Monsoon rainfall was 7 percent lower than normal as of Sept. 7, but in some states such as Manipur the rainfall deficit was as high as 53 percent, data compiled by the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) showed.
India's monsoon rains, a crucial element for the country's farm output, are likely to be below average in 2018, after the country experienced lighter than usual rainfall during the first half of the season.
The following figures are provisional and are in million hectares. Some numbers have been rounded, and the table does not include all crops.