<span style="color: #222222;">Government today said that in the current Kharif season, record area of over 1,095 lakh hactare has been covered.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The sowing of rice still continues while sowing of pulses, coarse cereals, millets and oilseeds is almost over.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that there is no impact of COVID-19 on progress of area coverage under kharif crops as on date.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, timely prepositioning of inputs by Government like seeds, pesticides, fertilizers, machinery and credit has made it possible for large coverage.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Tomar said that credit goes to farmers for timely action and adoption of technologies and taking benefit of government schemes.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Ministry said, rice has been sown in over 396 lakh hactare as compared to 365 lakh hactare during the corresponding period of last year.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">While, Pulses have been sown in on over 136 lakh hactare as against 130 lakh hactare area of last year.</span><br />''