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Major 
Crops
Rice
Staple food crop of a 
majority of people in India
Second largest producer of 
rice after China in the 
world.
It is a kharif crop which 
requires high temperature 
and humidity with annual 
rainfall of above 100 cm.
Grown in plains of North 
and North Eastern India, 
coastal plains and deltaic 
regions.
Canal irrigation and tube 
wells made it possible to 
grow rice in areas of less 
rainfall such as Punjab, 
Haryana and West Uttar 
Pradesh and Parts of 
Rajasthan.
Wheat
Second most important 
cereal crop.
Main food crop in the north 
an north-western part of 
the country.
Requires cool growing 
season and bright sunshine 
during ripening and 50-70 
cm of annual rainfall evenly 
distributed over the 
growing season.
Grown in Ganga-Satluj
plains in North West and 
black soil region in the 
Deccan.
Major wheat producing 
states are Punjab, Haryana, 
UP, Bihar, Rajasthan and 
parts of MP
Millets
Jowar, bajra and ragi are 
important millets grown in 
India.
Jowar is third most 
important food crop with 
respect to area and 
production and grown 
Karnataka, AP and MP.
Bajra grows well on sandy 
soils and shallow black soil 
and grown in Rajasthan, 
UP, Maharashtra, Gujarat 
and Haryana.
Ragi is a crop of dry region 
and grows well on red, 
black, sandy, loamy and 
shallow black soil and is 
grown in Karnataka, Tamil 
Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, 
Uttarakhand, Sikkim, 
Jharkhand and Arunachal 
Pradesh.
Maize
Used for both food and 
fodder.
Requires temperature 
between 21 °C and 27 °C.
Requires alluvial soil.
HYV seeds, fertilizers and 
irrigation have contribute 
to increased production
Major maize-producing 
states are Karnataka, Uttar 
Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra 
Pradesh and MP.
Pulses
India is the largest producer 
and consumer of pulses in 
the world
Major pulses grown are tur, 
urad, moong, masur, peas 
and gram.
Being leguminous crops 
they help restore soil 
fertility.
Grown in MP, UP, 
Rajasthan, Maharashtra 
and Karnataka.