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प्रश्न
Write about the Cash crops in India.
उत्तर
The crops which are cultivated for commercial purposes are called Cash crops. These crops include sugarcane, tobacco, fiber crops (cotton jute and mesta), and oilseeds.
1. Sugar cane:-
Sugar cane is the most important cash of India and is the second-largest producer in the world. It provides raw materials for the sugar industry which is the second-largest industrial category of our country. Besides providing sugar, gur, and Khandsari, it supplies molasses for the alcohol industry and bagasse for the paper industry. India is ranked in Cuba and Brazil. Uttar Pradesh is the leading producer of sugar cane followed by Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat.
2. Cotton:-
Cotton is the most important cash crop of India. It provides raw material to the largest industry in India. India ranks second next to China in the production of cotton. 79% of the total area and production in the country were contributed by Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Punjab.
3. Jute:-
It is a tropical crop, grows well in the alluvial soil. It provides the raw material for the jute industry. It is used for the manufacturing of gunny bags, carpets, lessian, ropes and strings, rugs, clothes, tarpaulins, upholstery, etc. West Bengal is the leading state both in cultivation and production.
4. Oilseeds:-
Oilseeds, the premier source of fat in the Indian diet are derived from a number of crops like groundnut, grapes seed, mustard, sesame, linseed, sunflower, castor seed, cottonseed, niger seed, etc. Gujarat is India’s largest oilseeds producing state. Others are Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh. In groundnut production, India is the second-largest producer in the world after China.
