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Rice Wheat Maize Millet
Cash Crops: Cash crops are grown primarily for sale in the market. Some of these
crops are also used as raw materials in many Industries. Tea, coffee, jute, cotton

and rubber are the examples of cash crops. Different parts of India grow a variety
of oilseed such as mustard, linseed, castor, and so on. Spices grown in India are

famous all over the world. Pepper, cardamom, cloves, chillies and turmeric are some
important spices grown in our country. The given table shows some important

crops grown in different parts of India.

Tea Jute Cotton Rubber

Crops Types of Crops Major States
Wheat Food crop Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,

West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha,
Rice Food crop
Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala,

Maize Food crop Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir

Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh
Cotton Cash crop
Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu

Sugarcane Cash crop Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,
Tea Cash crop
Kerala

Cropping Seasons in India

There are mainly three cropping seasons in India. Let us learn more about them

from the table given ahead.

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