As of data released on 20th January,2023 by India's Agriculture Department, GOI indicates that the country would have somewhat more Rabi Maize land covered this year than at the same time last year. Maize has currently been planted on 21,09 lakh hectares (ha), or around 18.87% more land, than at this time last year, when 17,74 lakh hectares were used for this purpose.