Cropped area stood at 74.56 lakh acres, compared with 79.49 lakh acres during the corresponding period last year. Cotton covered 45 lakh acres, or 94.91 per cent of its normal area, and soybean 3.62 lakh acres, or 87.01 per cent. It proposed supplying contingency seeds at 75 per cent subsidy costing an estimated Rs 330 crore. Around Hyderabad, the panel proposed bringing one lakh acres under vegetables, with seeds at 75 per cent subsidy, micro-irrigation and transport support to Rythu Bazaars. Village nodal teams would track crops, water, fodder, employment, power and public health.