kharif crops

NEW DELHI: The sustained decline in the price of crude oil into August since June, the moderation in inflation rate below 7% and the impressive growth in tax revenue collection have combined to contribute to a significant easing of…

With deficient rains across Uttar Pradesh in this monsoon, farmers are staring at difficult days ahead fearing a sharp decline in their Kharif produce. As per the data of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Uttar Pradesh received…

With the monsoon being active over southern, central and western regions over the last one week, sowing of Kharif crops such as paddy, pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals and cotton has picked up pace. According to agriculture ministry…

Sowing of kharif crops has picked up pace with the southwest monsoon entering an active phase, which has pushed up rainfall across the country to normal levels. The acreage under kharif as on July 1 was 27.872 million hectares, up from…

NEW DELHI: The southwest (summer) monsoon on Saturday covered the entire country six days before its 'normal' date of July 8, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) while issuing alerts for enhanced rainfall over Odisha, Gujarat,…

NEW DELHI: Monthly rainfall for July over the country as a whole is most likely to be normal but many parts of east (Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Chhattisgarh) and northeast India may report below normal rainfall, said the …

Sowing of kharif crops such as paddy, pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals and cotton has seen a slow progress the first two weeks of this month. According to agriculture ministry data on Friday, kharif crops have been sown in 14.05 million…

A working group, set up by the ministry of agriculture and farmers’ welfare to review Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), NDA’s flagship crop insurance scheme, has recommended a higher claim-premium cap of 130% from 110% now, in a…

Sowing of kharif crops like soyabean, paddy, cotton has picked up in the country amid an advancing monsoon, and rainfall over the next fortnight will be crucial, agriculture experts said. Some places such as Malwa in Madhya Pradesh and…

With the southwest monsoon entering Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, west Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar on Monday, cumulative rainfall deficiency so far has been reduced to 5% from 25% reported on June 16.…