Kharif crop sowing has exceeded 1,104 lakh hectares, up from 1,096 lakh hectares last reported (as of September 17), as paddy, coarse cereals, oilseed and sugarcane crossed the normal area, the government said on Monday.
Healthy monsoon has helped paddy sowing reach 410 lakh hectare area coverage, compared to 393.57 lakh hectare during the corresponding period of last year, the government said on Tuesday.
The increase of 13,5 lakh hectares in sown area is expected to lead to higher production which in turn would increase the incomes of farmers and also help to keep food inflation in check.
Paddy procurement for Kharif marketing season 2022-23 (October-September) is progressing smoothly in 13 States/Union Territories -- Punjab, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, J-K, Kerala, Telangana, Haryana, and Tamil Nadu with purchase of over 231 lakh tonne.
The BJP leader commented that the failure was not only in the crops, it was also in the intention of the Ashok Gehlot Government.
Union Agriculture Minister Anurag Thakur said the Narendra Modi-led NDA Government has taken many steps to improve the state of agriculture and to increase the income of farmers.
The coastal State had recorded the highest monsoon rainfall deficit in over two decades in the current year with a deficiency of 29% than the average rainfall in September.
Everything was fine as there was a good monsoon downpour in June's first week. The Kharif cultivation had begun on time with the sowing of seeds. But the Kharif plan has gone awry with monsoon playing truant, said a farmer, Rabindra Sahoo, from the Basudebpur area of Bhadrak district.
The IMD today forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall along Odisha’s coastal regions in the next 24 hours, even as…
