Erratic monsoon affects Kharif sowing

Kharif sowing has started on a sluggish notice even with monsoon offering a ten for every cent surplus in June, the first of the four-thirty day period wet season. Total acreage was down by 21 for every cent as of June 25, when compared with the same period a 12 months back as monsoon turned erratic in elements of Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, hurting the progress of sowing.

Although transplantation of paddy, the most important kharif crop, has started on a constructive notice, the planting of pulses, cotton and oilseeds has been relatively tepid, in accordance to early set of figures unveiled by the Agriculture Ministry.

Paddy cultivation was larger by about four for every cent at 36.fifteen lakh hectare (lh) in excess of same period earlier 12 months. States these kinds of as Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and West Bengal have noted larger acreage beneath paddy, while Odisha, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and Maharasthra have noted decrease protection.

 

Lessen tur acreage

Space beneath pulses was seventeen for every cent decrease when compared with the 12 months-back period at fourteen.58 lh (seventeen.51) . Acreage beneath tur or arhar was down by 37 for every cent at 5.fifty seven lh when compared twith 8.eighty three lh. Urad or black matpe protection was marginally down at 2.seventeen lh while moongbean spot is slightly larger at 5.23 lh. States these kinds of as Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have noted larger spot, while Maharashtra and Telangana have registered a decrease. Pulses acreage in Maharashtra was down by four.08 lh.

Space beneath coarse cereals dropped thanks to decrease protection of crops these kinds of as jowar, bajra and small millets. On the other hand, maize spot is larger thanks to larger protection in Karnataka.

In general, the spot beneath coarse cereals is larger in States these kinds of as Madhya Pradesh (four.32 lh) and Karnataka (1.43 lh). Lessen protection has been noted in Maharasthra (11.forty one lh), Haryana (1.38 lh) and Rajasthan (.79 lh).

Oilseeds protection is also decrease mostly thanks to decrease acreage noted from Maharashtra (11.36 lh) and Gujarat (four.08 lh). Groundnut cultivation is down by a fourth at 9 lh (twelve.fourteen lh), while soyabean spot is forty two for every cent decrease at thirteen.45 lh (23.36 lh). Rajasthan (1.46 lh), Madhya Pradesh (1.37 lh) and Karnataka (.51 lh) have noted larger protection.

Cotton spot down by forty eight%

Cotton cultivation is down by forty eight for every cent at 37.fourteen lh (71.69 lh) as virtually all big making States have seen a sluggish planting. Cotton plating is down in Maharashtra (fifteen.11 lh), Gujarat (8.fifteen lh), Madhya Pradesh (3.70 lh), Telangana (3.forty lh), Punjab (1.ninety eight lh), Karnataka (.eighty three lh), Haryana (.sixty three lh), Rajasthan (.sixty lh) and Andhra Pradesh (.32 lh).

Sugarcane acrea is larger at about 50.16 lh (49.eighty five lh) as Gujarat (.80 lh), Maharashtra (.seventeen lh) and Uttar Pradesh (.twelve lh) have noted an maximize in spot.

Even though the south-west monsoon has weakened, it is envisioned to see renewed vigour by subsequent week. The India Meteorological Office forecasts standard rainfall this thirty day period.

H2o storage stage

The Central H2o Fee on Thursday reported that the storage stage in the a hundred thirty big reservoirs in the place is fifty five.606 billion cubic metres that is 32 for every cent of are living storage capacity at comprehensive reservoir stage. This is a single for every cent decrease than the stage past 12 months and 38 for every cent larger than the regular stage seen in the past ten many years.