New Delhi: With rains and hailstorm lashing Punjab and Haryana for the second day, the weather continued to worry farmers as well as the government keeping a watch on the wheat harvest for the season.
The meteorology department has predicted that the rains would fade over the week and temperatures increase but in the two states even a partial threat of continued rains and hailstorm continue
Sonepat: A number of villages in Sonepat, Kharkhoda, Rai and Gannaur blocks of the district were lashed by hailstorm for around 10 minutes, causing damage to standing crops and hampering the work of harvesting and thrashing of wheat crop.
The Rajasthan Government has set the target for disbursement of crop loans worth Rs.6,000 crore to farmers through village cooperative societies this year.
India is estimated to harvest an all-time record output of 235.88 million tonne (MT) of foodgrains in the 2010-11 crop year (ending June), courtesy the highest-ever production of wheat and pulses.
Addressing the Kharif Conference here, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said the third advance estimate figures available with him showed an all-time record production of foodgrains of 235.88 MT.
The yellow rust disease that hit parts of the crucial wheat-producing States in northern India will hit production by about 5 lakh tonnes, informed sources have said.
Although the Agriculture Ministry is said to have taken
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Sitting over estimates of a bumper crop this year, the government is once again faced with the storage problem.
In focus is the rural godown scheme of the agriculture ministry, which is not working well in many states.
According to the second advance estimates, production of foodgrains during 2010-11 is estimated at 232.07 million tonnes (MT) as compared to 218.11 MT during 2009-10.
Patiala, March 30
High-velocity winds accompanied by hailstorm and an incessant spell of rain for a couple of hours last night damaged the almost ripened wheat crop in villages across Patiala and surrounding areas.
