MONSOON WATCH
Surinder Sud / New Delhi August 1, 2008, 22:15 IST
Monsoon is back in almost all the rain-starved areas of the peninsula, Maharashtra and parts of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. As a result, there has been a dramatic change in the overall kharif crop outlook.
Conditions are turning favourable for planting paddy, the main crop, as well as pulses, oilseeds and even cotton.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/late-rains-revive-kharif-outlook
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/central-water-commission-cwc
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall-pattern