With sowing of kharif crops lagging by over 86 lakh hectares compared to last year, owing to an erratic southwest monsoon and the average water level in major reservoirs declining by 2 per cent (to 59 per cent of last year’s storage) over the previous week, the country faces a grim situation.
The area under rice, pulses, oilseeds and coarse cereals is less than what it was last year. Earlier, the acreage under cotton was slightly higher, but has now declined as sowing has been hit in Gujarat, thanks to a weak monsoon.
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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/monsoons
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-meteorological-department-imd
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crops
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-pradesh
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttaranchal-uttarakhand
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
