Monsoon, has covered the entire country but the rains are
still deficient by 23 percent, the India Meteorological Department has said.The south-west monsoon had hit Kerala on 5th June, but made slow progress affecting sowing of major Kharif crops such as paddy, pulses and coarse cereals.
"Rainfall
situation has improved but it is still minus 23 per cent. Monsoon is
covering entire country today with parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan
receiving heavy rains," IMD Director General L S Rathore told reporters
in New Delhi on Wednesday.
With improvement in monsoon rains, Rathore noted that the planting of paddy, soyabean and groundnut would pick up.He, however, pointed out that scanty rains in Karnataka and Maharashtra might affect coarse cereals.
Rathore
was speaking to media after attending a meeting with Agriculture
Minister Sharad Pawar and Food Minister K V Thomas to discuss the
progress of monsoon.
"Rains will now shift to Himalayas, Terai and north east region. The 23 percent deficit in rains is likely to continue until next week," Rathore said.So far, he said that some parts of Karnataka, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat and central Madhya Pradesh have received scanty rains.India had produced a record 252.56 million tonnes of foodgrains in 2011-12 crop year (July-June) on good monsoon last year.
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