-Hindustan Times Indore: Soybean crop has been affected for the third consecutive year in Madhya Pradesh as excessive rain in Satna, Rewa and Bhopal regions will necessitate re-sowing once the water recedes, an agriculture expert said. Madhya Pradesh is the top producer of soybean in the country and accounts for 53% of its production, according to government statistics. “Farmers will have to go for re-sowing wherever there has been water logging in fields...
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Better monsoon to reduce price pressure in pulses: Study
-PTI IMD has forecast better than normal Southwest Monsoon for the year With pulses inflation high at 34%, a better monsoon would reduce price pressure in lentils and in turn food inflation, a latest report has said. Southwest Monsoon rains were lower by 16% as on yesterday. While June could still end with a marginal deficit, if rainfall remains adequate as forecast in July and August, it could provide much-needed support for growth...
More »Good rains likely over north India from June 26: IMD -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard So far, in the southern Peninsula and northwest India, the Southwest Monsoon is around 15 per cent and three per cent above normal, respectively New Delhi: Northwest Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Punjab might get good rains from June 26 to July 10, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday in its weather update. The Southwest Monsoon, according to IMD, has been around 18 per cent below normal...
More »Monsoon likely to gain momentum, advance further
-PTI After a making a slow progress, the Southwest Monsoon is expected to gain momentum and advance further into several parts of drought-hit Maharashtra and central India. “The Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into remaining parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, more parts of north interior Karnataka, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Jharkhand and Bihar,” the India Meteorological Department said. Secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences, M Rajeevan, said the last...
More »After two successive droughts, Govt eyes bumper farm production
-PTI India Meteorological Department (IMD) has projected an “above normal” rainfall this year. New Delhi: With the onset of South-West monsoon, the government expects sowing operations to gain momentum that will lead to higher production this year after two successive droughts. After a delay of almost seven days, Southwest Monsoon finally hit Kerala today. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has projected an “above normal” rainfall this year. “The monsoon is arriving at almost the same...
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