.1 minutes read Last Improved: Aug 28 2024|12:07 AM IST.The region under kharif additionally improved throughout the week finished August 23 as sowing was practically total in a lot of crops. Data revealed that till August 23, kharif crops have actually been sown in around 106.5 million hectares-- just about 2 per cent much more than the region dealt with in the course of the exact same time period in 2013 yet 2.81 percent less than the regular land area (which is the average of the final five years). Fortunately is actually that the areas under arhar, groundnut, soy bean, and cotton are actually much more than their five-year standard. Having said that, all eyes will certainly get on the weather in the next couple of weeks as surplus storms in September can deluge areas and create lodging which misbehaves for the ultimate return. Till August 27, the South west gale has actually been 7 per cent much more than normal with Central and Southern India recording rainfalls which were greater than 17 per-cent excess up until now in the period. With La Nina embeding in, the storms might get even more powerful.
First Published: Aug 28 2024|12:07 AM IST.