The Agriculture Department will conduct field surveys to check paddy varieties sown by farmers in the state. The exercise ...

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This year’s erratic monsoon, accompanied by soaring temperatures, mirrors the 18% national rainfall deficit recorded in 2024, which had already impacted Kharif sowing across the country.

A delayed monsoon in 2025 has disrupted sowing across key Indian states, leaving farmers facing tough choices. Yet, many are ...

Indian farmers increase rice, pulses, and cotton planting as monsoon rains remain above normal, according to agriculture ...

Paddy farmers have intensified direct sowing and nursery activities marking the beginning of the Kharif season 2025-26 in the ...

India’s ₹ 1.68-trillion fertilizer subsidy bill for the current financial year could rise if the crisis in West Asia causes ...

The area allocated to monsoon-sown rice crops has surged 58% from a year earlier to 1.32 million hectares (3.3 million acres) ...

Official data showed that as on 20 June 2025, kharif Paddy or rice sowing is higher by 58 per cent on year at 13.22 lakh ...