With the help of a low pressure area over central India, the southwest monsoon has gained momentum, bringing in plenty of rain for the sowing of kharif crops in the region. Meteorological Office said on Tuesday India And the west coast will experience active monsoon conditions for the next five days, while northwestern parts of the country are likely to receive seasonal rains from Wednesday.
Under the influence of a Low Pressure Area over Central parts of Madhya Pradesh, an associated cyclonic circulation, and an offshore trough from Gujarat to Maharashtra, along with these areas, fairly widespread rainfall is forecast for the next five days. India Meteorological Department said that Telangana, Kerala, Coastal Karnataka and Odisha. Good rains over the past few days have helped reduce the cumulative deficit for the country to two per cent from eight per cent last Friday, data from the Met Office shows.
Monsoon is deficient in Uttar Pradesh (-48 per cent), Jharkhand (-42 per cent), Kerala (-38 per cent), Odisha (-26 per cent), Mizoram (-25 per cent), Manipur (-). 24 per cent) and Gujarat (-22 per cent), shows IMD’s data on daily rainfall. On the agriculture front, sowing of kharif crops has been slow as farmers brought 278.72 lakh hectare of agricultural land under cultivation till July 1, as against 294.42 lakh hectare in the same period last year.
Data from the Ministry of Agriculture showed that rice was sown in 43.45 lakh hectares, which is 16.11 lakh hectares less as compared to 59.56 lakh hectares in 2021. Pulses have been sown in 28.06 lakh hectare as compared to 26.23 lakh hectare in 2021, which is 1.83 lakh hectare more. The total area under cultivation of coarse cereals has seen a decline of 46.34 lakh hectares as compared to 50.36 lakh hectares in 2021.
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