SOWING OF KHARIF CROPS
The rainfall has
adequately covered most parts of the country. This has facilitated
normal to good sowing of major kharif crops. The area progression
so far this year as compared to last year is as follows:
Area sown reported
% of normal area covered
|
Crop
|
Normal area
|
This year
|
Last year
|
This year
|
Last year
|
|
Rice
|
406
|
320
|
262
|
78.8
|
64.5
|
|
Bajra
|
94
|
89
|
64
|
94.7
|
68.1
|
|
Kharif Jowar
|
47
|
41
|
37
|
87.2
|
78.7
|
|
Kharif Maize
|
59
|
67
|
60
|
113.6
|
101.7
|
|
Kharif Coarse Cereals
|
231
|
220
|
179
|
95.2
|
77.5
|
|
Kharif Groundnut
|
57
|
50
|
49
|
87.7
|
86.0
|
|
Soyabean
|
63
|
68
|
57
|
107.9
|
90.5
|
|
Total Kharif Oilseeds
|
154
|
147
|
128
|
95.5
|
83.1
|
|
Tur
|
35
|
36
|
33
|
102.9
|
94.3
|
|
Total Kharif Pulses
|
104
|
118
|
100
|
113.6
|
96.2
|
|
Cotton
|
88
|
74
|
68
|
84.1
|
77.3
|
|
Jute
|
9
|
8
|
8
|
88.1
|
90.0
|
|
Sugarcane
|
43
|
43
|
42
|
100.0
|
97.7
|
Report as on 1.9.03
There is no report
of shortage of any commonly used chemical pesticides or bio-pesticides
in the country. The incidence of pest & diseases remains below
the Economic Threshold Level generally for most of the crops.
The Central Water
Commission monitors the live storage of the 71 important
reservoirs having Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of 131.28 billion
cubic meters (BCM) which is about 79% of total reservoir capacity
in the country. The present total water storage is about 49% of
FRL, which is 118% of last year’s level and 78% of last 10 years’
average.
No gregarious locust
activity has been noticed during the surveys conducted by the
Locust Warning Organization in various localities of Scheduled
Desert Area of Gujarat and Rajasthan . Due to wide spread rainfall
in almost the entire Scheduled Desert Area, the ecological conditions
are becoming favourable for localized locust breeding. Intensive
surveys are being conducted to detect any locust activity in the
Scheduled Desert Area.
