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Maharashtra: Govt warns farmers not to rush kharif sowing, wait for monsoon to settle down

May 25, 2025 11:05 pm

According to current forecasts, starting May 27, the weather across the state will gradually become dry, with a slight increase in temperatures

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State sets target of 204 lakh metric tonnes under kharif cultivation: CM Devendra Fadnavis

May 22, 2025 12:44 am

Fadnavis was addressing reporters after the annual kharif review meeting in Mumbai on Tuesday. The objective of the meeting was to assess the preparedness for the kharif season, which begins with the onset of monsoon that arrives in Maharashtra in early June.

Agriculture Ministry seeks more funds for farmers’ registry, digital crop survey

March 10, 2025 5:53 am

It is learnt that the Agriculture Ministry has also sought an allocation of `2,000 crore for supporting the Digital Crop Survey (DCS) in the next fiscal (2025-26) for both Kharif and Rabi seasons under the SCA

Area under kharif crop declines by 2.72 lakh hectares in 2023-24

August 21, 2023 1:34 am

Attributed to delayed monsoon, changing rain pattern leading to losses

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Punjab plans to provide around 22,000 straw management machines for 2023 Kharif season

August 14, 2023 2:13 am

In the 2022 Kharif season, Punjab had seen a 30 per cent drop in stubble-burning incidents to 49,907 from 71,304 in 2021.

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Nutrient Based Subsidy for kharif 2023 gets Cabinet nod

May 18, 2023 8:08 am

Briefing on Cabinet decisions, Fertilisers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said, “The Cabinet has taken an important decision regarding fertiliser subsidy”.

Despite push, Govt's millet procurement target expected to fall short — by 40%

March 06, 2023 7:04 am

The government has procured only 17% of the approved quantity of millets and coarse grains so far.

Govt to launch digital crop survey in 10 states this kharif season

January 23, 2023 2:45 am

In the survey, information on different types of crops sown by farmers in their fields will be collected through an automated process by using “Geo-Referenced maps” of the farmland plots and remote sensing images.

Higher rice procurement expected in kharif season: Government

August 31, 2022 2:11 am

The Centre expects the kharif crop rice procurement figure to reach at 518 lakh metric tonnes during the upcoming kharif marketing season (KMS) 2022-23.

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Lakhs of hectares of Kharif crop fall prey to snail attack

August 23, 2022 6:33 am

The issue of snail attack, one of the rare instances in the state, was raised through a calling attention motion in the Assembly by BJP MLA Abhimanyu Pawar and few others.

In run for Vice-President, Radhakrishnan in pole position as numbers tilt in NDA favour

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While the numbers seem to be stacked in favour of the ruling BJP-led NDA in the Vice-Presidential election scheduled for Tuesday, in which the NDA’s candidate C P Radhakrishnan is pitted against the Opposition INDIA alliance’s nominee Justice (retired) P Sudershan Reddy, the decision of the BJD and the BRS to abstain from voting may further boost Radhakrishnan’s prospects.

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