Kharif Crop

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  India's Indus Treaty Suspension Leads To Water Crisis In Pakistan: Report

  A Pakistan report indicates a 13.3 per cent year-on-year shortfall in water drawn from the Indus River System - and supplied to already water-starved farms in the Punjab province - after India halting the Indus Waters Treaty for the Pahalgam attack.

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  Pakistan Faces Severe Water Crisis Amid Extreme Heat, Indus Waters Shortage

  Pakistan's Punjab province may be looking ahead to a tough kharif (summer crops) sowing season amid a major water shortage at two of its key damns-- Tarbela on the Indus river and Mangla on the Jhelum river.

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  Government Hikes Paddy MSP By 3% To Rs 2,369 Per Quintal For 2025-26

  The government on Wednesday raised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy by 3 per cent to Rs 2,369 per quintal for the 2025-26 kharif marketing season.

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  Government Report Suggests Food Inflation May Ease In Months Ahead

  "A bumper kharif (summer crop) harvest is expected to lower food inflation in the coming months," the report said.

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  Centre Approves MSP For 14 Crops, Says It Is 1.5 Times Cost Of Production

  In a major decision, the Union Cabinet has approved a minimum support price of at least cost plus 50% for 14 crops ahead of the Kharif sowing season. The minimum support price of paddy has been increased by Rs 117.

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  Kharif Harvest, Centre's Interventions Helped Contain Inflation: RBI

  Inflation's upward pressures in the country on food items receded in the second half of the year 2022-23, with the robust kharif harvest and seasonal fresh crop arrivals as well as some easing in global food prices, the Reserve Bank of India said.

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  Lack Of Rain Will Hit Paddy Cultivation, Meteorology Official Tells NDTV

  Dr M Mohapatra, the Director-General of IMD, said uneven and insufficient monsoon rain in UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal was affecting the sowing of Kharif crop

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  What Congress Said On Centre's Minimum Support Price For Kharif Crops

  The Congress on Thursday accused the government of betraying the country's farmers and said the minimum support prices (MSP) of Kharif crops announced for 2022-23 are meagre and far below the rate of inflation.

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  Centre Hikes Minimum Support Price For Kharif Crops By 4-9%

  The Centre on Wednesday hiked the minimum support price for kharif crops by 4-9 per cent for the 2022-23 crop year, with paddy MSP being raised by Rs 100 to Rs 2,040 per quintal, a move aimed at encouraging farmers to bring more area under cultivation and boost their income.

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  States Integrate Farmers Data With Central Portal

  Many procuring states have integrated key data related to farmers with a portal managed by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs.

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  Kharif Production May Touch Record 150.5 Million Tonnes In 2020-21 Crop Year

  More than adequate monsoon may help food grains output reach 150.5 million tonnes, which would be a record during the current Kharif season of 2020-21

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  Paddy, Wheat Procurement Touch All Time High

  Government has procured 889 lakh metric tonnes of paddy during the ongoing Kharif season 2020-21 till September 5, 2021

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  Wheat Procurement Goes Up By 12% At 425 Metric Tonnes In 2021-22

  Wheat procurement during the ongoing Rabi marketing season 2021-22 has reached an all time high of over 425 metric tonnes.

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  Paddy Minimum Support Price Hiked By Rs 72 Per Quintal For 2021-22 Crop Year

  The government on Wednesday raised the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy marginally by Rs 72 per quintal to Rs 1,940 per quintal for the 2021-22 crop year, while the rates of other kharif crops were also hiked.

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  Government Okays Hiked Support Price For Kharif Crops

  MSP for Kharif Crops: For sesamum, there has been highest absolute increase of price at Rs 452 per quintal, followed by tur and urad.