CropsTelangana declares drought in 365 mandals as kharif paddy area falls 18 percent
The state found a 17 percent monsoon rainfall deficit, ordered input aid, fodder and drinking water, and asked the Centre for a Rs 20,000 crore relief package.
Tags
Kharif
CropsVegetables
Onion retail prices in India up 82% in three months to Rs 53.78 a kg as supplies thin
Government data show the average retail price rising from Rs 29.50 a kg on 1 June to Rs 53.78 on 17 September and wholesale from Rs 22.60 to Rs 45.68; a shortfall in Maharashtra's summer crop and a late kharif harvest are blamed, and buffer-stock sales at about Rs 35 a kg and export curbs are among
Environment
India's monsoon starts to withdraw with rain 15% short, the weakest season since 2009
The IMD says the southwest monsoon began withdrawing from west Rajasthan on Saturday, two days late, with rainfall from 1 June to 19 September 14.9% below the long-period average, El Niño still strengthening, and kharif acreage about 1.45% below last year.
Crops
India's kharif sowing: rice and cotton lose ground, pulses, bajra and sunflower gain
Crop-wise data put the 2026-27 kharif area at 1,279.66 lakh hectares, marginally below last year: rice 426.81 lakh ha (down 3.82%), cotton 109.34 (down 0.88%), maize 91.59 (down 2.64%), while pulses rose to 118.46 (up 1.43%) on urad and tur, bajra to 64.88 (up 3.19%) and sunflower nearly doubled to