Rainfall over the country as a whole for the 2019 southwest monsoon season (June to September) is most likely to be NORMAL (96% to 104% of long period average (LPA)). Quantitatively, monsoon season rainfall for the […]
Increasing concern of El-Nino this year may cause lower rainfall to India
News & forecast for the Indian Monsoon this year The model projections call for 80 per cent chance of El Nino during March-May, dropping to 60 per cent for June to August. This means, it is […]
Drought seen impacting kharif pulses
After languishing for almost two years, the prices of pulses such as tur/arhar and urad have rebounded over the past few weeks as production has been impacted by scanty rains in the key growing regions of […]
MP’s Bhawantar scheme for crops fails to bridge MSP-wholesale rates gap
Is the Madhya Pradesh government’s much-discussed Bhawantar Bhugtan Yojana (Price Deficiency Payment Scheme) showing signs of stabilising? Unlike in 2017, the open market wholesale rates for soybean and maize, two crops incorporated into the scheme, haven’t seen a big decline […]