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The crops that are sown in the rainy season are called Kharif crops. (also known as the summer or monsoon crop) in India. … The Rabi means when the crop is harvested. Crops that are grown in the winter season, from November to April, are called Rabi Crops.

Kharif Season Brings A New Sowing Record For Telangana State

HYDERABAD: Kharif agricultural activities have been picked up across Telangana due to timely rains and lifting lockdown restrictions totally from June 20. It is expected that the total crop area sown in this season will reach record 1.40 crore acres. As per the IMD report, the state normally receives a normal rainfall of 95.4 mm. But it has already witnessed 137.66 mm of rain, which is 40 per cent in excess. So far, the total sown area is 18.88 lakh acres, of which cotton accounts for 14.82 lakh acres and red gram 1.58 lakh acres.

The state government has credited a total Rythu Bandhu amount of Rs. 6,664 crore into the bank accounts of 59.71 lakh farmers till date since June 15. Balance four lakh farmers will be covered by June 25. Agriculture minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy told media personnel that the department has kept 13 lakh quintals of various seed varieties to meet the increased demand. To encourage organic farming, the government is supplying organic manures at a 65 per cent subsidy. About 8.64 lakh metric tonnes of fertilisers, including 4.41 lakh metric tonnes of urea, have been kept ready to meet the necessary requirements in the state. At present, agriculture crops are being sown over 2.31 crore acres, and horticulture crops over 11.57 lakh acres in Kharif and Rabi put together in Telangana.

This is significantly higher when compared to crops sown when Telangana had been formed in 2014. Then, agriculture crops had been sown only on 1.31 crore acres and horticulture crops on 9.62 lakh acres.

Especially at then when the central government has announced a 4-5 per cent increase in MSP for many Kharif crops, Telanaga farmers will surely benefit from this increase in MSP.

Source: We learned via the Deccan Chronicle