The Kharif 1998- 99 crop was also no better.
NBHC released Kharif crop estimation for the year 2018-19.
Many have simply accepted that the Kharif season will be unproductive.
In northern part of Karnataka, sunflower productivity in rabi
season can be increased succeeding Kharif cowpea.
If the farmer grows Kharif crops, only then he will be
able to register for this financial assistance.
Grown as both as Kharif and Rabi crop but 90-95% of the total area is devoted to Kharif crop.
This is higher by 0.86 million tonnes as compared to last year's Kharif foodgrains production of 140.73 million tonnes.
Groundnut is grown both as Kharif and rabi crop but 90-95% of the total area is devoted to Kharif crop.
This year production of Kharif oilseed is also higher by 2.33
million tonnes than the average production of last five years.
A senior government official said that from this Kharif season, we are starting a pilot project in four districts of Odisha.
The flood water remains in the agricultural
fields for 6 to 15 days causing severe damage to the Kharif crops, mainly rice.
The Agriculture Ministry informed the committee that when banbans were implemented,
the farmers were either selling their Kharif or sowing of rabi crops.
In the north it is a Kharif crop and in the south it grows with the help of irrigation throughout the year.
During the 2018 Kharif season and the 2019 Rabi season,
8 organisations participated in this trial under the Prime Minister's PIC Insurance Scheme.
Seed rate in green gram(Moong):- For Kharif season, use seed rate of 8-9
kg/acre whereas for summer season used seed rate of 12-15 kg/acre.
The Central Government on July 4 approved the proposal to hike MSP by 50 per cent for 14 Kharif crops for the year 2018-19.
The West Bengal government will give annual financial assistance of Rs 5,000 per acre in two instalments,
one during Kharif and another during Rabi season.
Although the government has increased the government purchase price for Kharif and rabi, it is not translating to an increase in income for farmers.
All the farmers featured in the survey
were aware that they should delay the sowing of the Kharif crop because monsoon now tends to start late.
During the year 2017, for the crops of Rabi and Kharif, 5 crore 71 lakh farmers
have been provided security cover under this scheme- President Kovind.
Other upside risks to inflation include the impact of an expected decline in the production of foodgrains due to lower sowing during the Kharif season;
Yes, Farmers having land holding of 2 hectare or less(Small and marginal farmers) are provide 10% of the premium as grant in preset Kharif 2006.
Total production of Kharif oilseeds in the country is estimated at 23.36
million tonnes which is significantly higher than the production of 16.59 million tonnes during 2015-16.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices(MSPs) for all Kharif crops for 2019-20 Season.
That is because the final data on the Kharif output is yet to come out
and the impact on food inflation will only be known by September.
The estimated production of most of the crops during current Kharif season is estimated to be higher
as compared to their normal production of last five years.
According to the government's Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, farmers will have to pay only 2% for Kharif crops whereas only 1.5% is required for Rabi crop.
However, there exists considerable uncertainty on the food price trajectory, and the quantum of impact of unseasonal rains on Kharif output would be known only
early next year.
Highlighting measures taken to boost farmers' income,
the minister said the government had recently raised MSP of Kharif crops that is 50% higher than the cost of production.
According to this analysis, insurance companies under PMFBY and RWBCIS have so far honoured just 17 per cent of the total claims raised during the 2016 Kharif season.