UP likely to set a new record in paddy production for 2nd year in a row; storage capacity goes up in 3 years
The Agriculture Department, Uttar Pradesh, had set a target of cultivating paddy on 60 lakh hectares of land out of 96.03 lakh hectares in this Kharif season, of which sowing had been done on 57.72 lakh hectares till August 4 . Sowing of paddy on the remaining land is likely to be completed by August 15.
Aug 09, 2021, 11:24 AM IST
Paddy sowing up 21% so far this kharif season
Foodgrains production is estimated to have declined by 5.25 percent to 251.12 million tonnes in 2014-15 crop year due to poor monsoon and unseasonal rain in last two months.
May 29, 2015, 18:35 PM IST
