Kharif Season Begins On Optimistic Note

The kharif season has begun on an optimistic note this year with the sowing of commercial crops like sugarcane, jute and cotton going apace under normal weather conditions. The planting of autumn rice (early kharif crop) is also continuing with a normal pace in the north-eastern states as well as the peninsular region.

The timely arrival of the south-west monsoon and the weather office