Data showed that during the week ending November 21, rabi crops were sown in around 30.63 million hectares of land which is 12.32 per cent more than the area covered during the same period last year
The rains, as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), were fairly widespread and extended right up to north-west and central India
The lockdown can severely affect harvesting and sale
Water levels in major reservoirs now 13% below 10-year average