Heavy Rains in MP and Rajasthan Slow Crop Sowing
05-Aug-2025 03:16 PM
New Delhi. In important agricultural producing states like Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Rajasthan, the pace of sowing of Kharif crops was quite fast during the initial phase this time,
but later due to excessive monsoon rains, the pace of sowing slowed down due to waterlogging in the fields. Although this rain is helping in transplanting paddy, but sowing of pulses-oilseeds, small grains and cotton is being hampered.
According to official data, this time till August 1, compared to last year, the area of coarse grains was 2.2 percent and the area of pulses was 0.3 percent behind.
The main reason for this is 81 percent more rainfall in Rajasthan and 47 percent more rainfall in Madhya Pradesh as compared to the normal average. Due to this, the fields got flooded there. It is known that Rajasthan is considered to be the most prominent producer of pulses and coarse grains during Kharif season.
Madhya Pradesh is also a leading producer state of this. During the Kharif season of 2024-25, the combined contribution of these two in the total production area of pulses and coarse grains at the national level was close to 40 percent.
In the second half of the southwest monsoon i.e. during August-September, sowing of Kharif crops continues in both these states, but this time the farmers are struggling a lot due to the situation not being favorable. Not only this, but the possibility of damage to crops is also increasing due to excessive rain and floods in many areas.
The government's ambitious target of production area of coarse grains and pulses will be achieved easily, but after that a period of very torrential rains started and then the pace of sowing started slowing down.
Good rains are helping a lot in transplanting paddy and its production area is going much ahead of last year. The water level in dams and reservoirs has also increased.
This time the government has set a target of paddy production area of 440 lakh hectares, of which transplantation has been completed in 72.6 percent of the area so far.
The paddy cultivation area is 16.7 per cent ahead of last year. Till August 4, 4 per cent more rainfall than the normal average was recorded at the national level.