Rainfall on Kharif crops
30-Aug-2025 11:21 AM
During the current year, better production is expected due to good increase in the sowing area of most of the Kharif crops in the country as compared to last year, but monsoon has started playing the role of villain in this.
The South-West monsoon, which is considered oxygen for Kharif crops and lifeline for the Indian agricultural economy, this time the monsoon has come in its fierce and furious form and is ruining the Kharif crops.
Kharif crops are suffering heavy damage due to excessive rains, waterlogging in the fields and severe floods due to the rise in the rivers in most of the major agricultural producing states of the country, due to which the concern of the farmers as well as the government is increasing. Various districts of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra,
Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and some other states are facing the tragedy of severe floods. The fields have become submerged and the crops have drowned in it.
Due to the increase in the level of water in dams and reservoirs, their gates have to be opened, due to which crops are suffering a lot in the flow path.
The situation is getting worse due to the continuation of heavy rains in many areas. This situation is not favorable for the country and it can cause a lot of damage.
In the areas where Kharif crops were destroyed or the seeds did not germinate due to excessive rains during the initial stage, farmers got the opportunity to sow again, but such an opportunity was not available in the areas with late rains.
Pulses and oilseeds are cultivated on a large scale in the Kharif season and it is the most vulnerable to damage due to excessive rain and waterlogging.
According to the initial estimate, Kharif crops in more than 8 lakh hectares of area in Maharashtra alone were destroyed by rain and floods. The damage in other states is being assessed.
Due to insufficient production of pulses and oilseeds in the country, there is a need to import pulses and edible oils in large quantities from abroad, which costs billions of rupees.
The government wants to control it but it is not getting the expected success in this. Cotton crops in top cotton producing states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Telangana are also being reported to be damaged due to floods and rains. The picture of the damage is likely to become clear by mid-September.