The condition of Kharif crops in Rajasthan will be monitored

11-Sep-2025 09:29 PM

Jaipur. Punjab and Rajasthan have been the most affected by excessive rain and devastating floods during the current monsoon season.

Of course, there is a possibility of damage to Kharif crops due to floods in almost all the districts of Punjab, but mainly paddy is cultivated there while other crops are sown in a limited area.

On the other hand, Rajasthan is also suffering from the horror of floods, but many crops are cultivated there on a large scale, which include jowar, millet, maize, moong, urad, moth chola, peanuts, soybean, sesame, castor, cotton and guar etc.

It is noteworthy that Rajasthan is the largest producer of moong, millet, moth and guar in the country, while it ranks second in the production of peanuts and castor and third in the production of soybean.

The production area of ​​Kharif crops in Rajasthan is almost the same as last year. Compared to last year, the production area of ​​paddy, jowar, maize, green gram, urad, choula, tuvar, sesame, groundnut, castor and cotton has increased in the state this time while the area of ​​millet, moth, soybean and cluster bean has decreased.

The maximum decrease in area has been in cluster bean and soybean while their crops are also reported to be damaged due to excessive rain, water logging in fields and catastrophic floods.

Similarly, due to these natural calamities, there are reports of damage to the crops of moong, urad and groundnut and at some places to cotton. The damage to the crops is being assessed.