TAG: reservoir levels
Uneven rainfall, low reservoir levels keep rice sowing 25% lower, pulses acreage dips slightly
Crop acreage as of August 2 was higher than the previous year, but analysis shows that a late pick-up to the monsoon has kept the overall sowing area in the kharif season 25 percent below normal (2018-23), according to data from the agriculture ministry.D...
2 months ago
MC Daily Monsoon Tracker: Rain surplus continues to rises, over 7% now
India’s rainfall surplus widened to 7 percent to its highest since start of the monsoon season but a fourth of the states remain deficient, reflecting the uneven spread of the rains.Rainfall has remained above average for over a fortnight, with central an...
2 months ago
MC Daily Monsoon Tracker: Kharif sowing just 1.4% higher, despite surplus rainfall
Kharif sowing remained just 1.4 percent higher at 98 million hectares, despite surplus rainfall for three weeks in a row, according to data released by the agriculture ministry as of August 12.Paddy sowing was up 4.3 percent at 33.2 million hectares, wher...
2 months ago
MC Daily Monsoon Tracker: Rainfall surplus level declines, Punjab, Manipur remain most deficient
Surplus rainfall level declined to 5.48 percent on August 13 from 7.12 percent a week ago, but Northern Indian states continued to reel under deficit rain, according to data released by the India Meteorological Department.In the northwest, four states and...
2 months ago
Reservoir levels to help keep food inflation in check: FinMin's July economic review report
The improvement in reservoir levels in the country, owing to health progress of monsoon is likely to help curb food inflation in coming months, the finance ministry said in its July economic review on August 22.The report noted that improving reservoir le...
1 month ago
MC Daily Monsoon Tracker: Water level of reservoirs steady, 12% above normal
Water levels of the country’s main reservoir were 12 percent above normal on August 22, with rainfall above 3 percent of long-period average for three consecutive weeks, data released by the Central Water Commission and the India Meteorological Department...
1 month ago
MC Daily Monsoon Tracker: Rainfall surplus falls below 7.5% for the first time in 10 days
The level of surplus rainfall in India shrank below 7.5 percent for the first time in 10 days, as states in northern and eastern parts of the country witnessed a widening deficit.Although the number of states experiencing deficient rainfall conditions wit...
3 weeks ago
MC Daily Monsoon Tracker: Reservoir levels remain at 13% above normal as India stays rainfall surplus
India’s reservoir levels stayed 13 percent above the 10-year average, as the country continued to receive surplus rainfall, according to data released by Central Water Commission and India Meteorological Department.The reservoir level declined to 13 perce...
2 weeks ago