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Executive Summary<br />
Due to receipt of good amount of rainfall during last two weeks transplanting of paddy was<br />
completed in most parts of the country and this rain also helped the normal growth of standing paddy crop.<br />
There are reports of damage of standing paddy crop in low lying areas of West Bengal and parts of Assam<br />
and Meghalaya. The paddy crop which was facing moisture stress condition during the end of July in parts<br />
of Bihar and Jharkhand also benefited due to adequate rainfall during last two weeks. Farmers in East Uttar<br />
Pradesh were benefited with the recent rainfall as paddy is the major crop sown in this area. At present,<br />
parts of Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada region, standing crops like cotton, soybean, sesamum, niger<br />
etc. are facing moisture stress condition. Farmers in these areas are advised to give irrigation to the standing<br />
crops. There are also some reports of moisture stress condition in parts of Haryana. As there was sufficient<br />
rainfall in Rayalaseema during last week, groundnut crop is likely to recover from wilting symptoms<br />
especially in Anantapur, Cuddapah and Kurnool. Farmers are advised to continue sowing of groundnut and<br />
short duration varieties of red gram, black gram, castor and field bean. Fruit dropping have been noticed in<br />
Himachal Pradesh in Apples, Pomogranates and cherries due to heavy rainfall during last week.<br />
In view of good amount of rainfall reported from most / many districts of Arunachal Pradesh,<br />
Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, West Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar,<br />
Jharkhand, East Rajasthan, Gujarat, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Vidarbha, Orissa, West Bengal,<br />
Kerala, Coastal, South Interior Karnataka and Rayalaseema during last week. Widespread / fairly<br />
widespread rainfall is also likely to occur during next three days in East Uttar Pradesh, East India,<br />
Northeastern states and along west coast, farmers of these parts of the country are advised to complete<br />
sowing of kharif crops. Postpone irrigation in the already sown crops.<br />
As isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall would occur over Orissa, Coastal Karnataka and Kerala<br />
during next 48 hours and isolated heavy rainfall would occur over East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand,<br />
West Bengal and Sikkim, Assam & Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram &<br />
Tripura during next 24 hours, farmers in these States are advised to arrange adequate drainage facilities in<br />
the already sown crop fields to avoid water stagnation.<br />
Due to deficient rainfall during last fortnight in Marathwada, infestation of girdle beetle in soyabean<br />
above ETL was noticed. Due to heavy rainfall during the week in Himachal Pradesh, black spot may occur<br />
in apples and there is a chance of stem borer attack due to water logging in maize. Farmers are advised to<br />
undertake appropriate plant protection measures to control the pests and diseases. No other major pest and<br />
disease incidences were observed during last week in the country.<br />
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