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Alarm bells ring as paddy sowing down 25%, oilseeds 50%

New Delhi: Deficient rainfall in many parts of the country has started showing stress on the progress of sowing of kharif crops. As of the first week of July, the sowing of paddy, the major food grain crop of the season, was down by about 25 per cent compared to last year, according to latest figures rele  ....Read more

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enquiryBy: pravesh amin | Thursday , 9 Jul '09 20:29:52 PM Reply | Forward Will this affect the future prices of oil? If yes till when it is predicted?
Grim Kharif SituationBy: birendra singh | Wednesday , 8 Jul '09 12:11:34 PM Reply | Forward The situation is much grimmer on the ground than reported in the medias. The poor monsoon has already alarmed a large section of our farmers to look to other methods to be adopted for their survival. Trillions of rupees being spent on th name of farmers and rural poors are on paper only. Hardly 10% reaches to the needy and rest are looted by the middlemen and beuracrats who are close to our politicians so when it comes to fighting any natural calamity we are found wanting.
Not to worryBy: Pankaj Verma | Wednesday , 8 Jul '09 11:55:08 AM Reply | Forward As per the Union Agriculture Minister's last week's statement, there are ample food grain stocks and there is absolute no cause to worry. According to him, the main sowing season starts in July.Everything else that is being reported by media is false.Jai Ho!
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