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National Agromet Advisory Bulletin Thursday, 24th June, 2010

(For the period 24th to 28th June, 2010)

Satellite image 6 UTC Dated 25th June, 2010

Progress of Monsoon

Issued by

National Agrometeorological Advisory Service Centre Agricultural Meteorology Division India Meteorological Department

Shivajinagar Pune.

The bulletin is also displayed in the website (http://www.imdagrimet.gov.in) of the Division

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Executive Summary Status of Progress of Monsoon:

• The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) continues to pass through Lat. 22.0°N/ Long. 60.0°E, Lat.22.0°N/Long. 69.0°E, Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Indore, Seoni, Pendra, Ambikapur, Daltonganj, Gaya, Muzaffarpur and Raxaul.

• Conditions are becoming favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into remaining parts of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, some more parts of Madhya Pradesh and some parts of east Uttar Pradesh during next 3-4 days.

Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Guidance

• The low pressure area over Northwest Bay of Bengal & neighbourhood is likely to move northwestwards. • The western disturbance is likely to affect Western Himalayan region and adjoining plains during next 2-3

days.

Weather Outlook (upto 1430 hours IST of 29th June, 2010) • Fairly widespread rainfall activity would occur along west coast and over northeastern states with isolated

heavy to very heavy falls over northeastern states. • Scattered rainfall activity over Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, central and east India. Rainfall situation in some of the States in the country for the week ending 23.06.2010

State / District Actual

Rainfall (mm)

Arunachal Pradesh Changlang 89.1 East Kameng 45.8 East Siang 171.3 Lohit 68.9 Lower Subansiri 23.6 Papumpara 138.5 Tirap 137.5 Upper Siang 178.6 Upper Subansiri 89.0 West Kameng 133.9 West Siang 5.3 Assam Barpeta 162.6 Bongaigaon 108.0 Cachar 182.2 Darrang ** Dhubri 88.0 Dibrugarh 84.4 East Garo Hills 97.5 East Khasi Hills 404.3 Goalpara 89.7 Golghat 51.3 Hailakandi 12.0 Jaintia Hills ** Jorhat 80.1 Kamrup 87.2 Karbi Analog 14.6

State / District Actual

Rainfall (mm)

Karimganj 106.8 Kokrajhar 219.9 Lakhimpur 239.0 Morigaon 160.2 N.C.Hills 26.5 Nalbari 165.8 Nowgong 26.2 Sibsagar 78.2 Sonitpur 203.1 Tinsukia 38.5 East Madhya Pradesh

Balaghat 45.8 Chhatarpur 0.6 Chindwara 67.9 Damoh 1.8 Dindori 22.3 Jabalpur 8.2 Katni 13.0 Mandla 33.8 Narsingpur 35.2 Panna 1.5 Rewa 0.0 Sagar 4.1 Satna 0.0 Seoni 65.8 Shahdol 4.6 Sidhi 15.8

State / District Actual

Rainfall (mm)

Tikamgarh 0.0 Umaria 51.0 West Madhya Pradesh Badwani 41.9 Betul 44.2 Bhind 0.0 Bhopal 0.0 Datia 0.0 Dewas 0.0 Dhar 6.0 Guna 4.0 Gwalior 0.0 Harda 0.0 Hosangabad 16.5 Indore 4.6 Jhabua 0.0 Khandwa 6.8 Khargone 13.0 Mandsaur 2.5 Morena 0.0 Neemuch 0.0 Raisen 16.0 Rajgarh 2.7 Ratlam 0.0 Sehore 1.7 Shajapur 0.0 Sheopur Kalani 0.0

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State / District Actual

Rainfall (mm)

Shivpuri 0.0 Ujjain 0.6 Vidisha 0.0 Chattisgarh Bastar 42.5 Bilaspur 33.6 Dantewara 50.1 Dhamtari 46.6 Durg 90.3 Janjgir 10.3 Jashpurnagar 43.1 Kanker 36.6 Korba 5.7 Koriya 1.5 Kowardna 14.0 Mahasumund 67.8 Raigarh 19.3 Raipur 18.7 Rajandgaon 86.7 Surguja 14.4 UttaraKhand Almora 2.2 Chamoli 7.8 Champawat 36.6 Dehradun 17.6 Garhwal Pauri 18.0 Garhwal Tehri 5.6 Haridwar 8.3 Nainital 32.0 Pithorgarh 18.0 Rudraprayag 21.6 Udham Sing Nagar 1.5 Uttarkashi 50.9 Bihar Araria 200.2 Aurangabad 21.4 Begusarai ** Bhabua 0.0 Bhagalpur 54.9 Bhojpur 0.4 Buxar 14.8 Darbhanga 86.1 East Champaran 24.2 Gaya 7.1 Gopalganj ** Jhanabad 2.6 Jamui 29.4 Kathihar 56.7 Khagadia 58.0 Kishanganj 402.8 Madhepura 79.7 Madhubani 39.1 Monghyar 90.2 Muzaffarpur 38.5

State / District Actual

Rainfall (mm)

Nalanda 49.4 Patna 7.0 Purnea 221.0 Rohtas 5.6 Saharsha 98.8 Samstipur 34.1 Saran 33.5 Sitamarhi 14.0 Siwan 0.0 Supaul 80.1 Vaishali ** West Champaran 12.2 Jharkhand Bokaro 19.6 Chatra 10.5 Dhanbad 28.9 East Singbhum 23.3 Giridih 17.7 Godda ** Gumla 0.9 Hazaribagh 67.0 Koderna ** Lohardagga 37.6 Pakur ** Palamau 7.0 Ranchi 20.2 Sahebganj ** Santhal Parganas 0.0 West Singbhum 32.3 Gujarat Region Ahmedabad 6.3 Anand 0.0 Banaskantha 12.7 Baroda 5.9 Broach 1.9 Dahod 13.1 Dangs 39.0 DNH 86.6 Daman 5.0 Gandhinagar 13.3 Kheda 0.0 Mehsana 10.8 Narmada 20.4 Navsari 49.6 Panchmahal 4.6 Patan 27.3 Sabarkantha 8.3 Surat 4.9 Valsad 47.0 Saurashtra, Kutch & Diu region

Amreli 23.5 Bhavnagar 32.0 Diu **

State / District Actual

Rainfall (mm)

Jamnagar 5.0 Junagarh 5.2 Kutch 1.7 Porbandar 0.0 Rajkot 15.4 Surendranagar 5.4 Maharashtra Konkan & Goa Goa Mumbai 379.6 Raigad 191.7 Ratnagiri 422.7 Sindhudurg 217.6 Thane 108.7 Madhya Maharashtra

Ahmednagar 47.5 Dhule 26.8 Jalgaon 40.2 Kolhapur 138.4 Nandurbar 15.5 Nasik 70.4 Pune 53.6 Sangli 44.4 Satara 86.3 Solapur 19.5 Marathwada Aurangabad 62.5 Beed 33.0 Hingoli 51.5 Jalna 29.0 Latur 20.7 Nanded 18.8 Usmanabad 44.7 Parbhani 17.3 Vidarbha Akola 55.8 Amraoti 42.5 Bhandara 86.4 Buldhana 90.4 Chandrapur 64.7 Gadchiroli 46.5 Gondia 102.4 Nagpur 92.0 Wardha 95.0 Washim 65.5 Yeotmal 50.7 Orissa Angul 26.8 Balasore 23.1 Bargarh 17.7 Bhadrak 24.6 Bolangir 15.7 Boudh 15.1

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State / District Actual Rainfall

(mm) Cuttack 50.3 Deogarh 25.0 Dhenkanal 15.9 Gajapati 19.2 Ganjam 19.9 Jagatsingpur 42.1 Jajpur 36.3 Jharsuguda 43.6 Kalahandi 47.0 Kandhamal 19.3 Kendrapara 15.5 Keonjhar 24.8 Khurda 6.6 Koraput 39.5 Malkangiri 31.2 Mayurbhanj 37.6 Nawapara 27.9 Nawarangpur 17.7 Nayagarh 36.1 Puri 2.1 Rayagada 36.2 Sambalpur 25.5 Sonepur 11.3 Sundargarh 15.3 West Bengal GWB Bankura 67.4 Birbhum 72.3 Burdwan 71.8 Hooghly 36.1 Howrah 17.2 East Midnapore 22.5 Murshidabad 57.0 Nadia 46.3 24 Pargana (N) 35.1 Purulia 20.9 24 Pargana (S) 55.1 West Midnapore 28.4 SHWB Coochbehar 84.9 Darjeeling 221.1 Jalpaiguri 316.5 Malda 34.0 Dinajpur (N) 72.0 Dinajpur (S) 43.9 North Sikkim 174.8 South Sikkim 123.0 Karnataka Coastal Karnataka Dakshin Kannada 209.2

State / District Actual Rainfall

(mm) Udupi 260.2 Uttar Kannada 184.9 North Interior Karnataka Bagalkote 18.9 Belgaum 60.2 Bidar 62.7 Bijapur 6.7 Dharwad 33.0 Gadag 18.1 Gulbarga 53.0 Haveri 35.0 Koppal 23.5 Raichur 18.9 South Interior Karnataka Bangalore Rural 5.0 Bangalore Urban 1.0 Bellary 11.3 Chamarajnagar 11.3 Chickmagalur 86.7 Chitradurga 21.8 Davangere 23.5 Hassan 41.5 Kodagu 58.4 Kolar 14.5 Mandya 8.9 Mysore 3.4 Shimoga 122.4 Tumkur 3.5 Kerala Alappuzha 51.4 Kannur 97.8 Ernakulam 109.2 Idukki 82.0 Kasaragod 202.3 Kollam 50.1 Kottayam 75.9 Kozhikode 138.6 Malappuram 81.6 Palakkad 54.0 Pathanamthitta 41.6 Thiruvanantapuram 25.6 Thrissur 115.2 Wyanad 39.1 Tamil Nadu Chennai 0.1 Coimbatore 17.0 Cuddalore 27.1 Dharmapuri 29.2 Dindigul 37.9 Erode 0.4

State / District Actual Rainfall

(mm) Kanchipuram 1.3 Kanyakumari 15.0 Karur 25.5 Krishnagiri 4.7 Madurai 22.8 Nagapattinam 29.2 Namakkal 17.1 Nilgiris 47.7 Perambalur 60.0 Pondicherry 43.1 Pudukottai 27.9 Ramanathapuram 12.5 Salem 51.1 Sivaganga 41.9 Thanjavur 15.4 Theni 4.7 Tirunelveli 2.1 Tiruvallur 5.8 Tiruvannamalai 43.7 Tiruvarur 36.9 Trichy 29.6 Tuticorin 0.2 Vellore 6.9 Villupuram 27.9 Virudhunagar 10.7 Andhra Pradesh Coastal Andhra Pradesh

East Godavari 97.9 Guntur 21.1 Krishna 53.2 Nellore 32.7 Prakasam 14.7 Sirkakulam 32.1 Visakhapatnam 59.7 Vizianagram 35.1 West Godavari 97.6 Telangana Adilabad 19.8 Hyderabad 95.5 Karimnagar 10.0 Khammam 81.0 Mehabubnagar 14.3 Medak 50.1 Nalgonda 48.0 Nizamabad 16.2 Rangareddy 85.7 Warangal 69.5 Rayalaseema Anantapur 8.3 Chittoor 16.0 Cuddapah 33.5 Kurnool 10.4

Weather Forecast (Valid upto 1430 hours of 27h June, 2010)

• Rainfall is likely to occur at most places over Konkan & Goa, Coastal Karnataka, many places over

North East India, West Bengal, Sikkim, Orissa, Madhya Maharashtra, South Interior Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshdweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, at many/few places over Telangana, Chhattisgarh, at a few places over Bihar, Jharkhand, East Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir East Madhya Pradesh, Marathwada, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, North Interior Karnataka, at isolated places over West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Punjab, West Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Saurashtra, Kutch, Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry, at isolated places for next 24 hours and at a few places thereafter over Vidharbha. Mainly dry weather is likely to prevail for next 24 hours and isolated rainfall thereafter over Rajasthan.

Warning

• Isolated heavy rainfall would occur over West Bengal, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Konkan & Goa and Coastal Karnataka during next 48 hours.

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Salient advisories

Advised to withhold sowing in West Bengal, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Konkan & Goa and Coastal Karnataka during next 48 hours in view of likely occurrence of isolated heavy rainfall and continue sowing after that.

Advised to undertake nursery sowing of medium and long duration rice varieties and vegetable crops like brinjal, capsicum and tomato in Scarce Rainfall zone (Anantapur and Kurnool districts) and Southern Telangana Zone (Medak, Nalgonda, Rengareddy and Warrangal districts), pulse crops like green gram and black gram and nursery sowing of rice in Krishna Godavari Zone (West Godavari, Guntur, Krishna and Prakasam districts) of Andhra Pradesh with monsoon showers received. Sowing of groundnut in Anantapur and Kurnool, to start land preparation and sowing of cotton in Guntur and to undertake nursery sowing of kharif crops like rice, pulse crops, groundnut, etc. in remaining parts of Andhra Pradesh be continued.

Advised to undertake sowing of red gram and ragi in Eastern Dry Zone; green gram, black gram, soybean and pigeon pea in North East Transition zone; rice, cotton, maize and groundnut in Southern Transition Zone; green gram, red gram, bajra, sesamum and navane in North Dry Zone (Bijapur); rice (drill sown), maize, soybean and groundnut in North Transition Zone (Belgaum, Haveri, Dharwad); sowing of rice in nursery / transplanting in main field in Coastal Zone (Udupi and Dakshi Kannada) and planting of ginger and turmeric in Central Dry Zone (Sirsi) in Karnataka.

Advised to undertake transplanting of rice and planting of coconut and cashew in Northern Zone; transplanting of virippu rice and planting of ginger and turmeric in Central zone and sowing of bhindi and land preparation for upland rice in Southern zone in Kerala utilizing the monsoon showers.

Advised to undertake field preparation and nursery sowing / direct sowing of rice and also sowing of maize, groundnut, pulses, soybean, sesamum, ragi, cotton, vegetable crops etc. in Orissa and sowing of rice, maize, arhar, sesamum, sunflower, groundnut and castor in Bihar and Jharkhand utilizing the recent monsoon rainfall as well as rain likely to occur.

Advised to prepare dry seed-bed nursery for kharif rice in Coastal Saline Zone and Laterite and Red Soil Zone and nursery bed for aman rice in New Alluvial Zone, Coastal Saline Zone and also in Terai Zone and also to transplant aus rice in New Alluvial Zone and to sow brinjal, okra, pumpkin, bitter gourd, sponge gourd and ridge gourd in Coastal Saline Zone of West Bengal.

Advised to undertake sowing of sali rice nursery in Hill zone, Lower, Upper and Central Brahmaputra valley zone; sowing of red gram in Hill zone and Lower Brahmaputra Valley zone; sesamum in North Bank Plain zone and preparatory tillage for cultivation of early semi dwarf Autumn rice under medium land situation in Barak Valley Zone in Assam.

In Meghalaya System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method may be adopted for rice in Ri-Bhoi, East Khasi, West Khasi and South Garo districts in Meghalaya. Seed bed preparation and sowing of sali rice in Ri-Bhoi, West Garo, East Garo and South Garo Hills Districts; transplanting of ahu rice in East Khasi, West Khasi and Jaintia Hills districts; sowing of summer vegetables like ladies finger, bottle gourd, pumpkin, ridge gourd, cucumber, bitter gourd, snake gourd etc. in Jaintia, East Khasi, West Khasi and Ri-Bhoi districts and transplanting of tomato (May sown) in Ri-bhoi and Garo Hill districts, transplanting of brinjal and chilli in East Garo, West Garo, South Garo and Ri-Bhoi Districts may be undertaken.

Farmers in Tripura are advised to sow vegetables like pumpkin, ridge gourd, cucumber, ladies etc. As most of the districts of Maharashtra received significant monsoon rain during last couple of weeks,

farmers are advised to sow kharif crops like kharif rice, jowar, bajra, groundnut, soybean, sunflower, kharif cotton, red gram, moong etc.

As sufficient rain occurred in Dangs, Narmada, Navsari, Surat and Valsad districts of Gujarat region and most of the districts of Saurashtra, Kutch & Diu during last few weeks, farmers are advised to sow the kharif crops like rice, groundnut, cotton, castor, maize, bajra, pigeon pea, soybean, sesamum, green gram and black gram in these districts. Farmers of remaining districts of Gujarat State are advised to complete the preparatory tillage and keep the inputs ready for sowing of kharif crops.

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Farmers in southern part of Madhya Pradesh are advised to undertake land preparation and sowing of kharif crops like soybean, maize, sorghum etc. and raising nursery for brinjal, tomato, onion, chilli and other kharif vegetables in Malwa Plateau Zone, direct sowing of rice in Kymore Plateau and Satpura Hill Zone and raising nursery for kharif onion, chilli, tomato, brinjal, etc. in Jhabua Hills Zone in Madhya Pradesh. Farmers in remaining parts of the state are advised to start land preparation and arrange for inputs.

Farmers in Chhattisgarh Plain and Bastar Plateau Zones are advised to undertake field preparation and sowing of rice in nursery / direct seeding. Farmers in the upland of these zones are advised to undertake sowing of soybean, groundnut, sesame, pigeon pea

Zonewise Agromet Advisories

NORTH WEST INDIA [J & K, H. P., UTTARAKHAND, PUNJAB, HARYANA, DELHI, UP, RAJASTHAN] • Realised Rainfall: Rain occurred in Kangra and Mandi districts in Himachal Pradesh, Kushi nagar, Shrawasti

and Saharanpur districts in Uttar Pradesh, Champawat, Nainital, Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi districts in Uttarakhand, Udhampur district in Jammu & Kashmir. No significant rainfall occurred in the remaining parts of the region during last week.

• Rainfall Forecast: Rainfall is likely at a few places in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, East Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Either isolated rain will occur or mainly dry weather will prevail over remaining States of the region during the period.

• Major Crops: Vegetables (Sowing/transplanting / vegetative) in Himachal Pradesh. Vegetable crops (flowering / fruiting / harvesting), rice(transplanting/early vegetative) in Jammu & Kashmir. Summer pulses (harvesting), sugarcane (vegetative), rice(nursery sowing/transplanting) in Uttarakhand. Sugarcane (vegetative), cotton, maize (early vegetative), rice(nursery sowing/transplanting) in Punjab. Sugarcane (vegetative), cotton (early vegetative) in Haryana. Summer vegetable crops (fruiting / harvesting) in Delhi. Sugarcane (vegetative), sunflower (head formation), vegetable crops (sowing) in Uttar Pradesh. Sugarcane(Vegetative), Vegetable crops (flowering / fruiting / harvesting) in Rajasthan.

• Advisory: As rain occurred in Kangra and Mandi districts in Himachal Pradesh, Kushi nagar, Shrawasti and Saharanpur

districts in Uttar Pradesh, Champawat, Nainital, Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi districts in Uttarakhand, Udhampur district in Jammu & Kashmir, postpone irrigation to the crops in these districts. In view of no significant rainfall in remaining districts of the States in the region, farmers are advised to apply irrigation to the standing crops.

Farmers in Delhi are advised to continue nursery sowing of rice(varieties in Annexure I). Farmers in Delhi are advised to undertake sowing of pigeon pea(varieties in Annexure I). Farmers in Delhi are advised to undertake field preparation for transplanting of tomato, chilli and brinjal and

field preparation for sowing of guar, bajra, maize, cluster bean, spinach, amaranthus and ladyfinger.

Farmers in Himachal Pradesh are advised to undertake field preparation for sowing of kharif vegetables utilizing the realized rainfall during last week.

Farmers in Rajasthan are advised to undertake field preparation for sowing of kharif crops like maize, millet, soyabean, greengram, blackgram, sesamum, groundnut and pigeonpea utilizing the rainfall during last week.

Farmers in Uttarakhand are advised to continue sowing of soybean(varieties in Annexure I) and gahat utilising the rainfall during last week.

Farmers in Uttarakhand are advised to undertake nursery sowing and transplanting of rice utilizing the realized rainfall during the last week. Undertake land for preparation for sowing of kharif crops like jowar, bajra, pigeon pea and ground nut.

Farmers in Jammu & Kashmir advised to continue transplanting of rice and sowing of direct seeded rice with(Varieties in Annexure I), sowing of groundnut and maize in irrigated areas.

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Undertake sowing of maize, sorghum, bajra, cowpea in Srinagar, Anantnag, Kupwara and Budgam districts in Jammu & Kashmir utilizing the realized rainfall during last two weeks.

Farmers in East Uttar Pradesh are advised to undertake land preparation utilizing and arrange seeds and other inputs for nursery sowing of early and medium varieties of rice and kharif crops like soybean, maize, jowar, black gram, green gram, groundnut, sesamum and pigeon pea as monsoon arrival is likely during next 3-4 days.

Farmers in West Uttar Pradesh are advised to undertake land preparation utilising the realized rainfall during last week for undertaking sowing of soybean, maize, groundnut, jowar, bajra and pigeon pea.

Farmers in Punjab are advised to undertake transplanting of rice and sowing of maize, arhar, mash and moong.

Undertake fertilizer application, spraying and intercultural operations in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, East Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand as rainfall is likely at a few places in theses States.

EAST INDIA [JHARKHAND, BIHAR, ORISSA, WEST BENGAL & SIKKIM] • Realised Rainfall: Araria, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Kathihar, Khagadia, Kishanganj, Madhepura,

Madhubani, Monghyar, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, Purnea, Saharsha, Samstipur, Saran and Supaul districts of Bihar, Hazaribagh, Lohardagga and West Singbhum districts of Jharkhand, Cuttack, Jagatsingpur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh and Rayagada districts in Orissa, most of the districts in Gangetic West Bengal and all the districts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim received good rainfall during last week. Many of the remaining districts of Orissa, Gangetic West Bengal and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal also received some rain during last week. No significant rain occurred over remaining parts of the region.

• Rainfall Forecast: Rain is likely to occur at many places in West Bengal, Orissa and Sikkim and at a few places over Bihar and Jharkhand during the period along with isolated heavy rainfall over West Bengal and Orissa during next 48 hours.

• Major Rabi Crops: Rice, maize, arhar, sesamum, sunflower, groundnut and castor (land preparation / sowing) in Bihar and

Jharkhand. Rice (nursery sowing / direct sowing) and maize, groundnut, pulses, soybean, sesamum, ragi, cotton,

vegetable crops (sowing) in Orissa. Sugarcane (vegetative), vegetable crops (vegetative / flowering / fruiting / harvesting), jute (early

vegetative / vegetative), aus rice (transplanting), aman rice (nursery sowing), pulses and vegetables (sowing) in West Bengal.

High hills (1500- 2000 m) in Sikkim: large cardamom (secondary flowering / capsule formation), orange: flowering / transplanting of seedling from nursery / early fruiting, seed potato (tuberization), summer potato (Very High Hills) (tuberization), kharif vegetables & off season vegetables (late vegetative), maize (late vegetative / tasseling and silking / flowering / cob filling); Medium hills (1000 - 1500 m): large cardamom (secondary flowering / capsule formation), maize (tasseling / silking / cob formation / cob maturity / harvesting), kharif vegetable (late vegetative), ginger (early vegetative), rice (sowing / nursery sowing/ transplantating / early tillering); Low Hills (Below 1000 m): large cardamom (secondary flowering / capsule formation), maize (tasseling / silking / cob formation / cob maturity / harvesting), kharif vegetable (late vegetative), ginger (early vegetative), rice (sowing / nursery sowing/ transplantating / early tillering).

• Advisories: As rain is likely to occur at many places in West Bengal, Orissa and Sikkim, postpone intercultural

operation, irrigation and application of plant protection measures and fertilizer to the standing crops. Also arrange for draining out excess water from the fields of already sown crop in West Bengal and Orissa in view of likely occurrence of isolated heavy rainfall over these States during next 48 hours.

Withhold sowing of crops for next 48 hours in West Bengal, Orissa and Sikkim due to expected heavy rainfall and continue the same after that.

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Farmers are advised to undertake field preparation and nursery sowing / direct sowing of rice and also sowing of maize, groundnut, pulses, soybean, sesamum, ragi, cotton, vegetable crops etc. in Orissa and sowing of rice, maize, arhar, sesamum, sunflower, groundnut and castor in Bihar and Jharkhand utilizing the recent monsoon rainfall as well as rain likely to occur.

Farmers are advised to prepare dry seed-bed nursery for kharif rice in Coastal Saline Zone and Laterite and Red Soil Zone and nursery bed for aman rice in New Alluvial Zone, Coastal Saline Zone and also in Terai Zone and also to transplant aus rice in New Alluvial Zone and to sow brinjal, okra, pumpkin, bitter gourd, sponge gourd and ridge gourd in Coastal Saline Zone of West Bengal utilizing recent monsoon rainfall.

Recommended varieties of major crops to be sown in different States of the region are mentioned in Annexure I.

NORTHEAST INDIA [ARUNACHAL PRADESH, NMM & T, ASSAM, MEGHALAYA] • Realised Rainfall: Rainfall occurred in most of the districts of the states in the region during last week. • Rainfall Forecast: Rainfall is likely to occur at many places in the region during the period. • Major Crops:

• Vegetables (flowering / fruiting / harvesting), sugarcane (cane development), maize, jute, mesta (vegetative), Sali rice (nursery sowing / land preparation for transplanting) and arhar and sesamum (sowing) in Assam.

Jhum / WRC rice, pulses, sesame and vegetables (sowing) and maize (sowing / vegetative) in Arunachal Pradesh.

Upland rice (tillering), aman rice (nursery sowing and vegetables like pumpkin, ridge gourd, cucumber, ladies finger (sowing) in Tripura.

Sali rice and transplanted ahu rice (transplanting), arhar and potato (sowing / planting), ladies finger, bottle gourd, pumpkin, ridge gourd, cucumber, bitter gourd, snake gourd etc. (sowing), tomato, chilli and brinjal (transplanting) and maize (vegetative) in Meghalaya.

• Advisory: As there was rainfall during last few weeks in most of the districts of this region and there is also

possibility of rain / thundershower at many places over the region during the period, postpone irrigation to intercultural operation, application of fertilizers and plant protection measures to maize, sugarcane, jute, green gram, black gram, ginger, turmeric and vegetable crop fields. Also arrange for draining out excess water from the fields of these crops.

Farmers in Hill zone, Lower, Upper and Central Brahmaputra valley zone of Assam are advised to undertake sowing of sali rice nursery.

Farmers are also advised to sow red gram in Hill zone and Lower Brahmaputra Valley zone and also sesamum in North Bank Plain zone in Assam, utilizing the monsoon rainfall.

As there was sufficient rainfall in the previous weeks, farmers may undertake preparatory tillage in Barak Valley Zone in Assam for cultivation of early semi dwarf Autumn rice under medium land situation.

In Meghalaya System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method may be adopted for rice in Ri-Bhoi, East Khasi, West Khasi and South Garo districts in Meghalaya. Ranjeet or Naveen variety of rice can be sown under this type of cultivation. Seed bed preparation and sowing of sali rice in Ri-Bhoi, West Garo, East Garo and South Garo Hills Districts, transplanting of ahu rice in East Khasi, West Khasi and Jaintia Hills districts, sowing of summer vegetables like ladies finger, bottle gourd, pumpkin, ridge gourd, cucumber, bitter gourd, snake gourd etc. in Jaintia, East Khasi, West Khasi and Ri-Bhoi districts and transplanting of tomato (May sown) in Ri-bhoi and Garo Hill districts, transplanting of brinjal and chilli in East Garo, West Garo, South Garo and Ri-Bhoi Districts may also be undertaken.

Farmers in Tripura are advised to sow vegetables like pumpkin, ridge gourd, cucumber, ladies etc.

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Delay the harvesting of mature crop of ahu rice in Upper Brahmaputra valley Zone in Assam and sugarcane in Meghalaya as there will be rain in the coming days.

Due to receipt of good rainfall in Subtropical Hill zone of Arunachal Pradesh, farmers are advised to undertake sowing of jhum / WRC rice, maize, vegetable crops like ridge gourd, bitter gourd, bottle gourd, pumpkin, okra, etc. and pulses like black gram, green gram, French bean, etc. and sesame.

Recommended varieties of major crops to be sown in different States of the region are mentioned in Annexure I.

Due to higher relative humidity, the citrus plants may be infested by ‘Gummosis’ disease in North Bank Plain Zone in Assam. The affected portion should be cleaned nicely and washed with ‘potash water’ and Bordeaux mixture. As preventive measure draining out of excess water from the area is essential.

There is chance of attack of stem borer in rice in Tripura due to the cloudy and humid weather. Apply Rogor or Monocrotophos @ 2 ml per litter of water after current spells of rain to manage the attack of stem borer.

SOUTH INDIA [TN, AP, KERALA, KARNATAKA, LAKSHADWEEP, ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS] • Realised Rainfall: All the districts in Kerala except Thiruvananthapuram, Cuddappah district in

Rayalaseema, all the districts in Coastal Andhra Pradesh except Guntur and Prakasam districts, all the districts in Telangana except Adilabad, Karimnagar, Mehbubnagar and Nizamabad districts, all the districts in Coastal Karnataka and North Interior Karnataka except Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gadag, Koppal and Raichur districts, Chikamagalur, Hassan, Kodagu and Shimoga districts in South Interior Karnataka and Dindigul, Nilgiris, Perambalur, Salem, Sivagangai and Thiruvannamalai districts in Tamil Nadu received rainfall during last week.

• Rainfall Forecast: Rain is likely to occur at most/many places over Kerala and Coastal Karnataka and at a few/many places over Telangana during next three days. Rain is likely at a few places over the remaining region except Tamil Nadu where rain will occur at isolated places. Heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places in Coastal Karnataka during next 48 hours

• Major Crops: • Kharif crops viz., rice, groundnut, red gram, castor, etc. (sowing) in Andhra Pradesh. • Kharif crops viz., redgram, ragi, green gram, black gram, jowar, soybean, maize and groundnut

(sowing) and sugarcane (cane development) in Karnataka. • Virippu rice (transplanting), bhindi (sowing), upland rice (land preparation), coconut, cashew, ginger

and turmeric (planting) and plantation crops (coconut, arecanut, pepper and cashew – various stages) in Kerala.

• Rice (kuruvai – transplanting) in Tamil Nadu. Advisories: Rain is likely to occur at most/many places over Kerala and Coastal Karnataka, farmers are advised to

postpone irrigation to sugarcane and vegetable crops. Arrange for drainage facilities in Coastal Karnataka as heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places during next 48 hours.

As there was rainfall in all the districts in Kerala except Thiruvananthapuram, Cuddappah district in Rayalaseema, all the districts in Coastal Andhra Pradesh except Guntur and Prakasam districts, all the districts in Telangana except Adilabad, Karimnagar, Mehbubnagar and Nizamabad districts, all the districts in Coastal Karnataka and North Interior Karnataka except Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gadag, Koppal and Raichur districts, Chikamagalur, Hassan, Kodagu and Shimoga districts in South Interior Karnataka and Dindigul, Nilgiris, Perambalur, Salem, Sivagangai and Thiruvannamalai districts in Tamil Nadu, farmers are advised to postpone irrigation to standing crops.

Farmers in Scarce Rainfall zone (Anantapur and Kurnool) and Southern Telangana Zone (Medak, Nalgonda, Rengareddy and Warrangal) of Andhra Pradesh are advised to undertake nursery sowing of medium and long duration rice varieties and vegetable crops like brinjal, capsicum and tomato with

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monsoon showers received in the region. Farmers in Anantapur and Kurnool are also advised to continue sowing of groundnut (varieties in Annexure I) with groundnut planter to cover more area.

Farmers in Krishna Godavari Zone (West Godavari, Guntur, Krishna and Prakasam districts) are advised to undertake sowing of pulse crops like green gram and black gram and nursery sowing of rice with the rains received(varieties in Annexure I). Farmers in Guntur may start land preparation and sowing of cotton during second fortnight of June to second fortnight of July.

As sufficient rainfall was received in remaining parts of Andhra Pradesh, farmers are advised to undertake nursery sowing of kharif crops like rice, pulse crops, groundnut, etc.

Utilizing the monsoon showers, farmers are advised to undertake sowing of redgram (varieties: TTB-7, BRG-1 and Hyd-3C) and ragi (varieties: Indaf-8, MR-1) in Eastern Dry Zone, greengram, blackgram, soybean and pigeonpea in North East Transition zone and rice, cotton, maize and groundnut in Southern Transition Zone in Karnataka.

Taking advantage of rains received at most of the places during last week, farmers are advised to undertake sowing of green gram, red gram, bajra and sesamum, navane in North Dry Zone (Bijapur), rice (drill sown), maize and soybean and groundnut in North Transition Zone (Belgum, Haveri, Dharwad) in Karnataka.

As sufficient rainfall received during last week, farmers are advised to undertake sowing of rice in nursery/transplanting in main field in Coastal Zone (Udupi and Dakshi Kannada) and planting of ginger and turmeric in Central Dry Zone (Sirsi) in Karnataka.

As high wind speed is expected in Central Dry Zone of Karnataka and Southern zone (both Dindigul and Virudunagar regions) of Tamil Nadu, farmers are advised to provide mechanical support to banana and sugarcane crops to prevent from lodging.

Farmers in cauvery delta zone of Tamil Nadu are advised to undertake transplanting of rice. Farmers are advised to undertake transplanting of rice and planting of coconut and cashew in Northern

Zone, transplanting of virippu rice and planting of ginger and turmeric in Central zone and sowing of bhindi and land preparation for upland rice in Southern zone in Kerala utilizing the monsoon showers.

Due to receipt of good amount of rainfall in Ernakulam district of Central Zone in Kerala, farmers are advised to undertake sowing of bhendi in the main field and chilli and brinjal in nursery (varieties in Annexure I).

Due to favourable weather conditions, there are chances of incidences of stem borer in rice in Problem Areas Zone and leaf folder in rice in Southern Zone in Kerala. Farmers are advised to undertake plant protection measures after current spells of rain.

Animal husbandry: Prevailing weather conditions are congenial for the occurrence of Hemorrhagic Septicemia, Foot and mouth disease in cattle, ET and sheep pox in sheep and Ranikhet disease in poultry in Andhra Pradesh. To prevent the diseases, vaccinate the animals at the earliest.

Vaccinate the livestock against Foot and mouth disease (FMD vaccination), Hemorrhagic Septicemia, Black Quarter. Vaccinate sheep and goats against Enterotoxaemia (ET vaccine) in Karnataka.

WEST INDIA [GOA, MAHARASHTRA, GUJARAT] • Realised Rainfall: Rain occurred in Dangs, Navsari and Valsad districts of Gujarat region, Bhavnagar

district of Saurashtra, Kutch & Diu and most of the districts of Maharashtra during last week. Many of the remaining districts of Gujarat and Saurashtra and Kutch also received some rain during last week. No significant rain occurred in remaining parts of the region.

• Rainfall Forecast: Rain is likely at most places in Konkan and Goa, at many places in Madhya Maharashtra, at a few places in Marathwada and Vidarbha and at isolated places in Gujarat region and Saurashtra, Kutch & Diu during the period. Isolated heavy rainfall would occur over Konkan & Goa during next 48 hours.

• Major Crops:

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Maharashtra: Kharif rice (nursery sowing in East Vidarbha and germination / seedling in Konkan, Kolhapur, Nashik and Pune (western parts) divisions), jowar, soyabean, bajra and sunflower (sowing / germination), cotton, red gram and moong (land preparation / sowing), groundnut (sowing) and irrigated cotton (germination / early vegetative growth).

Gujarat: Rice, groundnut, cotton, castor, maize, bajra, pigeon pea, soybean, sesamum, green gram and black gram (land preparation / sowing).

• Advisory: As rain occurred in Dangs, Navsari and Valsad districts of Gujarat region, Bhavnagar district of

Saurashtra, Kutch & Diu and most of the districts of Maharashtra during last week, postpone irrigation to the standing crops in these districts. As there was no significant rain in most of the remaining districts of Gujarat region, apply irrigation to the stading crops like irrigated cotton, vegetables etc.

As rain is likely to occur at most places in Konkan and Goa and at many places in Madhya Maharashtra, farmers are advised to postpone intercultural operation, irrigation, application of fertilizer and plant protection measures to the crops. Farmers in Konkan and Goa are also advised to postpone sowing of crops and drain out excess water from the fields in view of likely heavy rainfall during next 48 hours.

As most of the districts of Maharashtra received significant monsoon rain during last couple of weeks, farmers are advised to undertake sowing of kharif crops by selecting improved & high yielding varieties of kharif rice, jowar, bajra, groundnut, soybean, sunflower, kharif cotton, red gram, moong etc.

As sufficient rain occurred in Dangs, Narmada, Navsari, Surat and Valsad districts of Gujarat region and most of the districts of Saurashtra, Kutch & Diu during last few weeks, farmers are advised to sow the kharif crops like rice, groundnut, cotton, castor, maize, bajra, pigeon pea, soybean, sesamum, green gram and black gram in these districts. Farmers of remaining districts of Gujarat State are advised to complete the preparatory tillage and keep the inputs ready for sowing of kharif crops.

Recommended varieties of major crops to be sown in different States of the region are mentioned in Annexure I.

Due to cloudy and rainy weather conditions, there is chance of more infestation of fruit borer in brinjal in Maharashtra, farmers are advised to spray 4 % Neemark or Profenophos @ 20 ml or Trizophos @ 20 ml or Carbosulfan @ 10 ml in 10 litres of water.

Due to high humidity; there is possibility of attack of anthracnose and downey mildew disease on vegetable crops in Maharashtra, spray Chlorothalonil @ 2 g per liter of water. Use sticker at the time of spraying.

Apply plant protection measures after current spells of rain in Konkan & Madhya Maharashtra. CENTRAL INDIA [M.P., CHHATTISGARH] • Realised Rainfall: Rain occurred over Balaghat, Chindwara, Seoni and Umaria in East MP, Badwani and

Betul in West MP and all the districts of Chhattisgarh except Janjgir, Korba, Koria, Kowardana, Rajgarh, Raipur and Surguja districts during the period.

• Rainfall Forecast: Rain is likely at many places over Chhattishgarh, at a few places over East MP and at isolated places over West MP. Heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places in Chhattishgarh during next 48 hours

• Major Crops: • Kharif crop like soyabean, maize, sorghum, (sowing) in south Madhya Pradesh. • Kharif crops like black gram, green gram, soyabean, maize, etc (sowing), Rice (nursery sowing) and

Sugarcane (cane development) in Chhattisgarh. • Advisory:

Farmers in southern part of Madhya Pradesh are advised to undertake land preparation and sowing of kharif crops like soybean, maize, sorghum etc. and raising nursery for brinjal, tomato, onion, chilli and

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other kharif vegetables in Malwa Plateau Zone, direct sowing of rice in Kymore Plateau and Satpura Hill Zone and raising nursery for kharif onion, chilli, tomato, brinjal, etc. in Jhabua Hills Zone in Madhya Pradesh. Farmers in remaining parts of the state are advised to start land preparation and arrange for inputs as conditions are favourable for arrival of monsoon.

Farmers in Bhundelkhand Zone of Madhya Pradesh are advised to start land preparation and arrange for inputs for sowing of crops like sesamum, red gram and other pulse crops as monsoon is likely to arrive during this week.

Postpone irrigation, intercultural operations and application of fertilizers and pesticides in sugarcane in Chhattisgarh as rain is likely at many places during next three days. Arrange for drainage facilities as isolated heavy rainfall is likely to occur during next 48 hours

Looking to the monsoon activities, farmers in Chhattisgarh Plain and Bastar Plateau Zones are advised to undertake field preparation and sowing of rice in nursery / direct seeding. Farmers in the upland of these zones are advised to undertake sowing of soybean, groundnut, sesame, pigeon pea (varieties in Annexure I). Sowing of crops may be withheld at the tine of heavy rainfall likely to occur during next 48 hours.

Animal husbandry: Prevailing weather conditions are congenial for the occurrence of Antrax, Galghotoo, foot and mouth disease in cattle in the region. To prevent the diseases, vaccinate the animals at the earliest.

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Annexure I Delhi Rice: Hybrid varieties- KRH 2, PHB 71, Arich 6444, Pant hybrid Dhan1, Narendra hybrid Dhan 1 and PRH 10; High yielding varieties - Pusa Sughand 5, Pusa Improved Basmati, Pusa 44, Pusa Sughand 4, Pant Dhan 10, Pant Dhan 4, Narendra Dhan 359, Pusa 834, Ranvir Basmati and Taravadi Basmati. Pigeon pea: Pusa 2001, Pusa 991 and Pusa 992, Paras, Manak and UPAS 120 Soybean: Brag, PK-262, PK-327, VL Soya-2 and VL Soya-21 Ghagat: VLG-1 Jammu & Kashmir Rice: Jaya, RR-8585, PC-19, IET-1410 and Ratna Groundnut: Punjab No.1, M-13 & JL-24 Maize: GS-2, super composite, mansar, C-6, C-8 and local varieties East Uttar Pradesh Rice: Govind,, Ratna, Saket-4, Pant-10, 12, Narendra-97, Ashwini, Manhar and Narendra-80 Punjab: Rice: PR-120, PR-118, PR-116, PR-114, PR-111 and PR-113 Andhra Pradesh Groundnut: K-6, K-9, Narayani etc Green gram (upland): ML 267, LGG 450, LGG 460, LGG 407, Pusa 105, PDM 54 Black gram: LBG 20, T 9, LBG 623, WBG 26. Rice: MTU1010, MTU1081, Swarna and BPT 5204 . Karnataka Black gram: TTB-7, BRG-1 and Hyd-3C Ragi: Indaf-8, MR-1 Kerala Bhundi: Arka anamika and Susthira Brinjal: Haritha Chilli: Anugraha Assam Sali rice: Ranjit, Bahadur, Vasundhara, Kushal, Piyoli, Moniram, Rangali, Bhogali, Ketkijaha etc. Red gram: T-21. Sesamum: AST-1, Madhabi, Binayak, Punjab til -1, Gouri etc. Bihar: Rice: Sita, Kanak, Sujata,IR-36 and Saroj. Kharif maize: Ganga -11, Shaktiman 1, 2, Devki and Suwan etc. Jharkhand: Rice: Medium land: IR – 36, IR – 64, Birsa Dhan 110, Anjali, Lalat, Sugandha, Biramati, Pro Agro 6444 etc. Low land: Suvarna, (MTU 7029), Rajshree, Birsamati, Sambha Mahsoori (BPT 5204), Pro Agro 6444, Birsa Dhan 202. Kharif maize: Suwan Composite – 1, HQMP – 1, Birsa Makai – 1, Birsa Vikas – 2 etc. Orissa: Rice: Up land: Khandagiri, Vandana, ZHU XI-26, Parijat, Annada, Heera.

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Medium land: Lalat, Konark, Surendra, Naveen, Swarna, Kharavela, Pratikhya, MTU-1001 and Geetanjali (aromatic rice). Low land: Mahanadi, Moti, Indravati and aromatic rice like Dubraj and Ketakijoha.

Maize: Composites: Navjot, Megha, Pratap, Shakti 1, Pragati. Hybrids: Decan 103, Decan 109, Decan 115, Bio 9681, Pro 311, Ganga II, Cargil 900 M, Cargil 633, Sartaj.

Ragi: Early varieties: Dibyasinha, VL 149. Medium varieties: Bhairavi, Subhra, Godavari, Chilika.

Cotton: Bunny, Sri Tulasi, Bhaskar and Atal. Arhar: Mahak, UPAS 120, Asha, Laxmi, Jagruti, Maruti, Prabhat, ICPL-86012, Visakha, Pusa-9, Bahar. Green gram: PDM-54, HUM 1, TARM 1, TARM 2, K 851, Dhauli. Black gram: Sarala, Pant U 30,Pant U 35, KU 301, KU 300 Cowpea: SEB 2, FS 68, Swarna, SGL 1. Brinjal: Utkal madhury, Utkal tarrini, Utkal keshari, Pusa kranti Chilli: Utkal rashmi, Utkal ava, Pusa jwala, Pant C 1, NP 46A Tomato: Utkal pallavi, Utkal dipti, Panjab chhuara, Pusa hybrid-1 Onion: N 53, Arka kalyan, Agrifound dark red, Arka pragati Radish: Pusa chetki, Pusa rashmi, Japanese white. Cowpea: Pusa barsati, Arka garima , Utkal manik, Pusa dofasali. West Bengal: Rice: Dry seed-bed nursery for kharif rice: Upland situation (110-120 days): Rasi, Khitish, Bhupen, CST-7-1, PNR-519, Kunti, Ajaya, CSR-6. Shallow lowland (130-140 days): Manassarovar, MTU-7029 (Swarna Masuri), MTU-1001, MTU-1010, Naveen, IET-5656. Semi-deep water (150-160 days): Jogen, Sabita, Purnendu, Bhageerathi, Amulya, CR-1009, CR-1018. Aman rice: IET-4094, 2233, Ratna, Bikash, Kitish, Sasya-shree, IR-42, Swarna, Mashuri, IET-8002, IET-5656, IET-4694, IET-4786, IET-1444, MTU-7029 etc. Gujarat: Rice: GR-11, GR-4, GR-101, GR-102, GR-103 for rice (transplanted) and GR-3, Ambika, Ratna, IR-28 for rice (drill). Groundnut: GAUG-10, GG-11, GG-12, GG-13 for groundnut (spreading), GAUG-1, GG-2, GG-4, GG-5 for groundnut (bunch). Castor: GAUCH-1, GCH-2, GCH-4, GCH-5. Maize: GM-3, GM-4, GM-6, Ganga Safed-2, Farm sameri, Narmda Moti. Bajra: GHB-183,GHB-215, GHB-316, GHB-528. Green gram: GM-3, GM-4 and K-851. Black gram: T-9 and GU-1. Cowpea: Gujarat cowpea-1, 2, 4 and Pusa Falguni. Pegion pea: BDN-2, GT-1,GT-100 and GT-101. Sesamum: GT-2 or GT-3 for sesamum. Soybean: Guj. Soyabean-1, Guj. Soyabean-2. Maharashtra: Jowar: CSH-9, 14, SPV-462, SPV-475 and SPV-946. Bajra: Shardha (RHRBH-8609), Saburi (RHRBH-8924), Shanti (RHRBH-9808), ICTP-8203 and Samrudhi. Groundnut: Phule Pragati (JL-24), TAG-24, TG-26, Phule Vyas (JL-220), Phule Unap and TGP-41 for Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan Gaurav and Trombay Konkan (Tapora) for Konkan. Red gram: ICPL – 87119 (Asha) and C-11 for black soil in Vidarbha and ICPL-87, AKT- 8811, Vipula and B.M.S.R. in Madhya Maharashtra.

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Cotton: Indian improved varieties AKA-5, 7 and 8, Indian hybrid varieties like PKV DH-1, American improved varieties AKH–081, PKV–Rajat and AKH- 8828 for Vidarbha. Maize: Ganga -11, Deccan-105, Trishulata, Pro -311, Bio -9681, Dhaval, African tall. Moong: Vaibhav, Kopergaon-1 and B.P.M.R- 145, Jalgaon 781, S-8, PhuleM-2. Soyabean: P.K-1029, M.A.C.S.-450, JS-335, Phule kalyani (DS-228). Sunflower: EC-68414, Modern, SS-56, K.B.S.H-1, Bhanu, Phule Raviraj. Rice: Early maturing varieties like Karjat-4, 184, Ratnagiri-24, Ratna & Pawana and medium maturing varieties like Phule Samrudhi, Indrayani and Pusa Basmati in Pune division and PKV Khamang, PKV HMT and PKV Makrand for east Vidarbha. Chhattisgarh Rice: IR-64, IR-36, Poornima, Annada, MTU 1010, MTU 1001, Mahamaya, Karma Mahsuri, Bamleshwari, Swarna Soybean: JS 335, Indira, Soya-09, JS 93-05.

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Annexure II Contour maps for the week ending 23.06.10

Actual Mean Maximum temperature ranged between 400C and above over most parts of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, some parts of East Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, 36 to 400C over most parts of Uttarakhand, East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Saurashtra & Kutch, some parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, 24 to 360C over remaining parts of the country.

Actual Mean Maximum temperature anomaly ranged between 40C and above over most parts of East Rajasthan, Bihar, some parts of West Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Sikkim, Orissa, 2 to 40C over most parts of West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, West Bengal, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, some parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, East Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Orissa, Kerala, Lakshadweep Islands, -4 to 20C over remaining parts of the country.

Actual Mean Minimum Temperature ranged between 280C and above over most parts of Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, some parts of Bihar, West Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra, 24 to 280C over most parts of Uttarakhand, Punjab, East India (except Sikkim), Northeast India, Central India, South India (except Karnataka, North Kerala), Gujarat, Saurashtra & Kutch, some parts of Himachal Pradesh, Konkan, North Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, 16 to 240C over remaining parts of the country.

Minimum Temperature anomaly ranged 20C and above over most parts of Sikkim, some parts of Rajasthan, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Vidarbha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, 0 to 20C over most parts of Northwest India (except Punjab), Northeast India, East India, Kerala, Coastal & South Interior Karnataka, Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Gujarat, Saurashtra & Kutch, Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep Islands, some parts of Central India, Marathwada, Telengana, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, North Interior Karnataka, -4 to 00 C over remaining parts of the country.

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Relative humidity between 80% and above over most parts of North East India, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Coastal Karnataka, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Island, some parts of Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal, South & North Interior Karnataka, Kerala, 60 to 80% over most parts of Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Orissa, Central India, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, North & South Interior Karnataka, Marathwada, Gujarat, Saurashtra & Kutch, some parts of Kerala, 20 to 60% over remaining parts of the country.

Cloud amount 6 okta and above over most parts of Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, some parts of Gangetic West Bengal, Chattisgarh, East Madhya Pradesh, Telengana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, 4 to 6 okta over most parts Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal & Sikkim, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, South & North Interior Karnataka, Vidarbha, Gujarat, Saurashtra & Kutch, some parts of West Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Coastal Karnataka, Konkan, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, 0 to 4 okta over remaining parts of the country.

Wind speed ranged between 6 knots and above over some parts of Rajasthan, Bihar, Coastal Orissa, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, Kerala, South Interior Karnataka, Gujarat, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 4 to 6 knots over most parts of Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Jharkhand, Konkan & Goa, South Tamil Nadu, South Interior Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, some parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Coastal Orissa, Chattisgarh, Coastal & North Interior Karnataka, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Vidarbha, Gujarat, Saurashtra & Kutch, 0 to 4 knots over remaining parts of the country.

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Annexure III Rainfall maps of some states representing (%) Departure

Assam Arunachal Pradesh

Bihar

Jharkhand

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West Bengal

Orissa

Andhra Pradesh

Kerala

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Karnataka

Tamil Nadu

Maharashtra

Gujarat

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Madhya Pradesh

Chattisgarh