Paddy sowing dips 13% due to poor rains; likely to hurt final output

The biggest food grains grown during kharif season is  almost 13.3 percent which is less than the previous year .This happens due to poor rain in states like UttarPradesh  , Bihar Jharkhand ,and West Bengal. The trade and market players have already started factoring 10 million tonnes of drop in production of rice in kharif season as compared to the previous year. 

 

India produced 111 million tonnes of rice in previous year.The drop in acreage is about 8 -16 percent  .