Wheat has been sown under 50 lakh hectares in the ongoing Rabi season so far, which is about 15 per cent less than what was sown during the period last year
The central government on Thursday urged states to promote sowing of pulses even in the Rabi (winter) season beginning October and ensure that farmers get Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the lentils.
More than 80 per cent of wheat sowing has been completed in Himachal Pradesh in the Rabi season, but the prolonged dry spell for almost two months is causing anxiety among the farmers as they ...
Happy Lohri 2018! Celebrated with great joy and fervor, the festival of Lohri marks the harvest of rabi crops in Punjab.
Baisakhi marks the time of Rabi crop harvest for the farmers, and Thanksgiving in Punjab and Haryana that is celebrated in the month of April.
Lohri marks the end of the sowing season for winter crops such as rabi, which are now ready for harvest. This festival is celebrated mainly in the northern parts of the country.
The Hindu and Sikh communities in Punjab, Chandigarh, and adjacent regions celebrate this day as the beginning of the Punjabi New Year.