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Floods to dent Khariff output; rain shortfall in Karnataka, Kerala adding to woes: ASSOCHAM
Sep 22, 2017, at 09:29 pm
New Delhi, Sept 22 (IBNS): The flood fury in Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh alongside shortfalls in rains in southern states would significantly dent the khariff output with three major foodgrains expected to give a lower harvest of 129.5 million tonnes this year against 138.5 million tonnes in the same season of 2016-17, an ASSOCHAM study has cautioned.
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