The latest figures show Kharif sowing has been completed across 117.68 lakh hectares, covering 82% of the state’s normal Kharif area of 144.36 lakh hectares

The latest figures show Kharif sowing has been completed across 117.68 lakh hectares, covering 82% of the state’s normal Kharif area of 144.36 lakh hectares

Total acreage, however, remains below last year’s level, with the shortfall concentrated in coarse cereals, rice and pulses even as weather experts and economists warn that crop…