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All India Weather Forecast for April 21, 2022

All India Weather Forecast for April 21, 2022Countrywide weather systemsThe Western Disturbance is over North Pakistan and adjoining parts of Jammu and Kashmir.Another Western Disturbance is persisting over western parts of Afghanistan.A cyclonic circulation can be seen over South Tamil Nadu and adjoining areas.Another Cyclonic Circulation is persisting over Jharkhand and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal and North Odisha.A trough is extending from South Chhattisgarh to South Tamil Nadu across Telangana and Rayalaseema.Weather movement across the country during the last 24 hoursDuring the last 24 hours, light to moderate rain with isolated heavy falls occurred over Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur.Rest of Northeast India, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, parts of Lakshadweep, Interior Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, parts of Interior Karnataka and isolated parts of South Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Andaman and Nicobar Islands It rained light to moderate.Heat wave conditions persisted over parts of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan.Heat wave conditions were observed over Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Uttar Pradesh and parts of Saurashtra and Kutch.Weather activity likely during next 24 hoursDuring the next 24 hours, light to moderate rain with isolated heavy falls is likely over Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland.Light to moderate rain may occur over parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, North Coastal Andhra Pradesh, West Himalayas, Sikkim, Himalayan West Bengal and East Bihar.Thunderstorm and dust storm are very likely to occur over parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and West Uttar Pradesh during next 24 to 48 hours.Light rain and thundershowers may occur over Jharkhand, parts of South Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha.Heat wave conditions are very likely to prevail over Rajasthan, South Haryana, parts of Punjab, Jharkhand and isolated parts of Delhi on April 20 and thereafter it may decrease.

Cotton sowing started in Punjab

Cotton sowing started in Punjab                                                  In order to save the crop from the menace of pink bollwormand get good yield, farmers in Punjab started sowing of cotton early.Cotton sowing has been started in Punjab for the Kharifseason of 2022-23. At present, more than 2500 hectares of area has been sown.It is expected that sowing will pick up in the coming 10 days. Two main reasonsare being given for early sowing. The first reason is that the harvesting ofwheat and mustard crops is almost complete due to the high heat reading and thefarmers have started paying attention to the sowing of cotton and the secondreason is the inter-state advisory committee on cotton to the farmers fromApril 15 to 15. To be encouraged to complete sowing of May Tabak cotton. Infact, last year a large part of the cotton crop was infected with pink bollwormdisease, the committee has concluded that if the sowing is completed on time,the crop will be saved from this infection.target of 4 lakh hectares                                                   Farmers have benefited well this season due to the increasein cotton prices. This is the reason that this time the farmer is very excitedfor cotton cultivation. As a result, this time the area under cotton isincreasing in almost every state. For the Kharif season 2022-23 in Punjab, a targethas been set to increase the area under cotton by 23 percent to 4 lakhhectares. Out of the seven main cotton districts of Punjab, Fazilka has thehighest share of 1600 hectares, Bathinda 310 hectares, Mansa 300 hectares andMuktsar 153 hectares.The weather is favorable for farmingOfficials of Punjab's Agriculture and Irrigation Departmentsaid that canal water has been started in major districts for cotton crop.Farmers are now demanding power supply to irrigate with tube well water so thatthey can complete the sowing on time. According to agricultural experts, thecurrent season is completely favorable for sowing of cotton. Hardeep Kumar, acotton farmer from Mansa district of Punjab told that my family has beencultivating cotton for the last 38 years. We cultivate on 35 acres. For thisseason we have started sowing. This time the prices have been good, attractedby them, some new farmers are also turning to cotton cultivation.

All India Weather Forecast for April 20, 2022

All India Weather Forecast for April 20, 2022Weather systems made across the country A Western Disturbance is over North Pakistan and adjoining parts of Jammu and Kashmir.A Cyclonic Circulation is persisting over Northwest Rajasthan and adjoining areas.Another circulation is seen over West Central Bay of Bengal off North Tamil Nadu and South Andhra Pradesh coast.A trough is extending from Chhattisgarh to South Interior Karnataka across Telangana and Marathwada.Weather movement across the country during the last 24 hoursDuring the last 24 hours, light to moderate rain with isolated heavy falls occurred over parts of Karnataka and KeralaLight to moderate rain occurred over Interior Tamil Nadu, Coastal Karnataka, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and rest of Northeast India, Lakshadweep and South Chhattisgarh.Heat wave conditions prevail in isolated parts of Northwest Rajasthan and Himachal PradeshHeat wave conditions were observed over parts of Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand.Probable weather activity during next 24 hoursDuring the next 24 hours, light to moderate rain is very likely at isolated places over Northeast India, interior parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Light to moderate rain is possible over Western Himalayas.On April 21 and 22, there is a possibility of thunderstorm and light rain with isolated thunderstorms over parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, eastern parts of Jharkhand and Bihar as well as parts of West Bengal.Pre-Monsoon thunderstorms are also very likely to occur over Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Interior Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and southern parts of Andhra Pradesh.In view of the pre-monsoon activities in many parts of the country, the temperature may moderate to some extentDuring the next 24 hours, heatwave conditions are possible at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, North Rajasthan, parts of Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Jharkhand and it may decrease thereafter.

Know why cotton production is decreasing in India

Know why cotton production is decreasing in IndiaAccording to the USDA report, cotton production in India decreased by 7 to 8 percent in the last three years, while domestic use increased.India is said to be the leading country of cotton production. Cotton is sown on most of the land in India, despite this, if we look at the recent report of USDA, there has been a decrease of 7 percent cotton production in India in three years. This reduction in bales is more than 20 million bales per bale of 480 pounds. According to the report, the cotton production in India in the year 2019-20 was 28.5 million cotton bales which decreased to 27.6 million bales in 2020-21 and in 2021-22 this figure decreased to just 26. million cotton bales. According to experts, the reason for the reduction in production in such a large quantity is due to the weather and failure to protect the cotton crop from diseases and farmers are not able to make them aware.Increase in domestic consumptionAccording to the report, there has been a decrease in production, but in these three years, there has been a steady increase in domestic use i.e. domestic consumption. The consumption which was 20.5 million in 2019-20 has reached 26 million bales in 2021-22 and 2022-23. While the increase in consumption is a positive sign for the industry, the decline in production to such an extent is a matter of concern for the government and top officials. Due to low production, India's closing stock has also decreased significantly in these three years. The closing stock in 2019-20 was 15.68 million cotton bales while in 2020-21 it decreased to 11.94 million cotton bales and in 2021-22 it has been recorded only 8.34 million cotton bales.The good thing is that there has been a tremendous jump in export figures in these three years. India's cotton exports stood at 3.2 million bales in 2019-20, which increased sharply to 6.19 million bales in 2020-21 and is at 5.2 million bales in 2021-22.

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