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Paddy sowing deficit narrows to 4.52%; southwest monsoon may remain strong

The Centre expects rice production in the kharif season to drop by 4-5 million tonnes from last year.

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The rains, while might provide much needed respite to city dwellers suffering from extended periods of low rains this monsoon, it could be negative for the early sown crops

Sanjeeb Mukherjee New Delhi
The southwest monsoon is expected to remain strong over central and northern parts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand for two days due to a well-marked low pressure area that will cause heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in several places, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its latest weather report on Friday. 

The rains might provide respite to city dwellers from extended periods of low rains this monsoon but could be negative for the early-sown crops. So far in the season (June 1 to September 16), the cumulative monsoon has been largely deficient in 19 of the 703 districts of the

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