October rains 80% more than normal over the country; North India leads

Paddy, maize, sugarcane, potato crop impacted; showers to recede now

The October rains have been severe in many parts of the country, mostly in the North Indian states of UP, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh since the beginning of the month.
 

The late rains have badly impacted standing kharif crops, inundating large tracts of the farmland.

This could lead to drop in yields of paddy, bajra, maize, early sown potatoes, soybean and even sugarcane. However, the extent of losses will be clear only after the water recedes from the fields.

In the case of sugarcane too, farmers foresee some loss in yields in