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Rabi sowing down 46 pc as deficient monsoon dries up soil moisture

Rabi sowing down 46 pc as deficient monsoon dries up soil moisture

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Delhi's air quality deteriorated sharply, with the AQI rising from 117 on Saturday to 261 on Sunday, then reaching 324 by Monday afternoon, crossing the 300 threshold for “very poor” air for the first time this season, according to Livemint. On Tuesday morning, the AQI slipped further into the “very poor” category at 332, as a thick layer of smog engulfed the city, with Jahangirpuri recording the highest reading of 452 in the “severe” category, per the Central Pollution Control Board, reported by Deccan Herald. No information links this haze to rabi sowing trends.

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    New Delhi: Sowing of rabi crops, including wheat, has fallen sharply behind last year’s pace, with the area covered down 46 per cent at 37.56 lakh hectare as of October 30, compared to 69.02 lakh hectare in the same period a year ago, according to data released by the Union Agriculture Ministry…

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New Delhi: Sowing of rabi crops, including wheat, has fallen sharply behind last year’s pace, with the area covered down 46 per cent at 37.56 lakh hectare as of October 30, compared to 69.02 lakh hectare in the same period a year ago, according to data released by the Union Agriculture Ministry…

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