The panel, headed by Agriculture Commissioner, will also have members from Karnal-based Wheat Research Institute and representatives from major wheat growing states, the Agriculture Secretary said
NEW DELHI, Feb 20: The Government on Monday said it has set up a committee to monitor the impact of rise in temperature on the wheat crop. The move comes amid a forecast by the National Crop Forecast Centre (NCFC) that maximum temperature in major wheat producing areas barring Madhya Pradesh was higher-than-average of the last seven years during the first week of February. Even the Met Department has projected above-normal temperature in Gujarat, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, in […]