INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Rice is the most important Kharif crop of India. It is grown in rain-fed areas with hot and humid climates, especially the eastern and southern parts of India. Rice requires a temperature of 16–20 °C (61–68 °F) during the growing season and 18–32 °C (64–90 °F) during ripening.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rice, maize, jowar, bajra, tur (arhar), moong, urad, cotton, jute, groundnut and soyabean are the main crops grown in the Kharif season.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rice is the most important staple food crop of India, which feeds more than half of our population. It accounts for one-third production of foodgrains in the country. India is the second largest producer of rice in the world after China.

Detailed explanation-4: -Paddy crop is grown both in kharif and rabi seasons in the country. For the current agricultural year 2022-23, 1st advance estimates covering only kharif crops has been released so far, according to which the production of kharif rice is estimated at 104.99 million tonnes.