Kerala Agriculture Department

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  Monsoon Hits Kerala 3 Days Before Schedule: Met Department

  The Southwest Moosoon hit Kerala today, three days before its scheduled arrival, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The early arrival of the monsoon is expected to boost agriculture in the world's fastest growing major economy. Monsoon delivers nearly 70 percent of rains that the country needs. This is the earliest start to the monsoon...

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  One-Stop Call Centre for Farmers Coming Up in Kerala

  To provide professional inputs to farmers, the Kerala agriculture department is setting up a state-of-the-art call centre where all the queries of farmers would be answered.

• Kerala Wants Inclusion of New Works Under MGNREG Scheme

  Congress-led UDF government in Kerala today asked the Centre to include new works like paddy cultivation, homestead farming, coconut farming and coir yarn production under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREG) Scheme.

• Kerala to Promote Hi-Tech Poly-Houses for Vegetable Farming

  With an aim to attain self-reliance in the case of vegetable production, state Government is getting ready to promote hi-tech farming techniques in the southern Indian state of Kerala.

• Monsoon covers entire country today but still 23% deficient: Met Department

  Monsoon, the life-line of Indian agriculture, today covered the entire country but the rains are still deficient by 23 per cent, a top official of India Meteorological Department said. The south-west monsoon had hit Kerala on June 5, but made slow progress affecting sowing of major Kharif crops such as paddy, pulses and coarse cereals.

• Monsoon to hit Kerala by June 5

  Monsoon, the lifeline of Indian agriculture, is most likely to hit Kerala by June 5 and there is no room for concern over sowing of kharif (summer) crops like paddy and pulses, a top India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said."Most likely, the southwest monsoon will reach Kerala by June 5," IMD Director General LS Rathore told PTI.

• 2012 monsoon to hit India's southern coast on June 1

  India's 2012 monsoon rains are likely to hit the southern coast on June 1, the weather department said.