India has set up a panel of officials to assess the impact of rising temperatures on the wheat crop, as the weather office warned that above-normal temperatures would prevail in key producing states.
About the Committee
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Important facts about the Crop
Indian Wheat Growing Zones
The entire wheat growing areas of the country has been categorized into 6 major zones as follows
Zones |
States/Regions Covered |
Northern Hill Zone(NHZ) |
Hilly areas of J&K( except Jammu, Kathua and Samba districts), Himachal Pradesh ( except Una &Paonta valley),Uttarakhand(excluding Tarai region) & Sikkim |
North Western Plains Zone(NWPZ) |
Punjab, Haryana, Western UP(except Jhansi Div), Rajasthan (excluding Kota & Udaipur div), Delhi, Tarai region of Uttarakhand, Una &Paonta valley of HP, Jammu, Samba&Kathua districts of J&K and Chandigarh. |
North Eastern Plains Zone(NEPZ) |
Eastern UP(28 dist), Bihar, Jharkhand, WestBengal, Assam, Odisha and other NE states (except Sikkim) |
Central Zone |
MP, Gujarat, Chattisgarh, Kota& Udaipur Div of Rajasthan & Jhansi Div of UP. |
Peninsular Zone |
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu(except Nilgiris&Palani Hills),Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh |
Southern Hill Zone(SHZ) |
Nilgiris&Palani Hills of Tamil Nadu |
Why higher temperature is a concern for the crop?
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