The Government of India has constituted IMCTs for 15 States viz. Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Nagaland. IMCTs have visited the affected areas of 13 States for on-the-spot assessment of damages due to floods, 2019.
Based on information received from the State Governments, the details of the agriculture areas, reported to have been damaged due to flood/ landslides/ hydrometrological hazards during South-West monsoon-2019 are as below.
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Reported loss of crops by States due to flood/ landslides/ hydro-metrological hazards during South-West Monsoon-2019
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Provisional 01.06.2019 to 14.11.2019
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Sl.
No.
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State
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Total agriculture area affected
(in lakh ha.)
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Assam
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2.14
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Bihar
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2.61
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Chhattisgarh
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0.018
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Karnataka
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9.35
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Kerala
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0.31
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Madhya Pradesh
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6.04
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Maharashtra
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4.17
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Nagaland
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0.02
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Odisha
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1.49
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Punjab
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1.51
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Rajasthan
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27.36
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Tripura
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0.014
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Uttar Pradesh
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8.88
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Uttarakhand
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0.003
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West Bengal
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0.08
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Total
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63.995
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This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha today.
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