crops in India

 Crops in India:-

RABI Rabi is derived from Arabic word which means spring.	KHARIF Kharif is derived from the Arabic word which means Autumn	ZAID Zaid is derived from Arabic word
Sown in Oct/Dec ( during winters)	Sown in June/July (during summer or Monsoon)	Sown in Mar/Apr
Harvested in May/June(after winters) –spring season	Harvested in Sept/Oct.	Harvested in June/july ( short summer season)
Also Known as winter crops	Also known as monsoon crops	Summer crops
Requirement: - Less water, cold climate to grow.	Requirement:- Adequate water(rainfall), Hot climate to grow	Requirement :- warm & dry weather for growth & Longer day length for flowering
Area:- Punjab, Haryana, HP, JK, UK & UP Some Important Rabi Crops :- Wheat Barley / Grim Chickpeas( Kabuli Channa) Linseed( Alasee ka BeeJ/ Flax) Oats Mustard TRICK###WBC LOM	Areas;- Coastal areas- Assam, WB, Odhisa, Andhra Pradesh, TN, Kerala, Maharashtra. Important Kharif Crops Bajra(Bull Rush Millet) Jowar(Sorghum) Pulses Cotton Maize( Indian Corn) Groundnut Sugarcane Turmeric Soyabean Rice/ Paddy   Millets TRICK##BJP CM GST   SRM	Areas :- North & south western states Important zaid Crops :- Ridge Gourd (Torai) Musk  melon (Kharbooj) Cucumber Pumpkin watermelon (Tarbooj) Bitter Gourd( kerala)     TRICK ###RMC   PWB

Other Types of Crops

1.       Food Crops :- Rice, wheat , Maize, Gram & Pulses, Millets( Bajra, Jawar & Ragi)

2.       Fibrous crops(Non-food) :- Cotton, Jute

3.       Beverages crops:- Tea & Coffee

4.       Commercial Crops:- Sugarcane, Tobacco, Oilseeds(Mustard, soyabean, sunflower, groundnut , rapeseed) , Cotton etc

Revolution in Agriculture :-

Green revolution :- Food Grains   M.S. Swaminathan   

(NOTE:-  1966-69 ( Ist GR period) ;  HYV seeds for wheat )

White  :- Milk production   Verghese Kurien

Silver  :- egg/poultry      Indira Gandhi ( Mother of the silver revolutioin)

Silver fibre  :- Cotton

Pink  :- Onion/Prawn/pharma

Grey :- Fertilizers

Golden  :- Fruits/Honey/Horticulture

Golden Fibre  :- Jute

Brown :- Leather/Non-Conventional products.

Black :- Petroleum products

Yellow :- oilseed

Round :- Potato

Ranking of Crops in India & Global :-

Rice :-    WB > UP> AP                    

    China >India ( 2^nd Rank)

Wheat :- UP>Punjab> Haryana                       

 China > India ( 2^nd Rank)

Maize:- Karnataka> MP> Maharashtra        

  USA(No.1)  India – 7^th (Produce) & 4^th ( Area covered)

Millets :- Rajasthan > Karnataka >UP>Haryana         

 India Ranked 1

Gram & pulses:- Rajasthan >MP                                            

 Rank 1 India

Cotton :-  Gujarat>Maharsahtra>Telangana                       

 Rank 1india

Jute:- West Bengal> Bihar >Assam                                 

  Rank 1 ( both export & import )

Tea :- Assam>West Bengal > Tamil Nadu         

 China > India ( 2^nd rank)

Coffee :- Karnataka> TN>kerala                                     

    1. Brazil ……7^th .India

Sugarcane :- UP>Maharashtra > Karnataka                   

   1. Brazil 2. India

Tobacco:- Gujarat> Andhra Pradesh                                  

 1.China 2. India

Oil-seeds:- TN> Gujarat >Maharashtra                             

  1. India

NOTE :-

India at Rank 1 :- Cotton, Jute, Oil-seeds, Millets, Gram & pulses

India at Rank 2 :- Tobacco, Sugarcane , Tea, Wheat , Rice

Other Important facts :-

Ø  Darjeeling (champagne of Teas) Tea Got GI tag

Ø  Dibrugarh (Assam)  is known as City of Tea.

Ø  Rubber :Thailand ( 1^st ) & India (4^th )   -  Kerala(1^st) Tripura(2^nd) Karnataka(3^rd)

Ø  Ist Rubber plant 1895 set up in kerala

Ø  Saffron (zafran) is most expensive crop grown in karwas of Kashmir( pampore, pulwama)

Ø  Grim is kind of barley grown in Ladakh

Ø  Tobacco was brought in India by the Portuguese in 1508

Ø  Coffee was Ist raised in the Baba Budan Hills of Karnataka . It is indigeneous to Abyssinia Plateau (Ethiopia)

Ø  Pepper :- is King of Spices & Cardamon is queen of spices.    Rank – Kerala> Karnataka>TN

 

                To Be Continued 

crops of Jk _MCQs

Major ports of India (Western Coast)

Coastline of India = 7,516.6 Km 

No. Of Major ports of India= 13 

No. Of notified Non Major Ports = 205

Here we discuss into two broad categories as :- Western coast & Eastern Coast ports. 

West Coast ports :- 

Kandla, Gujarat

 New Mangalore, Karnataka

 JNPT, Maharashtra

Mumbai, Maharashtra

 Mormugao , Goa 

 & Kochchi , Karala 

#Kandla , Kuchh, Gujarat 

Ist port developed after partition.

Also known as Deendayal Port 

It is Tidal port & 

Trade free zone port 

#MumbaiPort :- 

Biggest port with spacious natural & well sheltered Harbour. 

Largest natural port in India 

Old name Bombay Port 

#JNPT, Maharashtra

Planned with view to decongest the Mumbai Port 

Serve Hub port for This region .

Largest Artificial Port 

Largest container port 

Also named as Nhava Sheva 

Busiest port of India

#Marmagoa, Goa 

Premier Iron ore exporting port of India

Accounts for 50% of India's Iron ore export. 

#New Mangalore, Karnataka

Caters to the export of Iron ore concentratrates from Kudremukh mines. 

#Kochi, Kerala 

 South Western port 

Located at the entrance of Lagoon with natural Harbour. 

Sited near Vemband lake 

For Eastern Coast Ports .. visit next Blog.