India, March 28 -- Back-to-back western disturbances have enriched the soil moisture in the past two weeks, say scientist

The unseasonal rains and hailstorms lashing several parts of the country is likely to not dent wheat production, central government officials claimed.

From March 3, 2023 states across India received rainfall and hailstorms causing heavy crop loss. West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and others received large excess rainfall, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Around 61 per cent of 714 districts in the country recorded large excess rainfall, 10 per c...