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Name the two major cropping seasons in India

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Cropping seasons of India :

Kharif & Rabi. The agricultural crop year in India is from July to June. The Indian cropping season is classified into two main seasons-(i) Kharif and (ii) Rabi based on the monsoon.

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Answer:

There are three major cropping seasons in India .

They are :

1.Rabi.

2.Kharif.

3.Zaid .

Explanation:

Rabi season:

. Crops sown in winters and harvested in summers.

. Some of the important rabi crops are wheat, barley etc.

. States growing rabi crops are: Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, and Uttar Pradesh etc.

Kharif season:

. Crops grown with the onset of monsoons and harvested in September or October.

. Important Kharif growing states are: Assam, West Bengal, coastal regions of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu etc.

. Crops grown during this season are: rice, maize, jowar, bajra, tur, moong, urad, cotton, jute etc.

Zaid season:

. It falls in between the rabi and kharif seasons.

. It’s a short season during the summer months.

. Major crops grown are: watermelon, muskmelon, cucumbers etc.

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