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India: Punjab floods threaten rice output as basmati, non-basmati crops hit
Damage to standing paddy estimated at 1.92 lakh hectares Basmati production may fall 20-25% amid delayed arrivals Severe floods across Punjab have inundated large tracts of farmland in India, damaging nearly 1.92 lakh hectares of standing crops. Early assessments indicate that paddy accounts for almost 85% of the crop losses, with basmati and non-basmati varieties…