Jul 24 2009 12:20PM
NEW DELHI, July 24 (Reuters) - India's monsoon rains remain weak in the states of Bihar, the country's leading corn producer, and Uttar Pradesh, which normally produces more than half of India's sugarcane, Farm Minister Sharad Pawar told parliament on Friday.
He said India's cotton, corn and oilseeds sowing was almost normal despite deficient monsoon rains this year, but sugarcane planting had dropped by 122,000 hectares from a year ago.
India's June-September monsoon rains began with an exceptionally dry phase in the first five weeks, but rainfall has improved in the past two weeks in most parts of the country.
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