CONTINGENCY CROP

PLANNING

KHARIF – 2021

GUJARAT STATE

DIRECTORATE OF AGRICULTURE, GUJARAT STATE,

KRISHI BHAVAN, SECTOR 10-A, ‘CH’ ROAD, GANDHINAGAR
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PLANNING KHARIF-2021
GUJARAT STATE

INDEX
Sr. Page
Subject
No. No.
Introduction 1
1 Climate of Gujarat 2
2 Agro-Climatic Zones of Gujarat 4
3 Soils of Gujarat 7
4 Operational holding and land use pattern in Gujarat state 7
5 Rainfall 9
6 Crops and Cropping pattern 10
7 Drought situation 11
8 Contingency crop planning for crop production, Kharif-2021 13
I. Normal Onset of Monsoon (16th June to 1st July) 14
II. Delayed onset of Monsoon (1st July to 15th July) 16
III. Normal onset of Monsoon followed by Long Dry Spell 19
IV. Early Withdrawal of Monsoon (before 31st August) 19
V. Delay withdrawal of Monsoon or Prolonged Monsoon Season
20
(After 20th September)
VI. Heavy Rainfall 21
9 Judicious Use of Water 23
10 The Status of Irrigation Potential And its Utilization 23
11 Locust Control Measures 26
Appendices
Appendix- I : Crop and variety recommendations according to
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rainfall situation
Appendix-II: Varietywise Seed (certified and quality) Requirement and
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availability for Kharif-2021
- Appendix –III: Fertilizer requirement during Kharif-2021 in Gujarat vi
Appendix–IV: Availability and demand/requirement of Pesticides
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during Kharif-2021 in Gujarat
Appendix-V : Contact details of District Agriculture officer
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(D.A.O) of Gujarat
Appendix–VI : Contact details of Gujarat State Seed Corporation,
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Gandhinagar and it’s Branch offices in Gujarat
Appendix-VII : Contact details of Gujarat State Seed Certification
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Agency, Ahmedabad and it’s Branch offices in Gujarat
Source: Website - https://dag.gujarat.gov.in
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Introduction:
The Gujarat state is located in the western part of India. The state
of Gujarat is surrounded by different geographical conditions, such as the
Arabian sea in the west, Rajasthan in the north-east, Pakistan on the
international border in the north, Madhya Pradesh in the east and the
state of Maharashtra in south-east direction. Gujarat has the longest
coastline of 1600 km from all the states of India. The state of Gujarat is
located between 200 1’ and 240 7’ North latitude and 680 4’ and 740 4’ East
longitude. It has an area of 196 lakh hectares, which occupies 6 percent
of the total geographical area of India. The state has 33 districts and 250
talukas spread across an area of 196,024 km2.
Gujarat state varies in its ecosystem, it ranges from deserts,
scrublands, grasslands, deciduous forests and wetlands to mangroves,
coral reefs, estuaries and gulfs. Different divisions of the state, have
different natural balance and its adaptation. Gujarat is geographically
divided into three regions: Kutch, situated in the northwest, is home to
the Rann of Kutch. This region remains arid throughout the year, but
during rainy season, it witnesses heavy downpour. The hilly Saurashtra
region is home to low lying mountains, while the fertile plain lies between
the Rann of Kutch and river Damanganga. Different ecological conditions
of Gujarat have resulted in different kinds of forest, from hot saline deserts
to humid hilly tracts and coast to high hills. Gujarat is the land of several
rivers having Sabarmati the largest river followed by the Tapi, although
the Narmada covers the longest distance in its passage through the state.
The Sardar Sarovar Project is built on the Narmada River, one of the major
rivers of peninsular India with a length of around 1,312 kilometres (815
mi). Besides these rivers, Gujrat has many other rivers including
Damanganga, Rukmavati, Banas, Purna, and Mahi. There are various
range of mountains in the state like the Aravallis, Vindhyas, Satpuras and

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Sahyadris, having scenic beauty and have been closely associated
with religious and historical aspects of the people.

Why Contingency Plan?

Agriculture is primarily dependent on rainfall. While the onset
and withdrawal of the monsoon decide the crop planning, the
temporal and spatial variability in the monsoon decide the crop
planning. The temporal and spatial variability in the monsoon activity
influences the crop productivity and requires contingent planning on
regular basis.
Contingency planning refers to mitigate any unexpected,
unusual, unfavorable, unwanted accidental weather situation as well
as “El-Niño or La- Niño” like weather situation occurring without
prior intimation at any time before the sowing of crop or even after in
the standing crop. Therefore, the contingency crop planning is
required to mitigate such situation through the selection of
appropriate crops and their varieties, cropping systems or other
necessary relevant farm practices.
In vagaries of monsoon, to sustain the agricultural production
many technologies are developed, but farmers are not acquainted with
these information. Even every year farmers suffer due to vagaries of
monsoon and breaks of varying duration of rain is common. To
overcome these situations, contingency crop planning is useful.

1. Climate of Gujarat
At present, out of total geographical areas of Gujarat State about
88% is under arid and semi-arid types of climate. In most parts of
Gujarat State except South Gujarat, have arid and semi-arid climate,
due to this situation, uncertain, uneven and erratic rainfall arises in
the state. Around 90% of pearl millet, 60% of sorghum and cotton, 80
to 90% of groundnut and more than 50% of pulses produced from this
area. Due to uncertain and erratic rainfall, the production per unit
area is low along with non-satisfacto-r2y- yields of the crops.
 (Source:https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/gujarat/gujarat.htm)

Normally, the weather of Gujarat is divided into four major seasons:

 The winter season (November - February)
 The summer season (March - May)
 The monsoon season (June - September), and
 The autumn season (October)

Gujarat has diverse climatic conditions. Some of the important features

of the climatic and natural features of Gujarat are as below:

Winters in Gujarat are mild, pleasant and dry. The average daytime
temperature in winter is around 83°F and at night is 53°F. Summers are
extremely hot, with the daytime temperature being 115°F, and the night
temperature being 90°F. In Gujarat, monsoon is generally hot and utterly
humid. The temperature at day is 100°F but at night, it falls down to 80°F.
Sometimes severe flood also occurs in some parts during monsoon.

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2. Agro-Climatic Zones of Gujarat State
Gujarat has been divided in eight agro-climatic regions based on soil
type, climate, and water resources’ availability. The delineation of agro-
climatic region has been put in place for planning improved scientific
utilisation of natural and man-made resources. It helps in
recommendations of crops suitable to soil, climate and water regimes and
sustainable agricultural practices. Each zone has a similar combination
of constraints and potentials for land use, and serves as a focus for the
targeting of recommendations designed to improve the existing land-use
situation, either through increasing production or by limiting land
degradation. Agro climate of the state divided into eight sub regions in
respect of rainfall, temperature, humidity and geographical situation,
hence eight agro climatic zones. Detail of agro climatic zones, district
under each of the zone, soil type, and suitable crops is as under.

Agro Climatic Zones of Gujarat

Gujarat’s agro climate can be categorized as very heterogeneous and

constitutes about 20 per cent of arid and 9 per cent semi-arid areas of the

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 country (Next to Rajasthan). Vast area of Saurashtra Kutch and North
Gujarat falls under arid to Semi-arid. It comprises low and erratic rainfall
where, even Kharif crops requires one or two Life Saving irrigation.
Detail of Agro-Climatic Zones of Gujarat State
Districts Rainfall Types of
Zone (Talukas/Block) Suitable Crops in mm Soil
Deepblack
GJ-1 with
South Dang, Valsad, Tapi Rice, Sorghum, Ragi, patches of
Kodara, Seasamum, 1500
Gujarat (Valod, Vyara, costal alkali
Pigeonpea, Groundnut, and
Heavy songadh) and Surat Lateritic
Cotton, Sugarcane, above
Rainfall (Mahuva). and
Zone Chillies, Wheat, Gram medium
black Soil.

Surat (Surat), Rice, Wheat, Gram,

Narmada (Nandod, Perlmillets,Sorghum,
GJ-2
Sagbara, Dedyapada), Maize, Kodara, Ragi,
South 1000 to Deepblack
Bharuch (Amod, Pigeonpea, groundnut,
Gujarat 1500 clayey Soils
Ankleshwar, Bharuch, Sesamum, Castor,
Zone
Hansot, Jhagadia, Cotton, Sugarcane,
Valia ) Chillies

Rice, Wheat, Gram,

Mahisagar
Perlmillets,Sorghum,
(Balasinor), Baroda,
Maize, Kodra, Ragi,
GJ-3 Anand (Borsad, Deep black
Pigeonpea, groundnut,
Middle Petlad), Ahmedabad 800 to to Loamy
Sesamum, Castor,
Gujarat (Ahmedabad), Kheda 1000 Sand
Cotton, Sugarcane,
Zone (Nadiad, Kapadvanj, (Goradu)
Chillies, Tobacco,
Kheda, Matar and
Potato, Rapeseed &
Thasara )
Mustard

Sabarkantha, Aravally,
Gandhinagar (Kalol,
Dehgam), Ahmedabad
(Daskroi, Sanand) Rice, Wheat, Gram,
Banaskantha Perlmillets,Sorghum,
GJ-4 (Palanpur, Deesa, Maize, groundnut, Sandy Loan
North Dhanera, Danta, Sesamum, Castor, 625 to to Sandy
Gujarat Wadgam), Patan Cotton, Sugarcane, 875 Soils.
Zone (Patan, Sidhpur, Cumin, Rapeseed &
Chanasma), Mehsana Mustard
(Kadi, Kheralu,
Mehsana, Visnagar,
Vijapur)

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 Districts Rainfall Types of
Zone (Talukas/Block) Suitable Crops in mm Soil
Kutch, Morbi (Malia,
Halvad), Surendranagar
(Dhrangdhra, Dasada),
Patan (Santhalpur, Rice, Wheat, Gram,
Radhanpur Sami and Perlmillets,Sorghum, Sandy
GJ-5
Harij), Banaskantha Maize, Pigeon pea, 250 to an
Northwest
(Kankrej, Deodar, Vav, groundnut, Sesamum, 500 d Saline
Zone
Tharad) Ahmedabad Castor, Cotton, Soils.
(Viramgam) Rapeseed & Mustard

Jamnagar, Rajkot,
Surendranagar (Chotila,
Limdi, Lakhtar, Muli,
Sayla), Morbi (Wadhwan),
GJ-6
Botad (Gadhada, Umrala, Pearlmillets, Sorghum, Shallow
North 400 to
Botad), Bhavnagar (Sihor, Groundnut, Seasamum, medium
Saurashtra 700
Garidhar, Palitana), Castor, Cotton, Pulses black Soils.
Zone
Amreli (Kundla, Amreli,
Babra, Lathi, Lalia,
Kunkavav, Khamba,
Dhari)

Maize, Sugarcane Shallow

Junagadh, Gir Somnath
Wheat, Gram, Pearl medium
GJ-7 (Una, Talaja, Kodinar)
millets, Sorghum, black
South Bhavnagar (Mahuva,
Groundnut, 645 to
Saurashtra Ghogha), Amerli (Rajula
Seasamum,Cotton, 700 &
Zone and Jafrabad) and Rajkot
Pulses, rapeseed & Calcareous
(Dhoraji, Jetpur, Upleta)
mustard Soils

Bhavnagar
Medium
(Vallabhipur,
GJ-8 black
Bhavnagar),
Bhal and 625 to poorly
Ahmedabad (Dholka, Rice, Pearl millets.
Coastal 1000 drained
Dhanduka), and
Zone and Saline
Bharauch (Vagra,
Soil.
Jambusar talukas)

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3. Soils of Gujarat:-
The state is endowed with a wide range of macro and micro-climates,
physiography, landforms, geology and vegetation that have an influence
on the genesis of soil. Soil systems have developed over many millions of
years. The soil characteristics in a given area at a given point of time are
a function of both natural influences and human activities.

The major group of soils such as deep black, alluvial soils, laterite
soils, medium black soils, sandy loam soils, sodic soils, hilly soils, desert
soils and forest soils, the details of areas include in different groups are
given in soil map.

4. Operational holding and land use pattern in Gujarat state:

Operational holding
The population rate of Gujarat 308 per sq. kilometer. There are
about 53.21 lakh operational holders operating about 99.77 lakh ha. land
as per the Agri-Census 2015-16. Out of total 53.21 lakh operational
holders, 20.19 lakh Marginal (37.94%), 16.16 lakh small (30.37%), 11.50
lakh semi Medium(21.62%), 4.96 lakh (9.32%) medium and 0.4 lakh large
(0.75%) operational holders.
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Land Use Pattern
According to Season and Crop Report (SCR) (the year 2016-17 for
which the Land Utilization figures were finalized), out of total reporting
areas of 188.10 lakh hectares in the State, 98.81 lakh hectares (52.53%)
was net area sown. While 20.73 lakh hectare (11.02%) was barren and
uncultivable land, 13.88 lakh hectare (7.38%) was under non-agricultural
uses, 19.30 lakh hectare (10.26%) was culturable waste, 21.08 lakh
hectare (11.21%) was forests, 8.02 lakh hectare (4.26%) was under
pasture and other grazing land and 5.87 lakh hectare (3.12 %) was current
fallows, 0.05 lakh hectare(0.03%) was miscellaneous land and 0.35 lakh
hectares (0.19%) Other Fellow.

Land Use Pattern in Gujarat State-(Area in Ha)

5.87; 3.12% 0.35; 0.19%
Net Sown Area(98.81)
8.02; 4.26% 0.05; 0.03%
Forest(21.08)
13.88; 7.38%
Barren and Uncultivable(20.73)
19.30; 10.26% Culturable waste(19.30)
Non Agriculture uses(13.88)
Pasture and other grezing(8.02)
98.81; 52.53%
Current fallows(5.87)
Other Fellow(0.35)
20.73; 11.02%
Miscellanceour (0.05)

21.08; 11.21%

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5. Rainfall:-
The monsoon is, indeed, a characteristic feature of the Gujarat
weather because the other parts of the western India is devoid of any
rainfall. Studying the geography of Gujarat, one can find that the rainfall
in Gujarat varies from place to place - the average rainfall varies from
417mm in northwest region (Kutch) to 1435 mm in south Gujarat.
Rainfall in the southern regions of Saurashtra and the Gulf of
Cambay is low as compared to the other parts of Gujarat. The arid regions
around the desert of Kutch faces an acute scarcity of water, due to lack of
rainfall in these areas. The average rainfall in the state is 831 mm. Against

this, 1137 mm Rainfall was registered in Kharif 2020.

Month-wise rainfall data of last ten years(2011-2020) :

(in mm)
YEAR MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER TOTAL
2011 0 31 305 419 174 1 930
2012 0 39 158 191 262 8 658
2013 0 199 402 195 319 60 1175
2014 0 26 313 176 234 6 755
2015 0 172 321 35 122 2 650
2016 0 37 224 284 108 74 727
2017 0 126 526 182 62 12 908
2018 0 68 382 146 41 1 638
2019 0 109 222 446 338 61+(30 in nov) 1193
2020 0 122 229 645 123 18.38 1137

Rainfall data of the last ten years (2011- 2020)

1400
1175 1193
1137
1200
1000 930 908
831
Rainfall (mm)

755 727
800 658 650 638
600
400
200
0
Normal 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Year

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 Mean average rainfall pattern (source: www.nau.in)

6. Crops and Cropping pattern:-

In state, broadly distinguished agriculture seasons are Kharif, Rabi
and summer season. Out of 134.83 lakhs ha. gross cropped area(Weekly
sowing report 2019-20), 86.77 lakh ha.(64.36%) area is cultivated under
Kharif crops, 39.98 laakh ha. (29.65%) area cultivated under Rabi crops
and 8.08 laakh ha.(5.99%) area is being cultivated under Summer crops.
Most of the Kharif crops are depends on rainfall however; back up
supports of one or two life supporting irrigations are crucial due to erratic
nature of rain. Rabi and summer crops require life supporting irrigation
except in “Bhal” and other low laying area.
More than 40 major crops are grown in the state.There is pre-
dominant cultivation of non food, high value crops. Season-wise list of the
major crops is listed below.
: Cotton, Groundnut, Sesame, Castor, Paddy, Bajara,
Kharif
Maize, Tur, Green Gram
Rabi / Summer : Wheat, Rice, Maize, Mustard, Gram, Groundnut, Bajara
Horticultural : Mango, Sapota, Banana, Guava, Aonla, Ber, Datepalm,
Crops Custard apple, Cumin, Fennel, Isabgul, and Vegetables.
In India, Gujarat state is largest producer of Castor, Cotton, Sesame,
Groundnut and Spices along with monopoly crops like Dates, Kesar
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Mango, durum wheat, Fennel, Cumin and Isabgul.
Cropping System based on rainfall and water availability period:-
Water
Rainfall Availability Potential Cropping
Soils
(mm) Periods System
(in Weeks)
Alfisols & Shalow
350-600 20 Single kharif cropping
Vertisols
Single kharif cropping
350-600 Aridisols & Entisols 20
either in kharif or rabi
350-600 Deep Vertisols 20 Single kharif cropping
Alfisols, Vertisols &
600-750 20-30 Intercropping
Entisols
Entisols, Deep
Double Cropping with
750-900 Vertisols, Alfisols & More than 30
monitoring
Inceptisols
Entisols, Deep
Assured Double
Above 900 Vertisols, Alfisols & More than-30
Cropping
Inceptisols

7. Drought Situation:
The moisture deficit results when the amount of water available in
the soil is not sufficient to meet the demand of potential
evapotranspiration.
Drought is natural hazard that differs from other hazards as it has
a slow onset, evolves over months or even years and affects small pockets
to a large regional expanse. Its onset and severity are often difficult to
determine. As a result, there is a lack of urgency in response. Through
mitigation and preparedness, the impacts of drought span on economic,
environmental and social sectors can be reduced like other hazards.
Because droughts are a normal part of climate variability for virtually all
regions characterized by extended periods of water shortage, it is
important to develop contextual plans to deal with them in a timely and
systematic manner as they evolve.
Drought is not only the issue of scarcity or lack of rainfall, but also
an issue related to water resource management.
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Source: http://www.gsdma.org/index.aspx

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8. Contingency crop planning for crop production:
Kharif-2021 :-

The contingency crop planning for the Kharif season is very

essential to minimize the risk and to protect crop from major failures.
For avoiding crop losses due to adverse effect of irregular and erratic
monsoon the contingent planning should be based on the following
points.

1. Late onset of monsoon.

2. Dry spell during crop period or long dry spell in the monsoon.
3. Early withdrawal of monsoon.
4. Delay withdrawal of monsoon or Prolonged monsoon season
5. Heavy Rainfall.

With reference to contingent crop planning, for the above said

situations, the state can be broadly classified into three agro-climatic
zones based on the experience of previous years:
1. Middle and South Gujarat,
2. North Gujarat, Kutch and
3. Saurashtra region.
Normally monsoon starts in the second week of June in South and
Middle Gujarat region and it extends to North Gujarat by late third and
fourth week of June. The monsoon withdraws by the end of September
in most parts of the state.
Due to large variations in the rainfall, the contingency plan to meet
aberrant conditions especially in drought prone areas is very much
necessary. The farmers are to be guided very urgently, so that the risk
can be minimized by implementing the proposed programme.
The broad outline for growing alternate crops, crop management
etc. in the event of above said three climatic situations for three broad
based agro climatic condition of the state are given in Appendix-I.
The information regarding availability of certified seed and quality
seed for Kharif-2021 is tabulated in Appendix-II, and variety wise in
appendix-II(A) which shows sufficient availability of seed during the
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season. The information regarding the requirement of fertilizers is
tabulated in Appendix-III for Kharif-2021. The information regarding
requirement /demand availability of pesticide is tabulatiaed in Appendix-
IV for Kharif -2021

I. NORMAL ONSET OF MONSOON ( 16TH JUNE TO 1ST JULY)

When rains is normal, the following steps are needed to derive full
benefit.
(A) General Practices
1. Land shaping and soil conservation including contour bunding
should be practiced on a watershed basis.
2. Adequate water harvesting and water storage practices should be
adopted for use at later stages as supplementary irrigations.
3. Land preparation operations should be completed before on-set
of monsoon so that timely sowing can be done when vapsa
condition set in soil.
4. Set rows if practiced should be across the general slope of the field.
5. Organic manure like F.Y.M. and compost manure and
recommended dose of fertilizer should be applied.
6. Sowing of groundnut, pearl-millet, sorghum and cotton with the
onset of monsoon is quite necessary. Proper plant stand
establishment will help in making full use of limited water
available for the crops.
7. Inter-culturing and weeding should be done timely.
8. Provide mulching by crop residue and In case of acute shortage of soil
moisture, thin out crop plant to reduce evapotranspiration.

9. Seed treatment and timely plant protection measures should be

adopted.
10. Mixed/inter-cropping practices are profitable.

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(B) Choice of crops and its varieties
Following crops and its varieties are suggested for normal rainfall
conditions.
GHB-558, GHB-538, GHB 744, GHB 719, GHB 732, GHB
1 Pearl millet :
757, ICTP-8203, M-169, GHB-905
GFS-4, GFS-5, GFS-6, GAFS-12 GSH-1, CSH-5 and CSH-6
Sorghum-
2 : and CSH-11, GJ-35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41,42 AND 108,
Hybrid
GNJ-1, BC-9, BP-53, Surat-1, GJ-43, 41, 44
Cotton Guj Hy.cotton-6, 8, 10(BG- II) and 12 (BG- II), Navsari
3 :
Hybrid cotton hybrid-18 (irri.) Govt. approved GTTH-49
GDCH-1 (BG-II), G.J.Cot.-21, G.J.Cot.-13, GGN cot.22,
G.N.Cot hy-14
Guj.Deshi Cot-7, Guj.Deshi Cot-9,13, 21, 23, 25 Deviraj GN
Deshi Cot-25, Anand Deshi cotton -1, G.Cot-2, G.Cot-13, GADC-2,
:
Cotton G.Cot-13, GADC-3(Vagad gaurav) GN-26(unirri.), 29(unirri.),
32(irri.), Gujarat Anand Desi kapas-4(Vagad resham)
4 Groundnut :
J-11, GG-2, GG-4, GG-5, GG-6 and GG-7, JL-24, GG-8,
Bunch type : GJG-9, , TAG-26, TG-37A, TPG-41, HPS-1, HPS-2, 31,32,
GG-17, GG-34
Spreading
: GAUG-10, GG-11, GG-12, GG-13, 41, GJG-17, TG-37
type
Semi
: GG-20, GJG-22
Spreading
GAUC-1, GAUCH-1,GCH-1, GCH-2, GCH-4, GCH-5, GCH-6,
5 Castor : GCH-7, GCH-8, GCH-9, GCH-10(CHARUTAR GOLD), GNCH-
1, GNCH-3, GNCH-6, GAC-11
GM-1,2,4,5,6,7, Meha, CO-4, GBM-1, GBM-2, GAM-5,NM-6
6 Green gram :
and K-851
T-9, Gujarat blackgram 1,2, 3, TAU-1, TPU-4, Pant Urid-30,
7 Black gram :
GU-3(ANJANI)
Gujarat Cowpea-3,4,5 & 6,7(Banas tejas), Pusa falguni,
8 Cowpea
G.Cowpea-1,2, AVCP-1, Anand Cowpea-1
Gujarat Til-1, Gujarat Til-2, Gujarat Til-3,
9 Sesame : Gujarat Til-4, Gujarat Til-6, Purva Til-1(Red seed), Gujarat
Til-10(Black seed)
BDN-2, Guj Junagadh Tur-1, GT-1, GT-4, GT-100, C-11,
ICPL-87, GT-101, GT-102, GT-103, GT-104, GUJARAT
10 Pigeon pea : ANAND TUR-102, AGT-2, BHSR-711, BSMR-853 (VAISHALI)
GNP-2, GT-105(Janki), GT-106, GNP-2(for vegetable and
seed purpose)
GM-2, GM-3, GM-4, Guj. Anand yellow Maize-1, Guj. Anand
yellow Maize-3, Guj. Anand white Maize-2, G.Hy.Popcorn
11 Maize :
maize-21(Mahasweta), G.Hy.Popcorn maize-11(Madhurika),

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 12 Paddy :
Gurjari, GR- 4, GR- 5, GR-6, GR-7, GR-8, GR-9, I.R-28,
Early
: Mahisagar, GR- 3, GR-16, GR-18, GR-19, GNR-6, GNR-8,
maturing
GNRH-1(Hy), ADR-1
Medium
Jaya, GR-12, GNR-2, GNR-3, IR-22, Gurjari, Dandi, NAUR-
Late :
1, GNR-5, NGNR-7,
Maturing
Late MASURI, GR-101, GR-102, GR-103 &GR-104 and
:
Maturing Narmada, GNR-4, GR-11
Drilled
: GR-5, GR-8, GR-9, I.R.-28, ADR-1, AAUDR-1, Purna
Paddy
13 Soybean NRC-37, GS-1,2,3, JS-97-52, JS-9305, JS-335, Fule Agrani
14 Cluster bean: Guj. Guvar-1, Guj. Guvar-2
15 Fodder : Sorghum-COFS-29, GAFS-11, GAFS-12
: Pearlmillet- Guj.Anand Fodder pearlmillet-4
16 Nagli(Ragi) : GN-1, GN-2, GN-3, GN-4, GN-5, GNN-6, GNN-7
17 Vari : GV-1, GV-2, GNV-3
18 Sun flower : EC-68414, MORDEN, GS-1
19 Kharsani : GN-1, RCR-317, GNK-3
Katargam, Kapasi, GP-1, GP-2, GM-2, GNIB-21, GNIB-22
20 Indian Bean :
(For Late Monsoon)

(C) Other suggestions

1. Sowing of crops like groundnut (spreading and bunch), pearl
millet, sorghum, sesame, cotton and castor should be completed
in time.
2. To minimize risk, adopt intercropping of bunch groundnut and
castor or sesame. under sole crop of groundnut inter-cropping of
groundnut and castor in 3:1 or 6:1 ratio of crop rows in retentive
soils should be followed.
3. Mixed/inter-cropping system should be included in the farm
planning
4. Excessive inter-culturing does not help in increasing crop yields
so, does not do this operation frequently

II. DELAYED ONSET OF MONSOON (1st JULY TO 15th JULY)

To manage with the possible situation due to late on-set of
monsoon, farmers of arid and semi-arid region, as well as of the tribal
areas of the sub-humid region, where rainfall is normally assured but

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crops are raised under rainfall conditions, are being advised to adopt
dry farming technology. Farmers are advised to conserve rainwater in
situ conditions especially by adopting cultivation practices across the
slope and forming a deep furrow at an interval of 10”-12” inches in lines.

The farmers are also advised for a contingent crop planning to

adopt the following basic recommendations.
1. Sow early maturing crop
2. Transplant crop which seedling is ready
3. Watershed approach in conservation of soil and water.
4. Conservation of runoff water in farm pond.
5. Preparation of land in advance of monsoon.
6. All agronomic practices do across the slope.
7. Maximum use of farm yard manure.
8. Application of fertilizer as per recommendation.
9. Sowing of groundnut, Bajra, Jowar and Cotton in Kharif
immediately on the onset of monsoon.
10. Complete control of weeds.
11. Maintenance of maximum plant population in a unit area.
12. Timely plant protection.
13. Adoption of inter cropping to reduce the risk.
14. Adoption of recommended variety especially short duration High
yielding variety (HYV).
15. Conservation of moisture by timely inter-culturing and use of
plastic as mulch.
16. Adoption of relay cropping in late rainfall conditions.
17. Farmers are advised to recharge their wells & tube wells during
monsoon season so that in case of scarcity water from wells &
tube wells can be utilized.
18. For paddy crops if nursery is not raised, germinated seed should
be utilized with SRI method

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 The following recommendations are also advised to the farmers
of arid and semi-arid region through T&V system and transfer of
technology approach.
1. Adoption of proper seed rate of different crops.
2. Seed treatment to protect seeds from disease / pest.
3. Supplementary irrigation at the time of critical stages of
moisture especially to the groundnut crop. Similarly for other
crops also depending upon the demand and availability of
water.
4. Effective use of scarce water during crop sowing and adopting
alternates furrow irrigation; using modern technique of
irrigation wherever possible.
5. To reduce the cost as well as the risk in dry farming, it is advised
for timely sowing, gap filling, weeding and fertigation.
6. Adoption of HYVs having short duration and resistant to water
scarcity condition.
 Steps suggested are as under:
A. When there is a failure of rain during June and early part of July
but normal rains received during late July, crops suggested are :
(a) Black gram : T-9, Gujarat Black gram 1 and 2
(b) Pigeon pea : BDN-2, GT101,Gujarat Junagadh Tur-1
(c) Green gram : Gujarat moong-4,5
(d) Sesame : Purva-1
(e) Cowpea: Pusafalguni, Pusa barsati, ,Guj Anand cowpea- 1,
Gujarat cowpea 3,4
(f) Castor : GAUCH-1, GCH-2, GCH-6, and GCH-7
(g) Cluster bean:Pusa Navbahar, Pusa sadabahar
 Under delayed rainfall conditions, sorghum is better than pearl
millet.
B. If rain is delayed beyond the end of July, then following crop should be
sown.
a. Sesame : Purva-1, Gujarat-1, 2
C. If rain is delayed till last week of July, it is not suggested to sow
groundnut, pearl millet or sorghum (Grain purpose).
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III. NORMAL ONSET OF MONSOON FOLLOWED BY LONG DRY SPELL
If the prolong dry spell occurs after sowing, following steps should be taken:
a. Apply protective/lifesaving irrigation to rainfed crops.
b. Remove the weeds completely to prevent loss of moisture.
c. Carry out earthening up in bunch groundnut.
d. Spray anti-transpiration like kaolin @ 4 % in groundnut and cotton.
e. Perform interculturing operation to fill soil cracks for reducing the
capillary losses from deeper layer of soil.
f. Timely interculturing should be done to certain the loss at water due to
evaporation.
g. Mulching should be done if possible.
h. If dry spell is long, minimized plant stands by thinning in row.

Other Suggestions:
(i) As per the availability of irrigation water, life-saving irrigation
should be given to the crop in alternative furrow. Moreover drip
or sprinkler irrigation system to irrigate the crop at critical crop
growth stages should be used.
(ii) Pest and disease infected plants should be removed.
(iii) Mulching should be used (organic or Plastic)
(iv) Frequent soil mulching should be followed in black soil.
(v) Frequent light inter-culturing operation should be done to
avoid the evaporation losses of soil moisture.
(vi) In Castor crop, the leaves from the plant should be reduced
(vii) Keep the crop in weed free condition.
(viii) Avoid topdressing of N fertilizer, Apply it after receiving sufficient
rainfall.

IV. EARLY WITHDRAWAL OF MONSOON (BEFORE 31ST AUGUST)

The following measures are to be adopted to mitigate effect of mid or
late season drought to certain extent

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 (1) Thinning the plant population
(2) Minimize evaporation losses through complete removal of weeds.
(3) Soil cracks should be closed by inter-culturing operations.
(4) Apply supplementary irrigation at critical stages if water available
(5) Harvest at intervals as the plants show physiological maturity.
(6) Run-off collections in the early part of the monsoon can be used
for supplemental irrigation in the later part of the crops life cycle.
(7) Bunding and leveling should be done to conserve the rain water
in situ.
(8) Sowing the crop at optimum time.
(9) Tillage and sowing of the crop across the slope.Use higher
amount of organic manures like FYM,compost, vermicompost
and cake. Apply fertilizers at sowing under adequate soil
moisture or as top dressing after irrigation.
(10) Use drip irrigation in wide spaced crops and sprinkler irrigation
in narrow spaced crops, if possible.
(11) Inter culturing, weeding and crop protection measures should be
done as and when required.
(12) Adopt mixed and inter cropping systems.
(13) Raise crop in strip cropping.
(14) Create farm pond for life saving irrigation.
(15) Inter cropping of groundnut, green gram, black gram etc. in
cotton to reduce risk of crop failure
(16) In low rainfall and water scarcity situations during kharif, the
crops like Bajra, Castor and legume crops like Tur, Moong, Black
gram, Kidney bean, Guar and Cowpea can be grown.

V. DELAY WITHDRAWAL OF MONSOON OR PROLONGED

MONSOON SEASON (AFTER 20TH SEPTEMBER)
Rainfall received during extended monsoon season can be utilized
to take a rabi crop. Some-times, satisfactory late rains are received
during end of September or in early October. To take advantage under

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such situations, it is recommended to adopt the following practices.
(1) Relay cropping of safflower, sunflower, fodder type of sorghum
and mustard.
(2) Second crop like safflower, sunflower, gram and mustard after
harvesting of early Kharif crops.

(3) Ratooning of hybrid sorghum

(4) Crops possessing deep root system, less water requirement, early
maturing and minimum risk involving should be selected. Crops
like
Chickpea Guj. Chickpea-1, Guj.Gram—2, Dahod

Yellow chaffa
Fodder sorghum GJ-9, CSH-8, S-1049, GFS-4, GFS-5
Fodder maize African Tall

VI. HEAVY RAINFALL

Due to heavy rainfall, crops, which were sown as a pre monsoon Kharif
crops, fruit, & vegetable crops were lost or heavily damaged. In this
situation, the resowing of Kharif crops in flood affected area is required.
There by re-sowing is recommended as per Agro-climatic region-wise
contingency plan are as under:
1. Immediately drain out excess water from field.
2. Sowing of pulses crops like Tur, Udid, and Soya bean should be
under taken when Vapsa condition set in soil.
3. Transplanting of Paddy in areas where paddy seedling
are available.
4. Drill paddy & Coarse cereals crops to be sown as early as possible.
5. Improve drainage system in vegetable crops.
6. Timely transplanting of vegetable seedling should be done.
7. Chances of occurrence of pests and diseases are more, so proper
monitoring and control measures should be followed. Maintain field
sanitation to avoid crop damage.
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 8. In some area rice beds are filled with water & seedling are not ready in
this situation farmers are advised to broadcast pre-germinated paddy,
paddy seeds after puddling in rice beds.
9. After cessation of crop shows nutritional deficiency symptom, correct
them with proper nutrient management.
10. Post harvest tillage is followed without planking to have soil
solarization effect and conservation of moisture in subsurface layers.
11. If the soil slope is up to 0.5%, compartmental bunding be followed.
12. Under more sloppy land (> 1 %) farm pond should be dug out at a
lower counter to harvest runoff water.
13. To conserve soil moisture, organic mulches should be used in the
standing crops.
14. Sowing of seeds should be done along the contour.
15. To maximize the moisture retention capacity and soil fertility, use of
organic manures be increased.

Recommendations when heavy rainfall occurs at end of monsoon

during August- September.
To take the advantage of conserved soil moisture, following crop
planning measures are to be suggested:
1. For judicious utilization of residual soil moisture following crops to be
grown.
a) Gram: GG- 1, 2, 3, 4, ICCC- 4, PKV-2, PhooleG 5 and GJG-5
b) Forage crops: Jowar, G- 9, CSH- 8, S- 1049, Gundary, GFS- 4, GFS- 5,
CSV-21F.
c) Maize: African Tall
d) Oat: JO-03-9
e) Indian bean: Kadva val- 125-36, Guj. Wal- 1, Navsari sel.- 1 and 2, GNIB-
21, GNIB-22
2. For getting the benefits of good late rainfall sowing of fodder sorghum,
short duration semi rabi and rabi crops i.e. castor, mustard, gram,
safflower, fodder crops (maize/oat and Lucerne) should be grown as relay
crops between two rows of long duration crops i.e. cotton, pigeon pea and
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 fennel.
3. Gram, mustard and fodder sorghum can be grown after harvesting of
early maturing Kharif crops.

9. JUDICIOUS USE OF WATER:-

State receives rainfall from middle of June to September, since the

state is located at peripheral boundary of the main South West
monsoon; the distribution of rainfall has been extremely uneven and
irregular. The amount of rain and its distribution during the monsoon
season also varies to a great extent from year to year at all places. Hence
it is difficult to maintain and increase, the per hectare production,
without irrigation, as water resources in the state are limited as
compared to the total requirement of various crops especially in case of
early withdrawal of monsoon, when the crop require one or two
protective irrigation to avoid crop failure.

10. THE STATUS OF IRRIGATION POTENTIAL AND ITS UTILIZATION

Irrigation facility is a key factor in increasing agriculture
production. The ultimate irrigation potential through surface water as
per the latest estimate is assessed at 47.60 lakh hectares, which
includes 18.00 lakh hectares to be irrigated through Sardar Sarovar
(Narmada) project. The ground water resources are relatively limited and
some of the ground water resources are almost fully exploited in
different parts of the state to the point of ecological degradation. There
is an urgent need to curb the over exploitation of water and the only
alternative left is augmentation of water resources through surface
water.
Some important activities carried out by the State Government for
the development of after resources are as under:-
Water requirement of crop at different stages, Different crops have
different requirement for water. Some required water throughout the life
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cycle, while others need relatively less amount of water and even some
crops need different Quantity of water at various growth stages. For
better utilization of water, proper irrigation practices of crops must be
viewed as per water requirement of each stage of plant growth.

Growth of all plants can be broadly divided into three stages with
regards to irrigation practices for vegetative, flowering & fruiting. For
most of crops, there are different critical periods in the growing season,
when high moisture level must be maintained for high yield. If there is
enough moisture for germination and for the development of any
adequate stand, the critical period almost always secured at the later
part of season. When water supply is limited knowledge of critical stage
of crop growth either respects to moisture is essential for judicious
practices of water application.
As each crop had certain critical stages, it is better to take care of
these stages under short supply of water for irrigation to obtain increase
water use efficiency. The critical stage of Kharif crops are given in below
table.
Critical Stages of Different Crops:
SN Name of crop Most critical stages
1 Paddy Initiation of ear head and milking stages.
2 Jower Boot stage & milking stage
3 Groundnut Flowering stage, pegging & pod development
4 Bajra Flowering stage & milking stage
5 Maize Silking & milking stage
6 Tur (Pigeon pea) Pod formation
7 Cotton Ball formation
8 Tobacco Growth stage
9 Castor Flowering pod formation and seed setting
10 Pulses Flowering pod formation stage
11 Sesame Tillering, flowering capsule formation

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Statement showing District-wise water availability of different Dams of
Gujarat State
As on 27-04-2021 in Million Cubic Meter
Storage capacity Recent torage
S. Name of % Storage
as per design in MCM in CM
N. District
Gross At present Gross At pr es en t Gross At present
A GUJARAT REGION
(a) NORTH GUJARAT
1 Banaskantha 586.51 559.08 49.84 35.62 8.5 6.37
2 Mahesana 813.14 745.63 326.68 259.17 40.17 34.76
3 Sabarkantha 104.7 93.47 19.61 8.38 18.73 8.97
4 Aravalli 424.94 379.62 171.54 133.38 40.37 35.14
Total 1929.29 1777.8 567.67 436.55 29.42 24.56
(b) CENTRAL GUJARAT
5 Kheda 3.18 2.62 0.77 0.21 24.13 7.91
6 Panchmahal 710.67 671.64 336.23 297.21 47.13 44.25
7 Dahod 133.82 117.08 57.18 40.44 42.73 34.54
8 Mahisagar 1322.13 1257.15 796.43 731.45 60.24 58.18
9 Chhotaudepur 177.56 167.71 86.9 77.05 48.94 45.94
Total 2347.36 2216.2 1277.52 1146.37 54.42 51.73
(c) SOUTH GUJARAT
10 Narmada 560.17 534.67 294.05 268.55 52.49 50.23
11 Bharuch 29.84 27.67 15.43 13.26 51.7 47.91
12 Surat 43.19 41.73 12.12 10.66 28.07 25.56
13 Valsad 524.86 478.09 196.26 149.49 37.39 31.27
14 Navsari 48.63 46.81 14.48 12.66 29.78 27.05
15 Tapi 7418.09 6733.7 4019.27 3334.88 54.18 49.53
Total 8624.78 7862.67 4551.61 3789.5 52.77 48.2
(A) TOTAL((a)+(b)+(c)) 12901.43 11856.67 6396.8 5372.42 49.58 45.31
B Kutch Region
16 Kutch 333.27 300.88 94.29 63.71 28.38 21.17
(B) TOTAL 333.27 300.88 94.29 63.71 28.38 21.17
C Saurashtra Region
17 Amreli 146.39 138.72 66.53 58.86 45.45 42.43
18 Bhavnagar 434.92 420.68 149.66 135.7 34.41 32.26
19 Jamnagar 290.5 270.92 74.39 58.71 25.61 21.67
20 Junagadh 139.59 125.72 56.77 42.96 40.67 34.17
21 Porbandar 93.02 87.75 23.72 19.91 25.5 22.69
22 Rajkot 615.37 584.43 236.14 208.61 38.37 35.7
23 Surendranagar 105.85 98.71 29.7 23.55 28.06 23.86
24 Botad 105.07 95.53 34.36 24.83 32.7 25.99
25 Dev.Dwarka 144.83 133.31 11.18 7.84 7.72 5.88
26 Morbi 310.62 297.91 135.68 123.03 43.68 41.3
27 Gir Somnath 153.77 141.43 72.56 60.22 47.19 42.58
(C) TOTAL 2539.93 2395.11 890.69 764.22 35.07 31.91
TOTAL (A+B+C) 15773.63 14552.66 7381.78 6200.35 46.8 42.61
SARDAR SAROVAR (NARMADA DAM)
Narmada 9460 5760 5559.33 1859.33 58.77 32.28
TOTAL 25233.63 20312.66 12941.11 8059.68 51.29 39.68
Note: There is no State Irrigation Schemes in Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Patan, Anand, Vadodara
and Dang Districts.
Source: https://guj-nwrws.gujarat.gov.in/showpage.aspx?contentid=1468&lang=Gujarati)

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11. LOCUST CONTROL MEASURES:

 LOCUST WARNINIG ORGANIZATION (LWO) has been established by

the Government of India.
 The head quarter of LWO is situated at Faridabad (Haryana) and field
head quarter is at Jodhpur (Rajasthan), whose address is as follows.

Contact details of Head Contact details of field head quarter at

Quarter at Faridabad Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
(Haryana)

Plant Protection Adviser, Deputy Director (E),

Directorate of Plant Protection, Locust Warning Organization (LWO), Field
Quarantine and Storage, Headquarter, Air force Road, Opposite
NH-IV, Satimata Ka Than,
Faridabad-121001(Haryana) Tel. Beside Women Working Hostel, Jodhpur
No. 0129-2413985, (Rajasthan)
Fax No. 0129-2412125 Pin: 342011
e-mail: [email protected] Tel No.: 0291-2439749 (O)
e-mail: [email protected] and
[email protected]

 In the country, there are total of 10 circle offices, of which two circle
offices in Gujrat are located at Bhuj and Palanpur.

Contact details of Bhuj office Contact details of Palanpur Office

Plant Protection Officer (E) Plant Protection Officer (E)

Locust Warning Organization Locust Warning Organization (LWO),
(LWO), Circle Office, Near R.T.O. Check Post,
Circle Office, Old Ummed Nagar, Ambaji Highway,
Garabi Chowk, Opp. Adarsh Niwasi School,
District: Bhuj (Kutch) Palanpur (BK) (Gujarat) Pin: 385001
(Gujarat) Pin: 370001 Tel. No. 02742-245142
Tel. No. 02832-227260 Shri. K.L.Meena – Mo. 07738338456
Shri. A.M.Bariya –Mo.98989 22950 e-mail : [email protected]
e-mail : [email protected]

 At the time of Locust problem, monitoring and the custom hiring of

vehicles, pesticide procurement, facility of aircraft etc. are arranged
by above two organizations.
 State government help LWO in locust control measures, by providing
information on presence of locust on the basis of local survey and
monitoring by survey team of locust prone districts. State also carry
out spraying of insecticides with the help of tractor mounted sprayer
and equipments of local farmers.
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  Control room created in the districts.
 Whatsapp group created for immmediate sharing of information of locust
presence, its movement and for planning of insecticide spray. For creating
farmers awareness, taking various measures like farmer shibir, farmer
meeting, farmers training, webinars, voice massage, TV programs, Radio
programmes, press notes, etc.

Details of Preparation for locust control

Sr. Subject Detail Information
No
1 Training Training Field staff have been given necessary
training

2 Control Room Design Control rooms have been set up at state,

Preparation district and taluka level.

3 Survey Team A total of 392 teams have been formed for the survey
team

4 Committees Committees have been formed at the district level as

well as at the taluka level.

5 Necessary A mobile number, list of Sarpanch / Gram Sevak /

messaging/ Talati / Progressive Farmer has been prepared at the
Communication village level for necessary messaging.
plan /Communication plan has been prepared.

6 Time to inform FORECAST / ADVISORY / DISTRICT

the Districts PREPAREDNESS / SOP is informed in time to inform
the districts

7 Social Media State Level as well as District Level Social Media

Group Groups are formed.

8 Location  To get location regarding locust migration, the

regarding locust officers of 6 districts are in constant touch with the
migration team of Government of India, Locust Control Unit
/ BSF. As well as the online bulletins issued
periodically by the FAO from the state level are
informed from time to time at the district level.
 Real time location “Locust Gujarat” gets
information from social media group.

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Sr. Subject Detail Information
No
9 List of required  District wise list has been prepared at the local
resources, level including the phone number of vehicle
resources department owned (82) / tractor operated sprayer
provided. (45742) / tanker (1773) as well as other power
sprayer (9267).
 New high volume 6 Sprayer sets alongwith water
tanks mounted on vehicle are provided to affected
/prone districts. New 3 vehicles provided for
survey and control by Agriculture Department.
New 95 portable sprayer sets with hose pipe and
spray gun are provided to the affected/ prone
districts.
10 Availability of Available at Pesticides Company 14103 liters, Locally
Pesticides Available 31842 liters (Total - 45945 liters)

11 Pre-preparation A night meeting will be held with LCO, agriculture,

of pesticide revenue staff and local leaders for pre-preparation of
spraying pesticide spraying and team is formed according to
locust location / locust intensity.
12 Literature 25,000 booklets and 1,00,000 pamphlets will be
distributed providing information of the life cycle, its
identification and control of Locust.
13 Publicity Doordarshan as well as radio program will be
provided for the identification of locusts as well as its
effective control.
14 Schemes For Effective Control of Locust
 Accidental insect-pest diseases Control Schemes
 Vehicles and Spray Equipment Unit for Locust
Control

1. The news of a swarm of locusts arrival disseminated immediately to alert the

villagers and to make loud noises in the field by playing drums,oil boxes or
plates.
2. Destroy locust swarms by burning them with kerosene tonsils or flame
throwers.
3. Neem Powder 200 gm (2% extract) or Neem Oil 40 ml + Washing Powder 10 gm
or Neem based Pesticide 20 ml (1 EC) to40 ml (0.15 EC .) Such plants do not
eat locusts by spraying the solution prepared by adding it in 10 liters of water
4. Destroy the eggs by digging deep in the area where the locust eggs are laid.

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5. To apply 25 kg of melatonin per hectare of land on the land of the area where
the locust eggs have been laid.
6. When the locusts grow up and move in search of food, the best place to dig is
to dig long trenches and bury the locusts.
7. To prevent locust swarms from advancing, make a fenitrothion (0.5 kg) pesticide
+ jaggery vaccine (5 kg) with wheat / paddy husk (100 kg) and scatter it on the
ground.
8. Spray Melathion 5% / Fenvalerate-0.4% / Quinalphos-1.5% powder where such
herds settle in desert areas or in grasslands.
9. If locusts are found, the report of locusts by the affected village Sarpanch Shri
or Talati should be sent to Gramsevak-Extension Officer-Taluka
Implementation Officer-District Agriculture Officer by e-mail, telephone,
mobile, WhatsApp, SMS and if not possible by special person. To do.
10. To operate locust control unit at village level under the leadership of Sarpanch
and progressive farmers for locust control in which jeeps / trailers / tractors
should be kept ready. Prepare a foot sprayer or power operated sprayer for
spraying. A swarm of locusts that have landed on the ground for overnight stay
also usually leaves after 8 to 9 o’clock in the morning so that depending on the
density of the locust in the early morning in the infested area, spray of
Chlorpyrifos 20% EC (24 ml) / 50% EC (10 ml), Lemdasyhalothrin 5% EC (10
ml)/ Melathion 50% EC (37ml)/ Fipronil 5% SC (2.5 ml)/ Fipronil 2.92% EC
(4.5 ml) Deltamethrin 2.8% EC (10 ml) is recommended in 10 liters of water
and spray it on the infested area as required.

Control measures taken.

A. Pesticides approved for control of Desert Locust in Scheduled Desert Area
only

Sr.No. Chemical Dosage

a.i.(gms)/ha Formulations Dilution in
(gm/ml)/ha water
1 Malathion 96%ulv 925 100 NA
2 Malathion 5%DP 925 20000 NA
3 Fenvalrate 0.4%DP 80-100 20000-25000 NA
4 Quinalphos 1.5%DP 375 25000 NA

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 B. Pesticides approved used for control of Desert Locust on crops, Acacia & other
trees.

Sr.No. Chemical Dose (gram active ingredient per ha.) ml/Litre

a.i.(gms)/ha Formulations Dilution
(gm/ml)ha in water
(Litres)/ha
1 Chloropyriphos 20%EC 240 1200 500 2.4 ml
2 Chloropyriphos 50%EC 240 500 500 1 ml
3 Deltamethrin 2.8%EC 12.5 500 500 1 ml
4 Deltamethrin 1.25% ulv 12.5 1000 NA NA
5 Diflubenzuron 25%WP 60 * 240 Need base -
6 Fipronil 5%SC 6.25 125 500 0.25 ml
7 Fipronil 2.92% EC 6.25 220 500 0.45 ml
8 Lamdacvhalothrin 20 400 500 1 ml
5%EC
9 Lamdacvhalothrin 10 20 200 500 0.5gm
%WP
10 Malathion 50% EC 925 1850 500 3.7 ml
11 Malathion 25% WP 925 3700 500 7.4gm

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 APPENDIX-I

Crop and variety recommendations according to rainfall situation

Monsoon/
Rainfall Crop Variety suggested as a contingency measure
situation
GHB-558, GHB 732, , GHB 744, GHB-905,
Bajra
GHB-538, GHB 719, GHB-757, MH-169,
Jowar CSH-5,6, GJ-35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, GSH-1.
BDN-2,GT-100, 101, AGT-102, 2 BSMR-853
Tur
(VAISHALI), ICPL-87
Castor GCH-2, GCH-4, GCH-5, GCH-7
Green Gram GM-4, K-851. MEHA
Udid T-9, Guj Urad-1
Math Guj-1, 2
(i) June to
Guvar HG-75,Malosan, Guj.Guar-1, Guj. Guar-2
mid-July
Groundnut GAUG-10, GG-2, 5, 7, 11, 13, 20, GJG-17, 22, 9
Maize G.Maize-1
HY- 8, 10, V-797, G.Cot-13, 21, 23,
Cotton Approved All BT Variety of cotton for central
zone
IR-28, Masuri, Gurjari, GR-4,7,14
Paddy
Soyabeen Guj. Soyabeen 1, 2, JS-335
Bajra GHB-538, GHB-719, GHB-757
Sesamum Sesamum Guj-1,2, 10
Sun flower Modern, EC-68414,Guj sunflower-1,
(ii) Mid-
August Jowar Jowar grain GJ-35,36,37
Green Gram GM-4, K-851, MEHA
Bidi Tobacco GT-4, 5, 9, GT-1
Jowar for grain purpose CSH-5, 8 (For Rabi)
Jowar Guj Jowar S-1049, C-10,2, S-1 Gundari, GFS-4,
for fodder purpose
Maize for fodder Guj-2,3 GM-6, for fodder
Maize purpose :African tall
(iii) Mid-
September
Tobacco Tobacco-Anand-2, 119, GT-4,5,6,7,8,,8,9,
Sesamum Pruva-1
Early Rabi crops such as Mustard, Sorghum
(GU CSH-8) as well as Safflower (Bhima and
Tara) can be taken.
Data compilation from all four Agricultural Universities of Gujarat (AAU, JAU, NAU, SDAU)

i
 Appendix-II

Variety wise Seed (certified and quality) requirement and availability for Kharif-2021
(Quantity in quintal)
Source wise availability Total Surplus
Certified/
Crop Variety Required Gujco/Co- availability
Quality GSSC NSC Private
operatrive
BLACK GUJ-1 QUALITY 521 484 37 2201 0 2722 2201
GRAM
Other Variety QUALITY 8929 0 0 9608 0 9608 679
T-9 CERTIFIED 150 0 0 1981 0 1981 1831
TAU-1 CERTIFIED 0 0 0 68 0 68 68
Total 9600 484 37 13858 0 14379 4779
CASTOR GAUC-1 (VHB-44) CERTIFIED 84 0 0 427 84 511 427
GCH-2 CERTIFIED 431 431 0 12441 0 12872 12441
GCH-4 CERTIFIED 732 649 0 6335 84 7068 6336
GCH-7 CERTIFIED 2497 1970 0 16801 539 19310 16813
GCH-8 CERTIFIED 18 18 0 1821 0 1839 1821
GNCH-1 CERTIFIED 36 36 0 34 0 70 34
Gujarat Castor hybrid- CERTIFIED 29 30 0 438 0 468 439
9
Other variety QUALITY 29180 0 0 30395 0 30395 1215
Total 33007 3134 0 68692 707 72533 39526
COTTON G. COT 21 CERTIFIED 7100 0 0 0 7100 7100 0
V-797 CERTIFIED 3000 0 0 0 3000 3000 0
Anand Desi Cotton-1 CERTIFIED 9300 0 0 0 9300 9300 0
G.COT-13 CERTIFIED 5100 0 0 0 5100 5100 0
H-10 BC-68-2A QUALITY 6807 7403 0 45 0 7448 641
H-8 G-Cot-10B QUALITY 387 607 0 0 0 607 220
Other Hybrids QUALITY 30551 0 0 33650 0 33650 3099
OTHERS QUALITY 1255 1260 0 0 0 1260 5
Total 63500 9270 0 33695 24500 67465 3965

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 Source wise availability Total Surplus
Certified/
Crop Variety Required Gujco/Co- availability
Quality GSSC NSC Private
operatrive
GREEN GAM-5 CERTIFIED 722 758 0 0 0 758 36
GRAM
GM-4 CERTIFIED 631 614 0 1004 17 1635 1004
GM-7 (NMK-15-08) CERTIFIED 8 8 0 8 0 16 8
Other Variety QUALITY 7759 0 0 8459 0 8459 700
Total 9120 1380 0 9471 17 10868 1748
GROUNDNUT Other variety QUALITY 409275 0 0 411776 0 411776 2501
G.G-11 CERTIFIED 4655 4575 0 85 0 4660 5
GAUG-10 CERTIFIED 1025 1025 0 0 0 1025 0
GG-20 CERTIFIED 76643 60893 7556 1402 6864 76715 72
GG-21 (JSSP 15) CERTIFIED 1405 0 390 1048 0 1438 33
GG-7 CERTIFIED 142 25 0 117 0 142 0
GJG-17 QUALITY 2270 1000 0 0 1270 2270 0
GJG-HPS-1 CERTIFIED 1145 0 0 1175 0 1175 30
GUJARAT CERTIFIED 3350 0 0 3384 0 3384 34
GROUNDNUT-2
GUJARAT CERTIFIED 1604 650 0 1074 0 1724 120
GROUNDNUT-5
Gujarat Junagadh CERTIFIED 114457 31698 5425 74274 3220 114617 160
Groundnut 22
Gujarat Junagadh CERTIFIED 1067 0 136 1065 0 1201 134
Groundnut 31
Gujarat Junagadh CERTIFIED 2115 0 47 2108 0 2155 40
Groundnut 32
Gujarat Junagadh CERTIFIED 16250 2600 350 13305 45 16300 50
Groundnut 9
TAG-24 CERTIFIED 27968 1502 1400 25336 105 28343 375
TG-37A CERTIFIED 31939 3928 15359 10856 1892 32035 96
TG-38 (TG-38 B) CERTIFIED 610 200 0 410 0 610 0
TG-51 CERTIFIED 2463 420 0 2103 0 2523 60
TLG-45 CERTIFIED 667 6 0 681 0 687 20
Total 699050 108522 30663 550199 13396 702780 3730
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 Source wise availability Total
Certified/
Crop Variety Required Gujco/Co- availability Surplus
Quality GSSC NSC Private
operatrive
MAIZE Gujarat Anand Yellow CERTIFIED 105 105 0 15 0 120 15
Maize Hybrid-1
(GAYMH-1) (1 h-
0461/Gyh-0461)
OTHERS QUALITY 54895 0 0 56526 0 56526 1631
Total 55000 105 0 56541 0 56646 1646
PADDY GAR-13 CERTIFIED 22400 2749 201 25039 63 28052 5652
GNR-3 CERTIFIED 120 0 0 2335 0 2335 2215
GR-11 CERTIFIED 290 2 0 1386 0 1388 1098
GR-4 CERTIFIED 0 0 0 2075 0 2075 2075
GR-7 CERTIFIED 0 0 0 1355 0 1355 1355
GURJARI CERTIFIED 27450 4986 200 38105 725 44016 16566
JAYA CERTIFIED 3905 1373 0 7362 0 8735 4830
Mahisagar CERTIFIED 1090 490 0 740 0 1230 140
MASURI CERTIFIED 450 86 0 1284 0 1370 920
NAUR-1 CERTIFIED 0 0 0 40 0 40 40
Others QUALITY 80 0 0 468 0 468 388
Other Research QUALITY 65215 0 0 83441 0 83441 18226
Varieties
Total 121000 9686 401 163630 788 174505 53505
PEARL OTHERS QUALITY 7400 0 0 7955 0 7955 555
MILLET
Total 7400 0 0 7955 0 7955 555
PIGEON PEA Anand Grain Tur-2 CERTIFIED 113 0 0 374 0 374 261
BDN-2 CERTIFIED 590 0 0 1843 0 1843 1253
BSMR-853 (VAISHALI) CERTIFIED 857 152 0 1518 0 1670 813
Gujarat Junagadh CERTIFIED 749 456 556 653 0 1665 916
Pigeonpea-1
ICPL-87 (PRAGATI) CERTIFIED 175 0 0 817 0 817 642
Other Variety QUALITY 17316 0 0 18941 0 18941 1625
Total 19800 608 556 24146 0 25310 5510

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 Source wise availability Total Surplus
Certified/
Crop Variety Required Gujco/Co- availability
Quality GSSC NSC Private
operatrive
SESAME Gujarat Junagarh Till- CERTIFIED 11 11 0 361 0 372 361
5
GUJARAT TIL-2 CERTIFIED 18 6 0 1984 0 1990 1972
Gujarat Til-3 CERTIFIED 38 38 0 48 0 86 48
Gujarat Til-4 CERTIFIED 0 0 0 24 0 24 24
Other variety QUALITY 3683 0 0 3892 0 3892 209
Total 3750 55 0 6309 0 6364 2614
SOYBEAN NRC-37 CERTIFIED 9332 1585 0 8037 0 9622 290
JAWAHAR SOYBEAN- CERTIFIED 20719 52 150 21652 0 21854 1135
335
JS-93-05 CERTIFIED 3701 0 0 4070 0 4070 369
Total 33752 1637 150 33759 0 35546 1794

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 APPENDIX-III

Fertilizer requirement during Kharif-2021 in Gujarat state

(Quantity in’000 metric tons)

Total NPK
Month UREA DAP MOP AS SSP TOTAL
Complex

APRIL-21 130 50 10 8 50 10 258

MAY-21 160 60 15 10 75 20 340
June-21 210 60 15 10 75 20 390
July-21 260 30 10 24 40 11 375
AUGUST-21 250 25 5 23 35 7 345
SEPT-21 140 25 5 10 35 7 222
TOTAL 1150 250 60 85 310 75 1930

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 APPENDIX-IV
Availability and demand/requirement of Pesticides during
Kharif-2021 in Gujarat state
(Quantity in metric tons)
SN Pesticides Demand Availability SN Pesticides Demand Availability
A- Insecticide B-FUNGICIDES
1 Acephate 107 28 Carbendazim 35
2 Acetamiprid 25 29 Copper oxychloride 35
3 Carbaryl 25 30 Hexaconazole 33
4 Carbofuran 81 31 Mancozeb 41
5 Cartap Hydrocloride 35 32 Propiconazole 7 *
6 Cypermethrin 79 33 Sulphur 59
7 Chloropyriphos 108 34 Tridemorph 2
8 Dichlorvos 29 35 Thirum 9
9 Dimethoate 13 36 Ziram 2
10 Deltamethrin 4 C-WEEDICIDES
11 Dicofol 1 37 Alachlor 1
12 Ethion 0 38 Anilophos 5
13 Emamectin Benzoate 21 39 Atrazine 7
14 Fenvalerate 30 40 Butachlor 10
15 Fipronil 46 * 41 Glyphosate 11

16 Imidacloprid 53
42 2, 4-D 0 *
17 Indoxacarb 7 43 Isoproturon 5
18 Lamda Cyhelothrin 20 44 Metsulfuron Methyl 0

19 Malathion 19 45 Paraquat dichloride 1

20 Methyl parathion 55 46 Pendimethalin 7

21 Monocrotophos 40 47 Quizalofop Ethyle 3
22 Phorate 81 D-RODENTICIDE AND FUMIGANTS
Aluminium
23 Profenohos 41 48 phosphide 4

24 Quinalphos 41 49 Methyle bromide 4

*
25 Thiomethoxam 8 50 Zinc phosphide 2

26 Trizophos 25
51 Bromadiolone 3

27 Spinosad 2
* There are 604 units producing pesticides in the state of Gujarat. Out of which total 61 units producing
technical pesticides, 528 units producing formulation pesticides and 15 units has producing House Holt
pesticides. Units producing technical pesticides And also units producing formulation disinfectants have
been largely turned on. Items such as bottles, printing materials, technical disinfectants, raw materials and pouches
etc. are planned for making pesticides and Orders are placed for the required quantity, there is no issue of non-
availability of pesticides in Kharif 2021 season.

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 APPENDIX-V
Contact details of District Agriculture Officers (D.A.O.) of Gujarat State
Name of
S.N. Name of officer Office No. Mobile No. Fax No.
District
1 Ahmedabad Shri H.I.Patel 079-25506874 9426940488 079-25506874
2 Ahwa-Dang* Shri Sunil Patel 02631-220320 9898696851 02631-220444
3 Amreli Shri J. K.Kanani 02792-223324 9913215747 02792-223168

4 Anand Shri C. S. Patel 02692-258102 9998966798 02692-243895

5 Bharuch Shri J. J. Bhatt 02642-261611 9426362661 02642-240951

6 Bhavnagar Shri S.R.Kosambi 0278-2439931 7600530340 0278-2510470

7 Botad Shri.B.H.Pipaliya 02849-252442 9879767766 02849-252442

8 Bhuj-Kutch Shri D.M.Menat 02832-221155 9426419265 02832-221155

9 Dahod Shri J.H. Suthar 02673-239107 9427383923 02673-239108

10 Gandhinagar Shri D. P. Jadav 079-23256951 9909982999 079-23256949

Panchmahal
11 Shri J. D. Charel 02672-253371 8511165525 02672-253371
(Godhra)
12 Mahisagar Shri S. J. Patel 02674-250195 9601269461 02674-250195

13 Himatnagar Shri V. K. Patel 02772-240359 9426399437 02772-240359

14 Arvalli Shri J. R. Patel 02774-240760 9979686964 02774-240760

Shri
15 Jamnagar 0288-2550286 9909500600 0288-2550286
S.N.Dadhaniya
Devbhumi
16 Dwarka Shri V.M.Bathar 02833-235868 8320515047 02833-235868
17 Junagadh Shri D. G.Rathod 0285-2633046 8511124946 0285-2633046
Shri S. B.
18 Gir Somnath 02876-249080 9979288787 02876-249255
Vaghamsi
19 Mehsana Shri B.J.Joshi 02762-222317 9727772025 02762-222316
Kheda
20 Shri A. R. Sonara 0268-2557421 9687684600 0268-2557495
(Nadiad)
21 Narmada Shri N. J. Bhatt 02640-220080 9879117034 02640-220082

22 Navsari Shri A.R.Gajera 02637-233030 9664591255 02637-233030

23 Palanpur Shri P. K. Patel 02742-252634 9909466055 02742-252634
24 Patan Shri S. S. Patel 02766-224489 9427006352 02766-224489

25 Porbandar Shri J. N. Parmar 0286-2252809 9428242657 0286-2252809

26 Rajkot Shri R. R. Tilwa 0281-2440889 9429043008 0281-2475598

Shri
27 Morbi V.K.Chauhan 02822-222709 9998546369 02822-222709

28 S.nagar Shri H. D. Vadi 02752-285902 9825184276 02752-285402

29 Surat Shri.N.G.Gamit 0261-2425751/755 9979468070 0267-2412543
30 Vadodara Shri Nitin Vasava 0265-2433641 9427103161 0265-2431078
Shri
31 Chhota Udepur -- 9998026516 ---
S.N.Bhagariya
32 Valsad Shri M. M. Patel 02632-253891 9426099098 02632-253891

33 Tapi Shri S. B. Gamit 02626-220365 9979468070 02626-222143

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 APPENDIX-VI
Contact details of Gujarat State Seed Certification Agency, Ahmedabad and
Branch offices in Gujarat.
S. Contact Jurisdiction
Office/branch Office address
N. no.
Manek Baugh-Shyamal Road, 079- Gujarat State
Shyamal Raw-House, Section - 5 26734116,
1 Head Office Near the bus stop, Satellite,
26763720
Ahmedabad -380015
Email:gssca@ahd_rediffmail.com
079- Ahmedabad
2 Ahmedabad -same as above- 26734110
Assistant seed certification 079- Gandhinagar
3 Gandhinagar agency, HIG scheam, sector-14,
block no. -75, Gandhinagar 23246871
Assistant Seed Certification
Agency, Nalanda vidyalaya, near 02762- Mehsana,
4 Mehsana ST workshop, opp. sales tax
office, Mehsana 251416 Patan
Assistant Seed Certification
Agency, on the Hotel Bilipatra, 02742-
5 Palanpur Near Dena bank, Amir road, near Banaskantha
peoples bank, Palanpur 247492
Assistant Seed Certification
Agency, opp: Ambawadi 02772- Sabarkantha,
6 Himatnagar policeline, society Nagar road,
Himatnagar 244998 Aravalli
Assistant Seed Certification 02752- Surendranagar,
7 Surendranagr Agency, opp, ITI, Near Bus Bhavanagar,
station, Surendranagar 234290 Botad
Assistant Seed Certification Rajkot, Morbi,
Agency, vaibhav trade center, 2nd 0281- Kutch,
8 Rajkot floor, yagnik road, opp. Rajkumar Jamanagar,
2467177
college, Rajkot Dev. Dwarka
Assistant Seed Certification Junagadh,
Agency, “Bahumali bhavan”, 0285-
9 Junagadh Block No. -2, 2nd floor, Gir somnath,
Saradarbaug, Junagadh 2630209 Porbandar
Assistant Seed Certification 02792-
10 Amreli Agency, opp. Laxminarayan Amreli
mandir, Keriya road, Amreli 223465
Assistant Seed Certification
Agency, Bidas laboratory 0268-
11 Nadiyad compound, Behind SBI, outside Kheda, Anand
2557694
khodiyar nala, Nadiyad
Assistant Seed Certification
Agency, The Panchamahal Panchmahal,
02672-
12 Godhara District kharid vechan sangh, Mahisagar,
near “sagajar” market yard, Rana 241855
Dahod
society, Godhara
Assistant Seed Certification Vadodara,
Agency, Ground floor-6, shivkruti 0265- Bharuch,
13 Baroda building-2, opp. Rajdhani Hotel, Narmada,
2414788
Dandiya Bajar, Baroda Chhota Udepur
Assistant Seed Certification
Agency, Government Bahumali 0261- Surat, Tapi,
14 Surat Building, Block no.-A, 7th floor,
Nanpara, Surat 2465825 Dang, Navasari
Seed Testing Laboratory, Manek
Baugh-Shyamal Road, 079-
15 Ahmedabad Shyamal Raw-House, Section - 5 -
Near the bus stop, Satellite, 26734110
Ahmedabad

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 APPENDIX-VII
Contact details of Gujarat State Seed Corporation, Gandhinagar and Branch
offices in Gujarat.
Branch Area Of Contact
Address Email
Name Operation Details
Beej Bhavan, Sector Ahmedabad, 079-
Gandhinagar [email protected]
23256690
10A, Gandhinagar Gandhinagar
Nagnath Complex; 02792-
Amreli Near Nagnath Mandir, [email protected] Amreli
Amreli 223816
Vadodara,
Model Farm, Sarabhai Narmada, 0265-
Baroda Char Rasta, Alembic [email protected] Bharuch,
2280866
Road, Vadodara Chhota
Udepur
Vrundavan park, B/h.
Fodharavali 02832-
Bhuj dharmsala, Opp. old [email protected] Kutch
222190
Railway Station, Bhuj
Near Maize Research Panchmahal,
02672-
Godhra Centre, Dholakua, [email protected] Dahod,
Dahod Road, Godhra Mahisagar 240169
Mahalaxmi Market, Nr.
bm_himatnagar
New Market Yard, Sabarkantha, 02772-
Himatnagar @gurabini.com
Khedtasiya Road, Aravalli 229086
Himmatnagar
Sagar Market, Potari
Jamanagar,
Gali, Outside Tran 0288-
Jamnagar himatnagar Devbhumi
Darvaja, near Grain 2670014
Dwarka
market, Jamnagar
Junagadh,
Nilam Bag, Nr. Sardar 0285-
Junagadh [email protected] Porbandar,Gir
bag, Junagadh somanath 2630278
Umiya Shopping
Center, Near Maniyar Mehsana, 02762-
Mehsana Chamber, State High-
[email protected]
Patan 251494
way, Mehsana
4, Ashok Nagar
Society, Opp. Jilla
Kheda, 0268-
Nadiad Panchayat, Out of [email protected]
Anand 2556592
Khodiyar Nala,
Nadiyad
Plot no.-80, Old 02742-
Palanpur [email protected] Banaskantha
Market yard, Palanpur 254246
Rajviraj complex,
opp. Mehta petrol 0281-
Rajkot [email protected] Rajkot, Morbi
pump, Dhebar Road, 2459719
Rajkot
Nagar Panchayat, Nr. Bhavnagar, 02846-
Shihor [email protected]
222116
Town Hall, Shihor Botad
Bus Stand Road, Near bm_surendranagar
02752-
Surendrangar Bus Stand, Opp. I.T.I. @gurabini.com Surendranagar
225109
Street, Surendranagar
Surat,
Market Yard sankul, 02626-
Valsad,
Vyara Behind J.B. High [email protected]
Navsari, 220320
school, Vyara Dang,Tapi