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There is more bad news on food front. It now appears certain that there will bea shortfall of about 9 million tonnes
in the food production in the current kharif season, which in turn means five million tonnes less than the production
achieved in the last kharif season. However, rice procurement may only be partially affected since West Bengal
and Andhra Pradesh have had sufficient rainfall while Punjab, the mtyor contributor to the central pool is less
dependent on rainfall. Still, the overall availability of rice may go down by more than four million tonnes. There may
be worst news ahead.
Rice is mainly produced in kharif season.
Answer: A
Correct answer: Definitely true
The whole passage treats the kharif shortfall as a rice problem: it moves from the season’s production straight to rice procurement, then to the states that supply the central pool and their rainfall, and finally to the fall in rice availability. That chain only makes sense if the kharif season is when rice is chiefly grown, so the inference is carried by the passage’s own reasoning.
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