India - Common Property Resources, Sanitation Hygiene Services: NSS 54th Round, Schedule 31, January 1998 - June 1998

Item 3: Season (Kharif - 1, Rabi - 2): The season of a crop is determined by the time of the year it is harvested. All crops harvested during July to December are called kharif crops and these harvested during January to June are called rabi crops. These periods are, however, a little different in some states. The field official may take guidance from the practice followed by the department of agriculture of the respective states in this regard.

Note that same crop grown more than once during the agricultural year will be considered as separate crops and. therefore, will be recorded using as many columns of the block as the number of times it is cultivated, provided of course they are all considered as major crops of the household. For example, if a household grows kahrif paddy and summer paddy, their particulars will be recorded in two separate columns. however, if a crop is grown on two or more plots during the same season, the particulars of the crop to be recorded in the rest of the items will refer to the entire area under that crop.