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Rising Temperatures Threaten India’s Wheat Belt: Report

Punjab and Haryana warming at half a degree per decade during the wheat season, with minimum temperatures rising nearly three times faster in Gujarat 1 June 2026, New Delhi: India produces over 107 million tonnes of wheat annually, making it the second-largest wheat producer in the world and accounting for roughly 14% of global output.

Contrived confusion over the Aravallis

Stretching from west to east for 680 km through Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi, and more than two billion years old, the Aravalli mountain ranges are natural barriers against the spread of Thar desert northwards.