Rice cultivation:

• Rice is a staple food for the overwhelming majority of population in india.
• It is biseasonal crop means it can grow in Kharif as well as Rabi season.
• In himalayas and north western parts of the country, it is grown as a kharif crop during southwest monsoon season.
• However in southern states and west bangal the climate condition allows the cultivation of two or three crops of rice in an agricultural year.
• In west bengal farmers grow three crops of rice called ‘aus’, ‘aman’ and ‘boro’.

Source: NCERT