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The Government may have had a contingency plan for delays in onset and/or progress of monsoon, but there can be none for sudden fury of the departing rains. Crop losses in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (AP) caused by heavy downpour are sure to add to the woes of the kharif season. Paddy, maize and cotton crops have been hit. National rice output already expected to be down by 10-12 million tonne because of a six million hectare lower acreage could be even lower because Andhra Pradesh is one o ...