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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Monsoon rains 20% below average in past wk

Monsoon rains 20% below average in past wk

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published Published on Jul 26, 2012   modified Modified on Jul 26, 2012
-Reuters

Monsoon rains continued below average in the past week, the weather office said today, keeping much of India's rain-fed areas still thirsty halfway through the June to September season.

Monsoon rains were 20% below average in the week to July 25 after a 22% shortfall the previous week.

But the rains improved over rice and soybean growing areas of eastern and central India, data published on the weather office's website showed.

A GoM on drought will meet next week, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said, and the government has launched contingency plans to cope with the lack of crucial rains.

Monsoon rains so far are 22% below average for the four-month long rainy season that began in June, but the chief of the weather office still expects the rains will improve in coming days, narrowing the shortfall.

As much of India continues to wait for this year's elusive monsoon, plans are afoot from both the government and farmers to keep crop loss to a minimum and save one of the world's biggest food consumers from having to buy heavily on global markets.

The Hindustan Times, 26 July, 2012, http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/Monsoon-rains-20-below-average-in-past-wk/Article1-900228.aspx


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