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Will 2014 be a drought year? -Nikita Mehta and Remya Nair

-Live Mint

Half of the country by area has received deficient or scanty rainfall in the south-west monsoon season so far this year

New Delhi: Half of the country by area has received deficient or scanty rainfall in the south-west monsoon season so far this year, and some experts are veering around to the view that 2014 will be India's first drought year since 2009.

Overall, rainfall has fallen 18-20% short of the long-period average so far in the June-September monsoon, which waters most of India's crops.

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