-Business Standard So far, in the southern Peninsula and northwest India, the southwest monsoon is around 15 per cent and three per cent above normal, respectively New Delhi: Northwest Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Punjab might get good rains from June 26 to July 10, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday in its weather update. The southwest monsoon, according to IMD, has been around 18 per cent below normal...
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Rural demand: How much can the monsoon help? -Renu Kohli
-Livemint.com In the last decade, the rural constituent has emerged an important factor for overall private final consumption, which forms more than half (55-60% range) of India’s demand side GDP An above-average monsoon is commonly expected to be a key demand driver in 2016-17. Gross domestic product (GDP) forecasts for the year incorporate a revival in rural consumption—a segment that suffered severe setback from two successive years of adverse rainfall. In...
More »Kharif sowing begins as monsoon finally hits north, central India -Jayashree Bhosale
-The Economic Times PUNE: After a delay of eight days, the monsoons have finally hit most parts of Maharashtra and central India. With this, sowing of kharif crops like paddy, cotton, maize, oilseeds and pulses, is expected to gather pace. Sowing is expected to peak by the last week of June and first week of July. After hovering over Karnataka coast around June 10-18, the monsoons have covered most parts of Maharashtra...
More »A River Comes to the People -Manu Moudgil
-TheWire.in/ India Water Portal Nanduwali in east Rajasthan started flowing again when the villagers decided to work with nature and not against it. The river is now lifeline to those settled on her banks. Gajanand Sharma is excited about the monsoon this year. He is building an anicut on the small stream that runs through his farm. “After the rain, the land will be filled with water and then I will sow...
More »Kharif sowing lags as monsoon makes slow progress -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com So far, an area of 8.4 million hectares has been sown, nearly 11% lower when compared with the 9.4 million hectares sown by this time last year New Delhi: A slower-than-normal progress of the south-west monsoon has impacted sowing of rain-fed kharif crops, shows data released by the agriculture ministry on Friday. So far, an area of 8.4 million hectares has been sown, nearly 11% lower when compared to 9.4 million...
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