According to IBM report, 72 per cent Indians also believe that the local economy has been disrupted by a severe weather event in the past year
The state government, as part of its precautionary measures, has asked administrative machineries to remain "fully prepared" to tackle any contingency.
The rainfall in August is likely to be 99% of the LPA with an error margin of plus or minus 9%
The forecast comes a day after private weather forecasting agency Skymet lowered its overall monsoon forecast for 2018 to 'below normal' from the current 'normal' forecast
Till now, the IMD used to make real-time rainfall forecasts using models that had a grid area of 530 sq km.
Farmers undertook sowing operations, based on the IMD forecast