Page 14 - Monsoon

Of 681 Indian districts, 39% see monsoon deficit as IMD signals revival

Several parts of the country, barring Kerala, which is faced with floods, received less than normal rainfall in the August 02-08 week

Yamuna water level breaches danger mark, forces 40,000 people to evacuate

A total of 13,915 people have been moved to safer places due to the rising water levels

Monsoon deficiency at 5% in June, 6% in July but situation not alarming

No sub-division recorded "largely excess" rainfall while west Uttar Pradesh and Odisha witnessed "excess" rainfall

Monsoon deficiency dips to 5%, rises to 30% in east, NE India: IMD data

The southern peninsula and central India have been witnessing good rains. The two regions gauged 17 and 7% more precipitation than the normal limit

Monsoon to revive over East and North India in next 2-3 days: IMD

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Gujarat, have been left out, despite a strong start to the monsoon in June

Heavy rainfall in large parts of India this week: IMD issues weather alert

The warning comes after the IMD said last week that the monsoon had covered the entire country, 17 days ahead of its normal onset date

Monsoon likely to cover entire India in next 2-3 days, says IMD

The monsoon normally covers the country by July 15, but this time it is expected to do so about 14 days before the anticipated date

Delay in Kharif sowing likely as monsoon might weaken over next one week

However, impact on final harvest would depend on distribution and spread over rainfed areas

Southwest monsoon arrives three days ahead of schedule in Kerala

The southwest monsoon, the lifeline for millions of farmers across the country hit the Kerala coast today, three days ahead of its scheduled arrival date, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said today.Early arrival of monsoon augurs well for sowing of kharif crops, but much of that will depend on how the rains progresses from here onwards."The conditions are favorable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into some parts of central Arabian Sea, remaining parts of Kerala, some parts of coastal and south interior Karnataka, some more parts of East and Central and northeast Bay of Bengal, and some parts of northeastern states during next 48 hours," the IMD said in a statement announcing the formal entry of monsoon over Kerala and the conditions that it has fulfilled.Monday, private weather forecasting agency Skymet had announced the arrival of southwest monsoon over Kerala. IMD had forecast the onset of Monsoon on May 29. The forecast was with a model error of plus and minus ...

Monsoon to hit Kerala coast in the next 48-72 hours: Met department

The forecast is in line with India Meteorological Department (IMD's) prediction of monsoon hitting Kerala coast by May 29

Letter to BS: Normal monsoon predictions raise hope of consumption uptick

A normal monsoon will ensure higher profits for agriculturists

Normal monsoon predictions are raising hopes of consumption uptick

Companies expect higher sales with revival of rural economy in the offing

IMD and Skymet differ on specifics of monsoon predictions, again

The big difference in this year's forecast by two agencies has been their inability to assess the rains in the last two months of monsoon season

Skymet counters IMD on monsoon accuracy

Overall shortfall of 5% from normal; states struggle to declare drought

Monsoon relief

IMD needs to upgrade prediction skills

Monsoon to begin return journey from Rajasthan soon

Kharif crop acreage lags last year's

India staring at uncertainty over normal monsoon

With monsoon taking a break, independent weathermen have doubts if the four-month long season would be normal this year. Monsoon has been below normal by 5 per cent till Friday, and has impacted the sowing of kharif crops, with total area under cultivation falling 0.56 per cent till date year-on-year. Only cotton and sugarcane saw a rise in acreage, according to the data released by the agriculture ministry. Overall, the sowing area is 101.38 million hectares against 101.96 million hectares a year ago. Normal monsoon was one of the assumptions in various forecasts of economic growth this financial year. Other than this, the government expenditure was supposed to drive growth. So, if monsoon is below normal, the onus of driving gross domestic product (GDP) growth will fall on the government alone. However, for the first quarter of the current financial year, agriculture may still drive growth as monsoon was above normal in June. GDP growth has been official forecast in the range of ...

Monsoon 16% below normal

If weather men are to be believed the rains are expected to become active over these areas

Normal rainfall in second half of monsoon season: MeT Dept

On the other hand, states like Gujarat, Rajasthan, several parts of Northeast have witnessed floods

Make it count

A good monsoon is not enough to redress farm distress