Monsoon defying the El Nino effect is gathering pace with farmers benefitting from an increase in monsoon rains. IMD Director has though said that monsoon is expected to be normal in June boosting sowing of kharif crops but there are concerns about pick up in rainfall in the next month. Forecast of normal rains in June would encourage sowing of the kharif crop, particularly in central India
A better-than-expected start to the monsoon in an El Nino year has eased concerns of dry weather fuelling inflation in the country. Rainfall has been 11 percent more than the average till June 18 and farmers in irrigated areas have started sowing. The progress in monsoon will help sowing to gather pace in rainfed areas. Though, IMD has warned that South-West monsoon rainfall will be weaker in July, when it is expected to be 92 percent of the long-period average, and in August, when it will be 90 percent.
The met department has been predicting the monsoon's progress into some more parts of central and east India for the past few days. But barring Kerala, coastal Karnataka and some areas of the Northeast, rains have been good in regions covered so far by the rain system.
Agriculture Ministry's data has revealed that till last week of the kharif season, farmers have sown various crops like paddy in 75.10 lakh hectares compared with 82.27 lakh hectare in the year-ago period. Farmers depend on the monsoon, which accounts for more than 70% of annual rainfall, to grow crops and produce hydro- electricity, and for drinking water.
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