INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
receive average monsoon rains this year, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday
irrigation.Monsoon rains are expected to be 96 per cent of a long-term average, M Rajeevan, secretary at the Ministry of Earth Sciences,
told a news conference.Weather office IMD defines average, or normal, rainfall as between 96 per cent and 104 per cent of a 50-year average
of 89 centimetres for the entire four-month season beginning June.Get the latest election news, live updates and election schedule for Lok
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