India's Monsoon Set to Cover Entire Country Over a Week Early
India's annual monsoon rains are set to cover the entire country within the next three to four days, over a week ahead of their typical schedule, two senior weather officials said on Thursday, accelerating planting of summer-sown crops.
The monsoon, the lifeblood of India's nearly $4 trillion economy, delivers almost 70% of the rainfall needed to water farms and replenish aquifers and reservoirs.
Nearly half of India's farmland, which is not irrigated, depends on the annual June-September rains for crop growth...
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