India to See Above-Average July Rains After Wetter Than Normal June
India is likely to get above-average monsoon rainfall, critical to the economy, in July after receiving 9% above-normal rains in June, a senior weather department official said on Monday.
The monsoon is the lifeblood of India's nearly $4 trillion economy, delivering almost 70% of the rainfall needed to water farms and replenishing aquifers and reservoirs.
Nearly half of India's farmland is not irrigated and depends on the annual June-September rains for crop growth...
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