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2014 RAINFALL IN INDIA
India faces surge in extreme rainfall, these areas have more risk: StudyResearch from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology forecasted a substantial rise in extreme rainfall events in India by the century...
Mumbai had second-wettest July of 60 yearsThe Santacruz and Colaba observatories in the city recorded 1,464.8 mm and 1,175.1 mm rainfall, respectively, this month.
Budget 2019: These dark clouds over June come with a silver liningMonsoon has revived in past week and crop planting can pick up if trend continues.
India to record 12.36 MT less foodgrain production in 2014-15 as compared to 2013-14Decline in overall foodgrain production in 2014-15 was, however, expected as India had last year recorded 12 per cent of deficit monsoon ra...
Kharif sown area increases but sowing pace decreasesThe sown area under Kharif crop in the country keeps on increasing but the overall area under summer crop may not be much higher than it wa...
Good monsoon spells good news for kharif, sown area up 62% from last yearThe sowing trend so far points to a better kharif crop this year, although the output would also depend on how rains perform in the rest of...
Better rains spell good news for kharif sowing seasonThe fast pace of sowing raised hopes that the total sown area could touch the 2013-level, when a good monsoon had led to 6 per cent more ra...
- Monsoon depressions that bring heavy rain waned over 12 decades
Cyclonic disturbances like depressions that trigger rainfall in the monsoon have lessened over the past 124 years, India Meteorological Dep...
Skymet sees normal monsoon this yearSkymet expects a few dry patches in parts of northwest, central and south India but on the whole it is optimistic of normal rains in 2015.
2014 mild meteorological drought: Skymet; Not so, says MeT departmentMET department has refused to call it a "drought" despite the country receiving 12 per cent less rainfall than the normal precipitation.
Monsoon ends with 12% deficit, winter crops to bear bruntRainfall in the past week was 37% short of normal, bringing an end to a season that began with the driest June, data from the India Meteoro...
Monsoon blues: 2014 could be heading for all-India drought yearAs things stand, with three days left in August, the monsoon shortfall fits the Met department's definition of an all-India drought year.
Rainfall to stay weak over North India in September; Monsoon likely to revive in central, south IndiaAverage rainfall in the monsoon that started in June was 18% below what is considered normal based on a 50-year average. The rainfall defic...
RBI keeps GDP growth projection at 5.5% for this fiscal“The Indian economy stands at crossroads that could take it from a slow bumpy lane to a faster highway,” RBI said in its annual report for ...
An El Nino year? Australia too sees rain deficit this monsoon in IndiaThe Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), which indicates the impact of El Nino on the Indian subcontinent, is currently in a neutral state.
Kharif 2013 pulses harvest touches 7 million tonneIndia's pulses harvest for the Kharif 2013 season has touched 7 million tonne (as compared to 5.9 million tonne in 2012).
India may see fifth year of excess sugarcane output due to heavy rainfallIndia may see a fifth consecutive year of excess sugarcane production in 2014-15.