Rainfall during the ongoing southwest monsoon season covered up for the deficiency in the initial phase, reaching an excess of 7.3% as of A...

"Farmers in several parts of the country, where there is a deficiency of rainfall, are in a wait-and-see situation," said Santosh Jhanwar, ...

The country overall received 7% more rains than the long-term average during the 2022 June-September monsoon season. But several regions re...

One-third of districts have witnessed deficient rainfall, even though the country's cumulative rainfall this monsoon has been slightly abov...

The area covered under paddy stood at 274.30 lakh hectare as on August 5, against 314.14 lakh hectare in the corresponding period last year...

The monsoon trough has not shifted for the last 10-15 days. But the good news is that from July 18, the monsoon trough is expected to move ...

Monsoon arrived in Kerala on June 1, its normal onset date, marking the commencement of the four-month rainfall season in the country. Indi...

The overall monsoon deficiency, which was 33 per cent at the start of the month, has dipped to 21 per cent.

The official rainfall season starts from June 1 to September 30, but the overall monsoon deficiency until June 22 still remains around 39 p...

Bihar has recorded the highest monsoon deficiency of 48 per cent, while east Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand have recorded 46 and 42 per cent r...

Incidentally, the fresh round of "enhanced activity" of monsoon has also stopped the withdrawal of monsoon, albeit for a short period.

The MeT department has projected 16 per cent deficiency in the remaining two months of the four-month season, that is, in August and Septem...

The IMD said July and August will receive 8 and 10 per cent less rainfall respectively. It has also predicted a 'deficient' rainfall this y...

Over 39% of the country received excess rainfall this year, an increase by 6% over last week.

Bihar government declared 33 out of the 38 districts of state as drought-hit.

About 155 lakh hectare of paddy had been sown by July 22, which is less than half the acreage last year. Deficient rainfall can affect farm...

As monsoon moves towards withdrawal phase, absence of rain in northwest and central regions has increased rainfall deficiency for the entir...