Page 4 - Monsoon Season

Monsoon session to be held, govt to take Covid precautions: Pralhad Joshi

The second part of the session was curtailed in view of the threat of the spread of coronavirus

UP Assembly monsoon session likely to be held via video conference: Speaker

Dixit also said the final decision on the issue will be taken by the state government and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

Monsoon played havoc in Maharashtra; 80 died and millions displaced in 2019

The floods damaged crops on over 4.89 lakh hectare agricultural land in the division and affected 8.73 lakh farmers

INFOGRAPHIC: Stage set for revival of monsoon over North, shows IMD data

Till July 12, except for Central India, the monsoon was deficient in all other regions in varying degrees, shows IMD data

Favourable monsoon forecast may have limited impact on markets: here's why

The Sensex has often given double-digit returns in below-normal rainfall years

June ends with 4% surplus rain

The southwest monsoon season began on a positive note for most parts of the country, with June recording almost four per cent excess rain than the normal.However, showers over Jharkhand, Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal, eastern Uttar Pradesh and parts of Karnataka were 20-50 per cent less than the average in the first month of the four-month season that will end in September. Which means these regions could stare at a drought-like situation unless the monsoon becomes active over there in the next few weeks. On a cumulative basis, the southwest monsoon in June was 52 per cent more than normal over northwest India, five per cent more than normal over central India, eight per cent excess over peninsular India but 18 per cent less than normal over east and northeast India.The rains entered the mainland on May 30 and are expected to cover the entire country in the next 45 days. The official India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that rain in July would be normal at 96 per cent of .