Page 29 - Monsoon

Basmati sowing likely to go up 25% in FY18 on high demand, normal monsoon

The industry expects Iran to purchase at least 1 million tonnes this financial year

Monsoon forecast: Agri input, consumption stocks to ride high

India Meteorological Department's (IMD's) prediction of a normal southwest monsoon should lead to improving of farm incomes boosting sectors dependent on health of the rural economy. IMD has predicted that rain during the June to September monsoon season will be normal at 96 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA). Among the beneficiaries are agricultural input segments such as seed and fertiliser, as well as tractor and consumption goods stocks. Mohan Lal of Kotak Institutional Equities believes with farm incomes expected to see healthy improvement, agri inputs should see higher demand. The brokerage is positive on Dhanuka Agritech, Rallis India and PI Industries. There are two sets of beneficiaries, one during the pre-monsoon period and the other after. Kunj Bansal, investment head at Centrum Wealth Management, expects pesticides/insecticides and tractor manufacturers to benefit before the monsoon. While a consumption boost would help two-wheelers and consumer goods makers after ..

IMD's monsoon 2017 forecast today: Agriculture less dependent on rainfall

Last year the IMD had predicted the rains to be above normal

Letters: Save water

Rainwater should not be allowed to waste as far as possible

El Nino to reappear? India braces for Met monsoon forecast

The southwest monsoon provides a little more than 70% of the country's annual precipitation

Monsoon to be weak again? Skymet offers little hope; sees below normal rain

Monsoon this year in India is likely to be 'below normal' at 95% of LPA, the private forecaster said

Monsoon likely to remain below normal for India in 2017: Skymet

Monsoon 2017: This may cause trouble for farmers and decide the fate of Kharif crops

Monsoon rains likely to emerge unscathed from El Nino: IMD official

Monsoon rains arrive on the southern tip of Kerala state by around June 1

El Niño seen arriving too late to hurt monsoon

Six climate models suggest thresholds may be reached by July

IMD sees no El Nino impact on development of monsoon

El Nino is often associated with below average warmer, dry weather across Asia Pacific region

Major change in crop weather advice

Advisory will also have information on the type of crop needing to be sown, depending on irrigation

'Northeast monsoon seen near normal'

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) on Friday said this year's northeast monsoon, which is likely to set in on Sunday, was expected to be "near normal".Director of area cyclone warning centre at RMC in Chennai, S Balachandran, said, Tamil Nadu receives about 44 centimetre (cm) of rainfall during the northeast monsoon ending December."Rainfall of 39-44 cm is expected," he said.He reiterated that the conditions for the onset of northeast monsoon, which brings the bulk of rainfall to the state, were favourable.In December last year, the northeast monsoon had wreaked havoc in Tamil Nadu, with a record downpour, resulting in a deluge in four northern districts of the state, Chennai, Tiruvallur, Cuddalore, and Kancheepuram.

Monsoon helps beat cotton harvest estimates

The last part of a series on kharif crop looks at cotton

A good monsoon

But farmers need strategic market intervention

Good monsoon fills reservoirs, heralds bumper harvest

85%of the country gets normal rains, but Karnataka declares drought

Monsoon bounty to push consumer consumption in FY17: Crisil

Rural India to see maximum benefit

Monsoon 2016 ends with 3% less than normal rains

A delay in the onset of La Niña and unsupportive Indian Ocean Dipole and Madden Julian Oscillation seemed to have made the Met's prediction go awry

Rains might stay back for another 15 days

Karnataka declares drought in 68 taluks

Monsoon to resume withdrawal from next week

India's southwest monsoon, that had started withdrawing from parts of west Rajasthan some days ago, will again resume its backward march from next week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its weekly update on Thursday.The rains so far in the southwest monsoon season, with just 10 days left for the season to end, are estimated to be five per cent below normal, while in southern and eastern parts of the country, are expected to be 10 per cent and 13 per cent below normal.In central India, southwest monsoon from June 1 to September 21 has been three per cent above normal, while in northwest India, comprising of major grain-producing states Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, among others, is estimated to be four per cent below normal.With only 10 days left for monsoon to withdraw, the deficit might not narrow much. IMD officials say monsoon is expected to be 97-98 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA), which is lower than the previous estimate of 106 per cent of LPA, with an er

Punjab, Haryana again receive scanty rains this year

Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, also received poor rains this year, with a deficit of 46%