Monsoon has eluded north India
July rains have been very good, which augurs well for the agriculture sector. June shortfall was threatening the worst case scenario.
Till June 22, rainfall was 52 per cent deficient for the entire country. The shortage was maximum in central India (75 per cent) and minimum in the southern peninsula (25 per cent) where monsoon arrived in time but did not advance for almost two weeks. In northeast and northwest India, the deficiency was 53 and 41 per cent, respectively.
July however is the most important month, and July rains have been good. So much so that the overall shortfall is now 20% for the season. The last week has been 15% plus.
However, the bad news continues for north India. Punjab, Haryana, UP, Uttarakhand, HP, Bihar, Assam and Meghalaya are all short by over 50% of normal. Even for the last week, which was very good for most parts of India, these regions continued to be parched.
Monsoon performance up to 22 July
Rainfall last week
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update
A week later, the data shows that North India is still in trouble
Monsoon up to 29th July 2009
Rainfall during week ending 29th July
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