"Farmers in several parts of the country, where there is a deficiency of rainfall, are in a wait-and-see situation," said Santosh Jhanwar, chief executive of Agriwatch, an agricultural research firm which works with more than a million farmers across the country.
As per IMD, 47% of the 716 districts from where the weather office gets its data recorded a large deficiency of rainfall till June 22 while another 19% posted a deficiency .