Skymet expects the upcoming monsoon to be 94 per cent (with an error margin of +/-5 per cent) of the long period average of 868.6 mm for the four-month period from June to September this year amid the El Nino threat.The
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next year, if they really succeed in lifting demand. right now, the focus is on actually getting the economy back on track. a private weather forecaster, skymet, has said it expects the indian monsoon to be deficient this year, even though the government s official agency, the indian meteorological department, has predicted normal rainfall for the country. lower rains could have severe implications on india s farm driven economy at a time when the country is already facing high food inflation. our india business correspondent nikhil inamdar sent this report. deficient rainfall could hurt india s agricultural productivity because 50% of its farms are not irrigated and that could impact crop yields. also, this comes in the backdrop of unseasonal rains severely damaging winter crop, so india s agrarian economy could, in fact, see a bit of a double whammy. now, what skymet has essentially said is that it expects a greater likelihood of el nino type conditions, which means that asia