According to the IMD forecast, monsoon is likely to be normal this year.
There are no plans of creating artificial rain.
The method is based on a network analysis of regional weather data.
All sub-regions have been receiving good rainfall except the North-east and east region of the country, where the deficiency has reached 23 per cent.
After a making a slow progress, the southwest monsoon is expected to gain momentum and advance further into several parts of drought-hit Maharashtra and central India.
Weak monsoon forecast rekindled fears of higher inflation.
Southwest monsoon hit Kerala on Friday marking the start of the rainy season, four days after its normal onset date.
A dedicated system to make district-wise, five-day forecasts can effectively deliver at one-tenth the Met's expenditure.
Monsoon is expected to cover central and eastern India after Tuesday.
Weather watchers said it can't be known till May whether El Nio will impact the monsoon or not.
Monsoon is critical for the country's 263 million farmers and their rice, cane, corn, cotton and soybean crops because nearly half of its farmland lacks irrigation.
After churning across the Arabian Sea for more than 10 days, Biparjoy made landfall near Jakhau Port in Gujarat on Thursday.
S&P also cut China?s GDP growth forecast to 7.5%t and that of rest of Asia.
Growth forecast has been lowered owing to tepid growth in the first half of 2017-18, the lingering effects of demonetisation, transitory challenges of GST, and some risks to agriculture stemming from a spotty monsoon.
A depression over the southeast Arabian Sea, south of Porbandar in Gujarat, is likely to move northwestward and intensify into a cyclonic storm, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday.
After missing its deadline, the monsoon is likely to hit the national capital and parts of north India by the end of the week, a private forecasting agency said on Monday.
The rally was mainly driven by financial, consumer durables, auto and oil and gas stocks.
The India meteorological department has stated that day temperatures are likely to be above normal by 0.5 degree Celsius, reports Sanjeeb Mukherjee.
Dr Nagesh Kumar, one of the three new MPC members, wanted the MPC to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25%.
The Indian Meteorological Department has forecast a below-normal monsoon this year because of the El-Nino effect.
Despite a normal monsoon forecast, India's foodstocks are pegged to register a further decline to 244 lakh tonnes by January 1 next year compared to an estimated 311 lakh tonnes in the current month.
The IMD said that there has been an increase in the rainfall activity in Kerala and monsoon could hit the state anytime now.
Gold, a safe-haven bet, is likely to continue its record-smashing journey in the New Year, rising to Rs 85,000 per 10 grams and even Rs 90,000 level in domestic markets if geopolitical tensions and global economic uncertainties continue.
While Maruti leads with 30% volume growth, Hyundai sold 18,337 vehicles in rural markets during April-June
There should be one comprehensive and credible report on weather for India since a major part of the economy is dependent on it, says 'weather man' Angshujyoti Das.
'We expect market consolidation and recommend buying during market dips.'
"The monsoon has reached Ratnagiri over the country's west coast. It will remain there for the week before moving on. This year's monsoon will be 96 per cent normal, with an error margin of 5 per cent," Indian Meteorological Department director B P Yadav said.
India staring at first drought in six years.
Delhiites woke up to a rain soaked pleasant morning on Thursday which brought down the temperature to 22.4 Celsius, six notches below the season's average.
Normally, kharif sowing of vegetable seeds starts during the first week of May across the country. Farmers start preparing their fields to make them suitable for kharif sowing during the second fortnight of April. Now, however, faced with the lockdown, farmers are in a hurry to clear their fields of rabi crop and prepare for kharif planting. With a normal monsoon forecast this year, they are doing all they can to take advantage of pre-monsoon showers.
Next week could see some respite from the heat.
The rains have so far been four per cent below normal.
'The last time we had such a late withdrawal of monsoon was in 1960 or so.'
Weather forecasts have notoriously large error margins.
The forecast has an error margin of four days, which is considered normal
An Indian think-tank, which aims to forecast the annual rainfall based on an analysis of historical data said on Wednesday that the overall monsoon this year would be 15 per cent below the 120-year long-term average.\n\n\n\n
