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Normal monsoon rains in 2019: Skymet

Last Updated 25 February 2019, 21:13 IST

Monsoon rains are expected to be normal in 2019, the country's only private weather forecasting agency said on Monday, raising prospects of higher farm and economic growth in the $2 trillion economy.

There is a more than 50 per cent chance for normal rainfall and only a small probability of excessive rainfall, Jatin Singh, chief executive officer at Skymet, said.

India defines average, or normal, rainfall as between 96 per cent and 104 per cent of a 50-year average of 89 cm for the entire four-month season beginning June.

The monsoon season delivers about 70 per cent of annual rainfall and is key to the success of the farm sector in Asia's third-biggest economy.

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(Published 25 February 2019, 21:13 IST)

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