The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) detailed forecast of monsoon reaffirms the preliminary estimate it had made of a normal to above-normal rainfall in the country. The monsoon is set to hit the southern-most coast of the country. The IMD has stuck to its monsoon schedule and has reiterated that this year’s rainfall will be “above normal” and the precipitation in rain-fed areas might be in sync with its prediction for the country as a whole. That means that there will be ample rainfall in areas where agriculture is dependent on rain. Since there are more or less equal possibilities, according to the IMD, for the rain to be normal, above normal, or excessive, there is no chance of it being below normal for the country as a whole. The IMD expects the rainfall to be less than normal in some areas of North-East India, Odisha, southern Gangetic West Bengal, and Jammu and Kashmir. It also expects normal rainfall in June in southern and central India.