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Monsoon rains cover India early, boost crop hopes

2013-06-17 02:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: India's monsoon rains have covered the entire country a month ahead of the normal schedule, increasing the prospects for a bumper output for summer-sown crops such as rice, oilseeds and cotton in one of the world's leading producers. The rains usually cover all of India by mid-July, but this year it happened on June 16, said a senior official at the India Meteorological Department, who did not want to be named. The rains are crucial for farm output and economic growth as about 55 percent of the...

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