India to see above-average monsoon rains this year

India is likely to receive above-average monsoon rains in 2025, the government said on Tuesday, raising expectations of higher farm and economic growth in Asia’s third-biggest economy.

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The monsoon delivers nearly 70 per cent of the rain needed to water crops and recharge reservoirs and aquifers. With nearly half of its farmland without any irrigation, it depends on the June-September rains to grow a number of crops. Good rains will help to bring down food prices, to keep inflation at the central bank’s comfort level, and to allow the world’s biggest rice exporter to s