(Bloomberg) -- India's southwest monsoon, which waters more than half of the country's farmland and is crucial for economic growth, is expected to be normal this year, the weather office said.
Annual rainfall during the June-September rainy season is likely to be 100% of the long-term average, Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, said in a press conference.
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