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10% monsoon deficit raises drought fears [1]

Sub-par rainfall across India for more than two weeks has pushed the monsoon deficit to 10% below normal, increasing worries of a second successive drought year in the country .

Publication Date: 
17/08/2015
Amit Bhattacharya [2], Vishwa Mohan [3]
Times Of India (New Delhi) [4]
Tags:
Monsoons [5], Droughts [6], Rainfall [7], El Nino [8], Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) [9], Uttar Pradesh [10], Bihar [11], Agriculture [12]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/amit-bhattacharya
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vishwa-mohan
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-new-delhi
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/monsoons
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/droughts
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/el-nino
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-meteorological-department-imd
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-pradesh
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture