Monsoon, the life-line of Indian agriculture, has covered the entire country but the rains are still deficient by 23 percent, the India Meteorological Department has said.
The south-west monsoon had hit Kerala on 5th June, but made slow progress affecting sowing of major Kharif crops such as paddy, pulses and coarse cereals.
"Rainfall situation has improved but it is still minus 23 per cent. Monsoon is covering entire country today with parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan receiving heavy rains," IMD Director General L S Rathore told reporters in New Delhi on Wednesday.
With improvement in monsoon rains, Rathore noted that the planting of paddy, soyabean and groundnut would pick up.
He, however, pointed out that scanty rains in Karnataka and Maharashtra might affect coarse cereals.
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