India's southwest monsoon recorded a 42% rainfall deficit in June, potentially making it the third driest June in a century amid emerging El Niño conditions.

India's kharif sowing acreage drops 23% due to a 42% deficient monsoon, impacting crop production amid Super El Nino forecasts.

If the June rainfall ends up with 10 cm, the precipitation during July-September period needs to be 68.17 cm, which is still short of 3% of normal for the period