India’s August rainfall was 16% below average, widening the seasonal monsoon deficit to 14%, as El Nino suppressed rainfall, IMD data showed.

India's 2026/27 cotton output is forecast at 24.5 million bales, while mill use is raised to 26.2 million amid tighter crop prospects.

India's monsoon rainfall deficit has widened to nearly fourteen percent. Erratic rainfall has hurt kharif crop sowing across several regions. Total area under summer-sown crops…

India's August rainfall registered sixteen percent below average, its lowest in three years. The El Nino weather pattern suppressed the monsoon, widening the rainfall deficit.…

India’s August rainfall was 16% below average, widening the seasonal monsoon deficit to 14%, as El Nino suppressed rainfall, IMD data showed.