June 27, 2024 6:15 PM

Monsoon set to cover entire nation on schedule: IMD

India's annual monsoon has covered more than three-fourths of the country and is poised to envelop the entire nation on schedule for the planting season, despite earlier delays this month, according to two officials from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday. Summer rains, crucial for economic growth in Asia's third-largest economy, typically begin in the south around June 1 and spread nationwide by July 8, allowing farmers to sow crops like rice, cotton, soybeans, and sugarcane...