{"id":10528,"date":"2026-08-09T21:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=10528"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:00:05","slug":"recent-rain-has-little-impact-on-national-monsoon-deficit-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=10528","title":{"rendered":"Recent rain has little impact on national monsoon deficit | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133074941,imgsize-84590,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/india-weather.jpg\" alt=\"Recent rain has little impact on national monsoon deficit\" title=\"IMD, however, predicted a rise in rainfall activity over Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Aug 13 onwards\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"IMD, however, predicted a rise in rainfall activity over Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Aug 13 onwards\">IMD, however, predicted a rise in rainfall activity over Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Aug 13 onwards<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Good rains in the past one week over Delhi, Haryana and east Rajasthan helped offset the shortfall in these areas, but they did not reduce the overall country-wide monsoon deficit by much.<!-- --> In this period, India&#8217;s cumulative rainfall deficit was down by only one percentage point &#8211; from 12% on Aug 2 to 11% on Aug 9 &#8211; with many agrarian states, including Bihar, Jharkhand, UP, Punjab and Andhra Pradesh, continuing to witness deficient rainfall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>It rained in many parts at a time when sowing of Kharif crops had ended in almost 88% of the country&#8217;s total sown area. As a result, the acreage deficit could be reduced by only 1% in the past one week, with paddy, the main kharif crop, still reporting 4% less acreage compared to the corresponding period last year. <!-- -->Aug rains will improve water storage in reservoirs, which is a good augury for hydro-power potential being utilised and a back-up being in place for the next sowing season.<!-- --> As of Sunday, as many as 12 states have reported high rain deficits of 20% and more.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>IMD on Sunday, however, predicted a rise in rainfall activity over Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Aug 13 onwards due to possible formation of a low-pressure area over the north Bay of Bengal and Bengal-Bangladesh coasts around Thursday. This may, to some extent, revive sowing of paddy and maize in Bihar and Jharkhand. Region-wise, all regions, except central India, have reported cumulative monsoon rainfall deficit despite &#8216;normal&#8217; rains in July and in the first week of August, with east and northeast India recording the highest deficit of 25%, followed by 17% in south peninsular India and 11% in northwest India.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/recent-rain-has-little-impact-on-national-monsoon-deficit\/articleshow\/133074939.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMD, however, predicted a rise in rainfall activity over Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Aug 13 onwards NEW DELHI: Good rains in the past one week over Delhi, Haryana and east Rajasthan helped offset the shortfall in these areas, but they did not reduce the overall country-wide monsoon deficit by much. 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