The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday that the conditions favouring further advance of southwest monsoon into some more parts of North India are being witnessed as the heatwave conditions have abated across the country.
The prospects for Indian agriculture are brightening with the early landfall of the southwest monsoon, highlights the monthly bulletin released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted on Friday, that light to moderate rainfall is likely over the northeast and eastern regions of the country during the next couple of hours.
As heavy rains lashed Mumbai on Saturday night, several parts of the city faced waterlogging causing traffic snarls. The IMD has issued a yellow alert for the city for today, adding that conditions are favourable for monsoon arrival in Mumbai within the next two days.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that the southwest monsoon had advanced into some parts of the central Arabian Sea, south Maharashtra, Telangana, and some parts of south Chhattisgarh and south Odisha and some more parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh.
The monsoon rains marked its arrival in Maharashtra on June 6, by entering the southern Konkan region, said DDG of the Regional Meteorological Centre of Mumbai
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said that the southwest monsoon had advanced into some parts of the central Arabian Sea and some parts of Karnataka, Rayalaseema, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Westcentral and Northwest Bay of Bengal.
"Heatwave conditions are very likely in isolated pockets of Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh and Odisha on June 3," said the weather bulletin.
"The Southwest Monsoon has advanced into the remaining parts of the northeast Bay of Bengal and some parts of the northwest Bay of Bengal, remaining parts of Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam and most parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim," said the weather department.
According to Crisil report, healthy rains could bolster rural demand, which showed signs of revival after being impacted in the previous fiscal year. Additionally, robust crop output might tame food inflation, creating policy room for potential interest rate cuts, as non-food inflation remai