INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
$2 trillion economy, are expected to be 97 per cent of a long-term average, said KJ Ramesh, director general of IMD.The IMD's monsoon
forecast raises the possibility of higher farm and economic growth in Asia's third-biggest economy, where half of the farmers have little
wet spell will keep a lid on inflation, potentially tempting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring forward general elections due in May
2019, said a Reuters report.The IMD defines average, or normal, rainfall as between 96 per cent and 104 per cent of a 50-year average of 89
