INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
country were above average in the week ending on Wednesday, helping farmers accelerate the planting of summer-sown crops and easing concerns
received 42 per cent more rainfall than the 50-year average in the week to July 31, data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD)
about 55 per cent of the country's arable land is rain-fed, and agriculture forms about 15 per cent of a $2.5-trillion economy that is the
third biggest in Asia.Overall, India has received 9 per cent less rain than average in the first half of the June-September monsoon
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