Deficient Rainfall News Today

India faces onion shortage due to drop in rabi harvest. Meanwhile, export ban causes price crash, protests. Exporters suggest controlled exports amid shortage and high international prices. In a letter to the Union government, a group of leading onion exporters have cautioned the government about the consequences of allowing onion exports without adhering to a proper mechanism to control export volumes.

While power demand typically peaks in the summer, this year’s cooler summer and drier monsoon delayed it to 1 September. But due to the late rains last month, electricity use dropped 7.8% since August for the biggest month-on-month drop in a year.

Ranchi: Jharkhand has received 26% deficient rainfall this monsoon, according to the quantification by the IMD which ended in the state on Saturday, a.

Coal stocks at power plants in India have decreased by over 6 million tonnes since the end of July due to high power demand and deficient rainfall. Stocks currently stand at 28.9 million tonnes, down from 35.2 million tonnes at the end of July. The government has asked power generation companies to import 4% of their coal requirement until March 2024 to address the shortage.

Daltonganj: The Palamu district is staring at an imminent drought condition given the 42% deficient rainfall during the monsoon season and only 6% pad.

Addressing a press conference virtually, India Meteorological Department Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said September was likely to witness normal rainfall in the range of 91-109 percent of the long-period average of 167.9 mm.

After June saw deficient rainfall and July brought floods, August has seen another lull

Monsoon has turned out better than expected so far. But there is reason for government to be cautious vis a vis food inflation

Weather Live Updates: In its latest forecast, IMD said that heavy to very heavy rainfall was likely to occur over Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Konkan, Goa, and Maharashtra

Besides the 40 districts that recorded deficient rainfall, 18 districts recorded normal rainfall while the remaining 17 received excess rains.