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Monsoon rains in India are expected to be normal in 2019, the country's only private weather forecasting agency said on Monday, raising prospects of higher farm and economic growth in the $2 trillion economy. There is a more than 50 percent chance that India will get normal rainfall and only a small probability of excessive rainfall, Jatin Singh, chief executive officer at Skymet, said. India defines average, or normal, rainfall as between 96 percent and 104 percent of a 50-year average of 89 cm for the entire four-month season beginning June. The monsoon season delivers about 70 percent of India's annual rainfall and is key to the success of the farm sector in Asia's third-biggest economy. Article Source -> Business Standard

The heavy rain that has wreaked havoc in the state is expected to continue for the next few days, according to authorities Current Affairs News : The monsoon fury that claimed 186 lives and left thousands homeless in Kerala has resulted in a crop loss of around Rs 6 billion, preliminary estimates by the state's planters show. Also, the heavy rain that has wreaked havoc in the state is expected to continue for the next few days, according to authorities. "The crop loss alone would be around Rs 6 billion as per our estimates and it is yet to be known how much the overall loss, including the infrastructure and others, would be because of the heavy rains, landslides and flood during this monsoon," said Ajith Balakrishnan, secretary, Association of Planters of Kerala (APK). The tea sector may see a loss to the tune of around Rs 1.50 billion, even as incidents such as a landslide sweeping a 100-acre plantation in Wayanad has yet to be accounted for. Rubbe