MUMBAI (Reuters) -India is likely to get average monsoon rainfall, critical to the economy, in August after receiving 5% above-normal rains in July, a senior weather department official said on Thursday.
The country is likely to receive above-average rainfall equating to more than 106% of the 50-year average in September, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director-general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), told a virtual news conference.
(Reporting by Rajendra Jadhav; Editing by Sharon Singleton)
