Monsoon Worst Since 2009 Threatening Sugar, Rice Crops

The worst start to the monsoon season in India in three years is threatening crops from rice to sugar cane, stoking concern that the South Asian nation may limit exports to preserve supplies to meet local demand.

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Met fails again? Delayed rains adding to worries

The government should, by now, know the ways of the met department. When it predicts a normal monsoon, in all likelihood it doesn’t mean it. When has it predicted the rains correctly?

The government has, on its part, started preparing a contingency plan, a report in the Economic Times said.  “We expect a good