IMD predicts below-normal monsoon rainfall across most of India this year

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The June-September southwest monsoon seasonal rainfall over India is expected to be 90 per cent of the long-period average with a model error of 4 per cent, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday.

Apart from the Northeast, the remaining parts of the country may see below normal rainfall, it said.

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