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Monsoon to be 'normal': IMD pegs rain at 102 percent of average
Updated On: 01 June, 2020 07:17 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
According to the IMD, the normal 88 cm rain occurs between June 1 and September 30 and accounts for 75 per cent of rain in the country

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD), here on Monday, reiterated that the country would receive normal monsoon in June-September and the conditions were favourable for good monsoon.
The India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept), on Monday, reiterated that the country would receive normal monsoon in June-September and the conditions were favourable for good #monsoon. pic.twitter.com/Fn9JvfxmjT
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Addressing the media, Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, Secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences, said, "The good news is that we will have a normal monsoon. As per the statistical model forecast, the quantitative monsoon will be 102 per cent of the long period average (LPA). The conditions are becoming favourable for good monsoon."
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