Monsoon advances, set to bring relief from heatwave in northern plains

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Monsoon advances, set to bring relief from heatwave in northern plains - Business Standard

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In the absence of irrigation, nearly half the farmland in the world's second-biggest producer of rice, wheat and sugar depends on the annual rains that usually run from June to September.

The lifeblood of the nearly $3.5-trillion economy, the monsoon brings nearly 70 per cent of the rain India needs to water farms and refill reservoirs and aquifers.

The monsoon is expected to advance swiftly from next week and bring down temperatures in northern India, another weather official said.