Companies keeping close watch on global rainfall trends

Companies, in India and abroad, are also monitoring the Indian monsoon. This year till July 29, the area covered under paddy, the primary crop during the kharif season, was 13.3% less from the year-ago period, as farmers in the major producer states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal slowed sowing due to poor rains.

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