monsoon has begun its withdrawal for the season. While most of the country received normal-to-excess showers, including flooding in AP and Telangana, five of the 36 meteorological subdivisions experienced deficient rainfall.
Despite a slow start, rainfall picked up pace helping farmers with sowing. Overall farm productivity is expected to be higher, which should help tame the year-long rising trend in food inflation.
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