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Economic Notes

	October 06, 2008

Monsoon within normal range: The 2008 monsoon has ended with the country as a whole recording ‘near normal’ rainfall, according to an assessment by India Meteorological Department (IMD). Rainfall for the season (June 1 to September 30) was 98 per cent of the long period average (LPA). The spatial distribution was largely uniform with 30 meteorological sub-divisions recording normal rainfall. Punjab and Orissa were the only two to record excess rainfall, while as many as four ended up in the d ...