Monsoon to be below normal this year says IMD

The country’s monsoon may be weaker than normal this year, according to India's Meteorological Department.The rain is expected to be 95% of the long-term average, said P.S. Goel, Secretary at the Ministry of Earth Sciences in New Delhi today.

Earlier, a report quoting B.N. Goswami, director of Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, said the rains would be more than normal.