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New Delhi: The committee of secretaries headed by cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar on Saturday asked key states facing deficient rains to prepare contingency plans. The committee also decided to convene a meeting of agriculture secretaries from the key states —Maharashtra, MP, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and Bihar.
The move comes a day after the PM expressed worry at signs of a failing monsoon while chairing the Union cabinet meeting and constituted the committee which includes the agriculture and earth sciences secretaries. The Meteorological department had on Friday reported that the rains in June had been 45% below normal and 28 of the 36 meteoroligcal divisions had received less than expected rains.
The monsoon, already delayed by two weeks, is now expected to cover the west coast by June 22 and the system being formed in the Bay of Bengal is likely to bring rain to the rest of India from June 25.
However, sources said the IMD has been asked to release daily forecasts keeping in mind the threat of a possible failure that could hit the on-going sowing badly. The government is wary of a failed monsoon, which could hinder its plans of reviving the sluggish economy as well as implementing its Food Security Act. TNN
The move comes a day after the PM expressed worry at signs of a failing monsoon while chairing the Union cabinet meeting and constituted the committee which includes the agriculture and earth sciences secretaries. The Meteorological department had on Friday reported that the rains in June had been 45% below normal and 28 of the 36 meteoroligcal divisions had received less than expected rains.
The monsoon, already delayed by two weeks, is now expected to cover the west coast by June 22 and the system being formed in the Bay of Bengal is likely to bring rain to the rest of India from June 25.
However, sources said the IMD has been asked to release daily forecasts keeping in mind the threat of a possible failure that could hit the on-going sowing badly. The government is wary of a failed monsoon, which could hinder its plans of reviving the sluggish economy as well as implementing its Food Security Act. TNN
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