Further evidence of a 60-year cycle is referenced in ancient Sanskrit texts among observed monsoon rainfall cycles.
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Mr Thakkar argues that small projects offer much better returns, even for the crucial task of refilling aquifers by capturing monsoon rainfall.
Nick Klingaman from Reading University says that, as it moves east, the MJO influences monsoon rainfall in Australia, India, Southeast Asia, South America and Africa.
There is no threat from El Nino, an abnormal warming of surface ocean waters which disrupted even distribution of last year's monsoon rainfall, the official told The Wall Street Journal.
Economists are now watching for the June-September monsoon rainfall.
Weather officials said they are hopeful for normal rains as there is no threat of El Nino, an abnormal warming of surface ocean waters that disrupted even distribution of last year's monsoon rainfall.
India's weather department defines normal monsoon as seasonal rainfall between 96% and 104% of the long-term, or 50-year, average, which is 89 centimeters currently.
The increasing unpredictability of the monsoon and erratic rainfall patterns have made the region even more flood-prone with millions of people affected each year, mainly during rainy season.
The meteorological department has forecast "normal" rainfall this monsoon season.
India receives 80% of its annual rainfall during the summer monsoon between June and September.
The particles are also said to have an impact on rainfall patterns in the Asian monsoon.
Rainfall during June to September's monsoon season in northern and central Thailand was up to 80% higher than the seasonal average, says the WMO.
As most of India's agricultural land depends on rainfall rather than irrigation, variations in monsoon's arrival date can throw into disarray plans for sowing summer crops such as rice, sugar cane, cotton and oilseeds.
Rainfall in India as a whole is 20% below the 50-year average and, with the monsoon season half over, India is facing the possibility of a full-blown drought in some regions.
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