Explain the importance of monsoon,physical features, culture as the binding force of India
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Two adults and a child stand next to red warning flags erected on the beach as monsoon clouds gather above the Arabian Sea coast in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on Sunday, June 3, 2018. The southwest monsoon arrived in Kerala at the southern tip of India this week, starting the crop-planting season in a four-month journey from the south to northern India. (AP Photo)
Rains in India is mostly restricted to the monsoon season every summer. Hence, all variations in the summer monsoon affect agriculture and economy of the country. In many ways, the monsoon is the lifeblood of India’s farm-dependent economy.
The Indian Metrological Department (IMD) has predicted monsoon rains will be 97% of its long-term average in 2018. Rainfall between 96 percent and 104 percent of a 50-year average of 89 cm (35 inches) by the fourth month of the monsoon season, starting from June, is considered normal or average.
As of today, IMD says the southwest monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of Tamil Nadu, southwest, west-central, east-central and the northeast Bay of Bengal, most parts of Tripura, remaining parts of Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram and some parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The southwest monsoon irrigates over 50% of India’s farmlands.
Monsoon importance for agriculture growth, addressing farm distress
India gets around 70 percent of its annual rainfall during the monsoon season, which also affects the yield of some key kharif or summer crops like rice, pulses and oilseeds such as soybeans. Farmers start planting these crops with the arrival of monsoon rains in June.
Union Ministry of Water Resources says, “India receives an average rainfall of about 1170mm which corresponds to an annual precipitation of about 4000 BCM(Billion Cubic Metre) including snowfall. ”