The arrival of the June-September rains has been delayed.
Satellite analysis can assess vegetation cover down to field level.
The latest forecast, given by Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh, was a downward revision from a previous forecast of 93 per cent given at the outset of the monsoon in June, but was nowhere near as bad some farmers had feared.
The arrival of the wet season that is crucial to farmers in India.
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