Healthy, well-spread rainfall raises hope amid Covid-19: CRISIL DRIP

But DRIP scores show some stress for three states and three crops

It has been pouring in most parts of the country  even as we enter the third month of the current southwest monsoon season. Healthy and well-spread rainfall this year raises hope amid the woes stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. Never­theless, as the monsoon season progresses, select regions are experiencing a shortage in rainfall, while others have to deal with an abundance of it. 

For the country as whole, rains have been normal (or 0 per cent deviation from the long period average) as of August 8 this season.

Region-wise, rainfall continues to be relatively abundant in the southern peninsula (with