Rainfall normal, but oilseed areas a worry: CRISIL's DRIP index

CRISIL's DRIP scores show stress for 4 states, crops

The south-west monsoon began with a delay of two days — hitting the coast of Kerala on June 3, instead the regular June 1 arrival — and then gathered pace. Through most of June, it was bountiful. At the end of the month, rainfall was adjudged 10 per cent above normal, with healthy spatial distribution. All four southwest monsoon catchment regions — south, northwest, east, and northeast and central — saw copious downpour.

Then came the dry spells in some pockets. Consequently, the first round of southwest monsoon covered all of India with a lag of five days — on July