The India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed that the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon, which resulted in five percent excess rainfall across the country, began on Monday. However, despite this,

After bringing bountiful showers across large parts of India, the south-west monsoon has embarked on its return journey, beginning from western Rajasthan and Kutch

The southwest monsoon has begun its retreat from India, starting from western Rajasthan and Kutch. Despite bringing 5% excess rainfall nationwide, several areas experienced deficient rains. The India Meteorological Department predicts further withdrawal and ongoing widespread rains in various regions over the coming week.

Overall sowing of kharif crops such as paddy, pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals and sugarcane have been up 1.5% on year at 110.46 million hectare (MH) so far.

India's monsoon rains started retreating from the northwest of the country on Monday, nearly a week later than normal, the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a statement.

The IMD predicted heavy rainfall over Coastal Karnataka and Maharashtra. Isolated extremely heavy rainfall is predicted over Konkan and Goa till September 26, over Madhya Maharashtra on September 25 and 26 and over the Gujarat Region on Thursday.