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Podcast: businessline's State of the Economy Podcast
Episode: How El Nino might change the Kharif cropping pattern
Description: In this episode, Subramani MR, Commodities Editor, businessline talks to Sanjay Gupta, MD and CEO, NCML, about the current state of the Indian agriculture sector amidst the erratic monsoon season.Gupta talks about the unpredictable nature of this year's monsoon, which has presented both challenges and opportunities for the agricultural industry. While India as a whole is experiencing a small surplus in rainfall compared to the average, the distribution has been highly uneven. Regions like east and northeast India are facing a rainfall deficit of 19 per cent, while northwest India sees an excess of 59 per cent. Such...