Crop-nourishing monsoon rains reached Kerala state on India's southern tip on June 8, the country's weather office said on Thursday.
The monsoon, the lifeblood of the country's $3 trillion economy, delivers nearly 70% of the rain India needs to water farms and recharge reservoirs and aquifers.
"Southwest Monsoon has set in over Kerala today, the 8th June, 2023, against the normal date of 1st June," the state-run India Meteorological Department said in a statement.
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