<span style="color: #222222;">The government has said, the average rainfall in the country has not shown any significant decrease considering the data for the period from 1901 to 2017.<br />'' <br />'' It is also found that seasonal South-West Monsoon rain has not shown any significant increasing or decreasing trend.<br />'' <br />'' Giving this information in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Friday, Minister for Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan, however, said, from the analysis of the past data of more than 100 years, it has been reported that All India rainfall has multi-decadal variability and currently it is in the dry epoch.<br />'' <br />''To a question on heat wave, the Minister said several parts of the country have observed maximum temperatures more than 50 degrees Celsius during the summer season.</span><br />
News On AIR | June 23, 2019 12:21 PM
Centre says average rainfall in country not shown any significant decrease