Monsoon rains have been 14 per cent less than normal this season with almost the entire central India, considered the oilseed basket of the country, receiving deficient rains. Meteorologists have pinned their hope for a good spell of rains towards the month-end as they see a possibility of a low pressure area forming in the Bay of Bengal over the weekend.Most parts of Central India where oilseeds are grown have received deficient rains to the tune of 30 per cent this season. These regions, comprising parts of Gujarat, MadhyaPradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, east Uttar Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal and Orissa, traditionally grow soyabean, groundnut, paddy, cotton and a variety of pulses.The overall deficit this season for the country as a whole has been 14 per cent, the India Meteorological Department said. Lack of July rains appears to have affected sowing operations in various regions and one cannot see how this shortfall would be made up despite the surplus rain forecasts for August and possibly September.