<span style="color: #222222;">The government has said, the rainfall over the country as a whole for the 2019 South-West Monsoon Season (June to September) is likely to be Normal — 96 per cent to 104 per cent of Long Period Average. <br />''<br />''Giving this information in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar quoted the report of the Second  India Meteorological Department Long Range Forecast released last month. <br />''<br />''The Minister said Agriculture Contingency Plans for 648 districts have been prepared by Central Research Institute for Dry Land Agriculture to mitigate the situation in drought-affected areas.</span><br />