MUMBAI (Reuters) – India is likely to experience above normal minimum temperatures in March, India’s state-run weather office said on Friday, raising concerns about the country’s critical wheat crop.
In the first half of March, north-western parts of the country could receive above-normal rainfall, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director-general of the India Meteorological Department, told a virtual news conference.
In the second half of March temperatures are likely to rise above normal, he said.
(Reporting by Rajendra Jadhav; editing by Christina Fincher)
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