(Bloomberg) -- India's monsoon, which provides water for two-thirds of the nation's farmland, may reach the eastern coast a week earlier than normal, encouraging farmers to plant crops such as rice, oilseed and cotton.
Rains may fall over parts of southeast Bay of Bengal and south Andaman Sea from May 11 or the following day, M. Rajeevan, director at the India Meteorological Department's National Climate Centre said in an interview from Pune. Rains typically start in that area by May 18, according to the office.
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