NEW DELHI: Average rainfall in India during the second half of monsoon season (Aug-Sept) is most likely to be âbelow normalâ, IMD said Friday, flagging the continuing risk of El Niño, which is associated with a weak monsoon.

Vishwa Mohan is Senior Editor at The Times of India. He writes on environment, climate change, agriculture, water resources and clean energy, tracking policy issues and climate diplomacy. He has been covering Parliament since 2003 to see how politics shaped up domestic policy and Indiaâs position at global platform. Before switching over to explore sustainable development issues, Vishwa had covered internal security and investigative agencies for more than a decade.