New Delhi: Monsoon rains, vital for farm output in India's trillion-dollar economy, have hit the country's southern coast, the chief of the weather office said on Monday.
"Monsoon has hit Kerala coast," Ajit Tyagi, director general of the India Meteorological Department, told Reuters.
Good rainfall, after last year's drought, would help boost the output of grain and oilseeds, help calm inflation that has triggered widespread protests and encourage the government to ease curbs on export of wheat and rice.
The four-month monsoon season has begun earlier than the usual date of June 1, it said, in line with the weather office's forecast.
The India Meteorological Department had forecast that the June-September monsoon would hit the mainland on May 30.
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