GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES
LOK SABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO: 1273
ANSWERED ON: 03.03.2011
PATTERN OF RAINFALL
(a) whether decline in rainfall has been registered during the year 2010; and
(b) if so, the quantum of rainfall happened during monsoon season from June to September, 2010 across the geographical division of the country?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES(SHRI ASHWANI KUMAR)
(a) - (b) No Madam. The seasonal rainfall quantum for India as a whole was above normal during the monsoon-2010 that registered a modest gain of 2.2% above the seasonal quantum of 892.2mm. However, some of the geographical division of the country did not receive above normal rainfall activity as it happens in every monsoon season. The details of monsoon-2010 rainfall activity geographically across the country are given below:
June to September,2010
S.No. Geographical Area Recorded Rainfallwith respect to long-period average (%)
1. Jammu & Kashmir
+29 2. Himachal Pradesh
+14 3. Punjab
-07 4. Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi
+21 5. Uttrakhand
+40 6. West Rajasthan
+69 7 East Rajasthan
+05 8. West Uttar Pradesh
10 Saurashtra & Kutch +11 11. Gujarat +107 12. West Madhya Pradesh -17 13. East Madhya Pradesh -15 14. Bihar -22 15. Jharkhand -41 16. West Bengal -31 17. Assam & Meghalaya -23 18. Chhattisgarh -14 19. Orissa -15 20. Arunachal Pradesh -07 21. Nagaland, Manipur, -09 Mizoram & Tripura 22. Konkan & Goa +23 23 Madhya Maharashtra +20 24. Marathwada +27 25. Vidarbha +25 26. North Interior Karnataka +26 27. Coastal Karnataka +02 28. South Interior Karnataka +10 29. Telangana +32 30. Coastal Andhra Pradesh +45 31. Rayalaseema +36 32. Sikkim & Sub-Himalayan +14 West Bengal 33. Andaman & Nicobar Islands +05 34. Lakshadweep Island +17 35. Kerala -10 36. Tamilnadu +29 All India +2.2
0 9. East Uttar Pradesh -23