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Monsoon has improved over the past 10 days: Sharad Pawar
The president of the Confederation of Indian Industry on Wednesday said that that the Indian economy quickly needs a revival package.
11 Jul 2012, 02:02 PM IST 
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Annual monsoon rainfall has improved in the past 10 days, speeding up sowing of key summer-sown crops like rice and cotton, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday.
Poor rainfall in cane and pulses-growing Maharashtra and Karnataka is cause for concern, he said. Sowing of crops other than coarse grains has been progressing well, he added.
Monsoon in India, the world's leading producer of some farm products, has been 23 per cent below average since the four-month season began on June 1.
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