HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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snow
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droughts
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wind
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electricity
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Detailed explanation-1: -The approximately $3 trillion agriculture-dependent economy of India depends entirely on the monsoon, which supplies around 75% of the country’s yearly rainfall.
Detailed explanation-2: -The monsoon delivers about 70% of India’s annual rainfall and determines the yield of rice, wheat, sugarcane and oilseeds, such as soybeans. Farming makes up about 15% of India’s $2.5 trillion economy but employs more than half of its 1.3 billion people.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kharif crops are grown with the onset of monsoon in different parts of the country and these are harvested in September-October. Important crops grown during this season are paddy, maize, jowar, bajra, tur (arhar), moong, urad, cotton, jute, groundnut and soyabean.