India, the world's top producer of critical crops such as rice, wheat, and sugarcane, recorded an 11 percent rainfall deficit in June, with northwest India experiencing a shortfall of 33 percent. However, heavy rain in the first week of July compensated for the shortfall but caused flooding in many northeastern states.

The India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday that India will receive below-normal monsoon rainfall in June as the north and northwest parts of the country reeled under an intense heatwave.