1.   Indian farmers still depend on rain-fed irrigation, and a good monsoon helps them store water for the remaining part of the year.

2.   It matters not that lack of rain causes their numbers to decrease, and good monsoon rains bring them right back.

3.   All the greenery is because of the three consecutive good monsoons this drought-prone district has had.

4.   Forecasts published this week said India is on course for its ninth good monsoon in a row.

5.   On Wednesday, state-run television had announced that continuous power would be restored across the island nation following good monsoon rains.