MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, July 31 (Reuters) – India is prone to obtain below-average rainfall in August as a result of El Nino climate sample, a senior climate division official stated on Monday, after an above-average monsoon in July helped farmers speed up crop planting.

Reporting by Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj; Editing by Bernadette Baum

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