Monsoon rains are crucial for the farm sector as more than 60% of India's farmland is rainfed.

WSJ: India Inflation Slows to Below 6%

Best estimates of future global agricultural water consumption (including both rainfed and irrigated agriculture), are of an increase of about 19% by 2050, but this could be much higher if crop yields and the efficiency of agricultural production do not improve dramatically.

UNESCO: CULTURE