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Business● ElevatedJul 4 · Jul 4, 2026, 5:55 AM

How El Niño could damage India’s economy | Explained

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hindu

A poor monsoon can damage the economy in three ways: it affects agricultural output, reducing the sector’s contribution to the economy; it hits rural income, denting aggregate demand; and it threatens to push up food prices, causing inflation.

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