New Delhi, July 11 -- India's monsoon has shown a significant improvement in recent weeks, sharply reducing the rainfall deficit, but weak Kharif crop sowing continues to pose a risk for the agriculture sector in the coming weeks, according to a report by Capital 360.

The report recorded a cumulative rainfall deficit of 15 per cent below normal as of Wednesday, from 38 per cent a week earlier, helped by strong weekly rainfall that was 45 per cent above normal. During the week ended July 8, India received 83.6 mm of rainfall against the normal level of 57.5 mm.

The improvement in rainfall has also widened its geographical spread. According to the report, 25 of the country's 36 meteorological subdivisions have now received excess or norma...