New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- India's cumulative rainfall remains in surplus this monsoon season, standing at 101 per cent of the long-period average (LPA), a notch higher than last week's 100 per cent, according to a report by ICICI Bank Global Markets.

The distribution of rainfall, however, remains uneven across the country. Northwest India leads with a 13 per cent surplus, followed by southern India at 8 per cent above LPA and central India at 4 per cent above LPA. In contrast, the east and northeast region lags behind, reporting an 18 per cent deficit. Out of the 36 meteorological subdivisions, 8 have received excess rainfall, 23 reported normal rainfall, and four remain in the deficient category.

On a weekly basis, rainfall was 9.5 per cen...