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The belt’s northward shift may result in below normal rains over parts of central and peninsular India,” he said. Till now, the monsoon has been above normal in parts of central and peninsular India. Till recently, this belt was over the south, which is why central India and peninsular India were getting good rainfall, while other regions in northwest and northeast India remained highly deficient. “If this belt shifts further northwards, the regions in the northern parts of the country will get good rains. However, now the monsoon trough is expected to move northwards and, therefore, the monsoon circulation will weaken over central India and the peninsular regions,” a source at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.Weather models have indicated below normal rainfall in central and south peninsular India between July 27 to August 2, and below normal rain in most of India between August 3 and August 9..