India could face higher inflationary pressures in FY27 as deficient monsoon rains and persistent heatwave conditions threaten agricultural output across major crop-producing regions, economists have warned. In its latest monsoon forecast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) projected rainfall during the June-September season to remain 10% below normal, or around 90% of the long-period average (LPA). The revised estimate is weaker than the IMD‘s earlier forecast of rainfall being 8% below normal.