Unseasonal October rains to shave up to 0.6 percentage points off GDP

Losses could be in billions of rupees as heavy rains damage paddy crops across the country.

A freak torrential rain has filled farmer Ram Kamal Chaudhary with dismay. The paddy farmer from Marchbari Rural Municipality in Lumbini was upbeat about reaping his first bumper harvest in 10 years because the monsoon rains had been good, and chemical fertiliser was available during the planting season.