He also shared a chart showing the decline in the prices of 11 items.
Maharashtra is doing good after two consecutive years of drought. But North East has not been as lucky, with a deficiency of 35 percent so far. It is worse still in Gujarat, which is counting a deficiency of 83 percent at this point
The Nikkei ended down 218.59 points at 14,589.91, holding below 14,596, the 61.8 percent retracement of its slide from May 23 to June 13. Earlier in the session, it climbed to 14,953.29.
Nikkei climbs for fourth straight day on a weaker yen and finished above 14,000 on Tuesday as blue chip exporters gained on a weaker yen. US manufacturing data too lifted investor sentiment.
India expects total monsoon rainfall to be average in 2013, Earth Sciences Minister S Jaipal Reddy said on Friday, strengthening prospects one of the world's biggest grains producers will avoid widespread drought for a fourth straight year.
The per capita monthly income, a measure to assess standard of living, grew at a slower rate of 13.7 percent to Rs 5,130 in 2011-12 at current prices compared to Rs 4,513 in 2010-11.