Whether we like it or not, want it or not, our reliance on SW monsoon for kharif crop for majority of our farmers and our annual water replenishment for most of India is going to remain a reality. The change in rainfall pattern, largely due to Global Warming induced climate change is also increasingly undeniable and a reality. We certainly need much better forecasts, monitoring, analysis and communication of rainfall on urgent basis and there is a lot that can and should be done on each of these fronts. Similarly our preparedness to use this annual bounty to recharge groundwater, India’s water lifeline, is an area that needs urgent action.