Workers in India are preparing to feel the heat.

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Now India's policy makers are already dealing with stubborn inflation. Thanks for

doing in. Now India's policy makers are already dealing with stubborn inflation

and now the country is getting ready for more heat waves than usual in the coming months.

Temperatures could soar to over 104 Fahrenheit.

Now it hit certain parts of its economy like food production at a time when the

Indian government is trying to bring down prices ahead of the general election.

Here's the BBC's on Bar-San Etherajan in Delhi.

These three months are going to be really hot. I mean usually summer is hot in India but what the

scientists are saying is that the intensity of the heat has increased.

Not just about Delhi, if you see the major cities, some of the areas were witnessing 5 degrees

Celsius more than what it used to be. So what impact is

have, for example, day wage laborers, those who are involved in

construction work, and also agricultural laborers who are working in the

field, and people pulling cards or rickshaws.

There's a huge social problem.

If the heat persists, that will have an impact on agricultural production as well.

India is the world's second biggest producer of wheat in 2022 because of this

heat wave phenomenon it hit the overall production and as a result India banned exports

for a few months. It is not simply about people trying to protect themselves

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