The 'Western Disturbances', which bring crucial winter rainfall to the northwestern plains of India, originate over which water body?

💡 Solution & Explanation

Western Disturbances are migratory weather systems originating over the Mediterranean Sea that travel eastward across West Asia to deliver vital winter precipitation to northwestern India. Monsoonal systems originating from the Bay of Bengal govern summer rainfall rather than these winter disturbances. Rabi crop cultivation across the Indo-Gangetic plains relies heavily on moisture brought by these winds.