-Newsclick.in Production has dipped for the first time in the Modi era and procurement has plummeted, bringing wheat stocks down and affecting foodgrain-based schemes. The Narendra Modi-led Central government is going to be confronted with a crisis that it has never faced yet – shortage of wheat, one of India’s key staples. The worry about this looming cloud is aggravated by the fact that the Modi government has not been particularly successful...
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Wheat Crisis: Centre to procure half of what it procured last year; stops procurement in Punjab -Raju Sajwan
-Down to Earth Current circumstances could lead to a reddux of 2006-07, when wheat had to be imported The Centre announced May 4, 2022, that it would procure only 19.5 million tonnes (MT) of wheat in 2022-23, about 56 per cent less than the target decided for this year. It also announced that government procurement of wheat in Punjab would stop from May 5. The reason given was the lesser amount of wheat...
More »Surface Temperature tops 60°C in parts of north India, satellite images show -Jayashree Nandi
-Hindustan Times The European Space Agency’s website also showed land surface Temperatures to be nearing 55 degrees Celsius over many parts of northwest India and crossing 60 degrees Celsius over several pockets. New Delhi: Surface land Temperatures exceeded 60 degrees Celsius over some parts of northwest India, according to imagery captured by satellites on Saturday. Images of land surface captured by INSAT 3D, Copernicus Sentinel 3 and a NASA satellite indicated that...
More »Hottest April In Northwest, Central India In 122 Years: Weather Office
-PTI/ NDTV.com India Heat Wave: India Meteorological Department Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said northwest and west central parts of the country - Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana - will continue to experience above normal Temperatures in May as well. New Delhi: Northwest and central India experienced their hottest April in 122 years, with average maximum Temperatures reaching 35.9 and 37.78 degrees Celsius respectively, the weather office said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference,...
More »Delhi, Punjab, UP among states hit by coal shortage, power outages likely -- Top points
-Hindustan Times In view of the shortage of coal, a dominant fuel used to generate electricity in the country, the government halted hundreds of passenger trains. Meanwhile, state-run Coal India ramped up coal production by 27.2% in April. Several states across the country reeled under long power cuts, as hotter-than-normal Temperatures pushed the electricity demand, triggering a major power crisis. According to a report by Reuters, electricity supply fell short of demand...
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