-India Water Portal Tamil Nadu continues to witness cycles of flood and Drought annually. Mismanagement of traditional water management systems is one of the main reasons. That Tamil Nadu qualifies to be dubbed as a land of climate paradoxes is beyond debate. The massive flood of 2015 was quickly followed by a punishing Drought in 2016. Though the state benefited marginally from the south-west monsoon, as is usually the case, the biggest...
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Kerala braces to battle deadly Drought -Dileep V Kumar
-The New Indian Express KOLLAM: With Kerala facing a threat of the worst-ever Drought this year, the state government is planning to kick-start a massive anti-Drought campaign. The state was declared Drought-hit in October 2016. The gravity of Drought is such that it’s the worst one to have hit the state in 115 years. As part of it, starting February 1, the chief minister, revenue minister and the chief secretary will become the...
More »India sees record planting of wheat and pulses -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com While higher production of foodgrains may help better the agriculture growth rate of 4.1% estimated last month, a record crop will also help keep food inflation in check New Delhi: Farmers in India have planted the highest ever area under wheat and pulses in the ongoing winter crop season, raising hopes of a bumper crop in 2016-17, surpassing past records. While higher production of foodgrains may help better the agriculture growth...
More »Activist says budget is not good for farmers -Sowmya Aji
-The Economic Times BENGALURU: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s pro-farmer pro-rural budget has largely got a thumbs down from farm activists and agriculture experts in Karnataka, a state with 91 percent of its area reeling under severe Drought and a rural economy collapse post-demonetisation. The state’s current agriculture growth rate, despite the Drought, is an estimated 4.2 per cent, marginally higher than the 4.1 per cent that Jaitley has projected for the country....
More »How the Krishi Kalyan Cess funded flagship schemes for farmers -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com Krishi Kalyan Cess, a 0.5% cess on all taxable services introduced last year to support a Drought-hit farm sector, will raise Rs 9,000 crore in 2016-17 New Delhi: Krishi Kalyan Cess, a 0.5% cess on all taxable services introduced last year to support a Drought-hit farm sector, will raise Rs 9,000 crore in 2016-17, budget documents presented in the parliament on Wednesday showed. The central government is spending money from this corpus...
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