-The Times of India PUNE: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has found the behaviour of the Monsoon this year to be "peculiar", saying this may have been responsible for the delayed onset over central India. "This behaviour of the Monsoon is peculiar and may put weather forecasters in a spot while declaring the onset in various parts of the country," an IMD official said. The official, referring to the IMD's latest Operational Extended...
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Rain clouds thinning out in west and central India
-The Times of India Low-flying clouds that usually bring rain in the Monsoon have thinned out and reduced over the years in India, according to a study of 50 years of observations by the Indian Met department. This means that there will be more number of hotter days, less rainy days and more days with large difference between day and night temperatures. That's the average for the whole country over all...
More »Why loan waivers won't fix India's agriculture woes -Milind Murugkar
-The Economic Times Yogi Adityanath’s government in Uttar Pradesh opened a Pandora’s box of loan waivers and there seems to be no stopping it. The BJP, perceived by many as a reformist party committed to addressing chronic structural issues, is taking populism to new heights. Loan waivers could prove to be a huge drain for the exchequer and might deal a blow to the creation of much-needed infrastructure in agriculture. The chief...
More »The crops of wrath -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express Demonetisation may not have hit agriculture production but it is the cause for the current unrest When demonetisation happened, many, including this writer, thought the decision, taken at the start of rabi plantings in November, would significantly impact farm production. We were proved wrong. Good Monsoon rains, after successive drought years, besides the timely onset of winter conducive to germination, turned out to be strong motivations for farmers...
More »The Indian Farmer is Protesting About Much More Than Loan Waivers -Gopalkrishna Gandhi
-TheWire.in It is about agriculture’s place in the life our country, equity’s place in the life of our agriculture, and farmers’ place in the world of equity. P. Sainath has to be crazy. Or all those who read him, hear him and do nothing about what he is writing, saying, doing, have to be crazy. He says of the Indian drought : ‘Drought horribly exacerbates misery. It adds cruelly to the crisis. It is...
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