-IndiaSpend.com It was raining heavily last Monsoon when Heerabai’s youngest child, Seshkumari, 4, collapsed with a fever. The family could only watch helplessly as her temperature soared and she turned delirious late night. The nearest primary health centre for Pachkol, Heerabai’s village in Chhindwara district in south-west Madhya Pradesh, is 25 km away. And every Monsoon, the swollen Bhagbhel river floods the road linking the village to the health centre. If you...
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India set for a bumper crop of foodgrains: Govt -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com Radha Mohan Singh says the Monsoon this year has been well distributed with 5.3 million hectare more area planted that could see a record production of foodgrains New Delhi: After two years of drought and declining crop production, a record foodgrain production on the back of a well distributed Monsoon is expected in 2016-17, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Thursday. While pulses production could touch 22 million tonnes, up...
More »India set for record harvest as Monsoon retreat signals bumper crop
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The Monsoon has started withdrawing after delivering near-normal rainfall across the country, setting the stage for a bumper harvest after two years of scanty rain that hit farm output and distressed villagers. "This year the southwest Monsoon has overall been good, with most states getting excess to normal rainfall and only few having deficit rains. It is good news for farmers. I am sure we will have record...
More »IMD may have got its Monsoon forecast wrong
-Livemint.com India has so far received 5% lower rainfall, compared with the long period average, since the onset of the June-to-September Monsoon India has so far received 5% lower rainfall, compared with the long period average (LPA), since the onset of the June-to-September Monsoon. Around 86% of India has received normal to excess rainfall while 14% still faces a deficit. The India Meteorology Department (IMD) in June forecast that seasonal rainfall is likely...
More »Govt expects record foodgrains production in 2016-17: Agri Minister
-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: Despite a slowdown in the South West Monsoon, the Centre has not given up hopes of a record foodgrains production in 2016-17. Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh, speaking to reporters at a conference on Thursday, did not specify a production figure but said that his Ministry was sticking to its stand that foodgrains production in the ongoing year would touch a record high. “This means that foodgrains...
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