-The Indian Express The bench also issued directives for updating the Drought management manual - published in 2009 — after taking into account rainfall deficit, timely declaration of Drought and other factors. New Delhi: RULING THAT “the buck will eventually stop with the Government of India”, the Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Centre to consider Drought as a disaster and constitute a national response force along with a consolidated fund within...
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Social Justice Has Been Thrown Out of the Window By Centre: SC
-Outlook (The Newswire) The Supreme Court today slammed the Centre for not giving compensation to workers for delayed payment of work under MNREGA scheme in Drought-like situation and said it "does not behove a welfare state" as "social justice has been thrown out of the window". The apex court said it was extremely unfortunate that government had no provision for providing compensation to the workers and it was also regrettable that it...
More »Ensure food security for all in Drought hit areas: Supreme Court -Priyanka Mittal and Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com No household in a Drought affected area shall be denied grains even if they do not possess a ration card, says Supreme Court New Delhi: Coming down heavily on the centre and states for a delayed implementation of the National Food Security Act despite a protracted Drought, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered that all households in Drought-hit areas be supplied with highly subsidised foodgrains. No household in a Drought affected...
More »MDM extended to 27 Drought-hit districts
-Orissa Post New Delhi: The Centre has extend mid-day meals (MDM) to schoolchildren in 27 Drought-hit districts of Orissa during summer vacation. The noon meal programme will be implemented in 27 districts of Orissa along with 201 districts of nine other states across the country. The Centre shall pay Rs. 468.89 crore for the MDM scheme and the remaining amount will be funded by the state governments. The Central move is expected...
More »Farmers' traditional solution for Drought -Ratan K Pani
-The New Indian Express BARGARH: In the dry and dusty landscape of Kharamal village, located on the foothills of Gandhamardan hill range, two farmers depict a picture of contrast. The village comes under Jamseth gram panchayat of Paikmal block, which is often hit by Drought. Vast stretches of barren land in Kharamal have lost their water retention capacity due to long dry spell for several years. Farmers Sitaram Majhi and Dambru Majhi,...
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