-The Indian Express The decision to declare 112 talukas as reeling under severe drought came on a day when the Devendra Fadnavis government completed four years. Mumbai: The state government on Wednesday declared “severe drought” in 112 talukas of Maharashtra. Besides, 39 talukas were placed under “medium drought” category, taking the total tally of talukas to 151. There are 355 talukas in Maharashtra. The government’s drought-mitigation measures, which were scaled up from...
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Sikkim best prepared to tackle drought, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh the least -Akshit Sangomla
-Down to EarthAll four districts of the northeastern state are resilient to drought, but that?s not the case with any of the districts in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, says a studyIf a drought strikes Rajasthan or Chhattisgarh, the states would witness large-scale devastation as their water and ecological systems are ill-prepared to deal with such conditions. On the other hand, Sikkim is very well-prepared to deal with drought conditions. A recent...
More »Modi's farm irrigation scheme: Are big funds serving the purpose? Data tells a sad story
-Financial ExpressWhen Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched PMKSY in July 2015 and set the target to complete the 99 projects by December 2019, the total cost was estimated at Rs 77,595 crore, including Rs 29,000 crore for command area development. While the ministry of water resources says 33 irrigation projects among the 99 implemented on a priority basis under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) are ?complete? citing reports...
More »In drought-hit Maharashtra, a fourth of its villages are staring at a water crisis by April
-Scroll.inThe state is facing its worst groundwater depletion since 2015, says the Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency.A quarter of Maharashtra?s villages ? numbering around 11,500 ? are likely to face water shortages by April 2019, according to data released by the state?s Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency. And 2,941 villages are already facing this deficit.The Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency releases a seasonal water shortage outlook for Maharashtra every October....
More »Country's non-income-based poverty level has fallen over the past 10 years, shows new report
For long, economists have argued among themselves whether income should be the only criterion for measuring poverty. After all, in real life a person can face multiple deprivations, say, in terms of access to education, health and living standards, among others. The multidimensional poverty index (MPI), which offers a valuable complement to traditional income-based poverty measures, was first introduced in the 2010 Human Development Report (HDR). The MPI looks at...
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