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Power outages likely as state run generators ask discoms to clear dues or face supply cuts -Debjoy Sengupta

-The Times of India KOLKATA: Consumers could face long power outages in the coming days as a deficient Monsoon and sweltering heat in most parts of the country have raised electricity demand while state run power generators are threatening to cut off supplies to distribution companies (discoms) unless they pay up Rs 20,000-crore outstanding bills. As nearly 80 per cent of the dues are owed by northern and eastern utilities, states like...

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Getting drinking water from humidity in this Kutch village -Ankur Tewari

-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: Kothara village in Kutch has 30 non-toxic plastic condensers installed in a surface area of 540sqm to generate water from humid air. This is filtered, stored in tanks and dispensed through pouches. In just four months, 13,500 litres of drinking water is produced and the cost for this is Rs30 per 20 litre container. On clear nights, the top surface of condensers gradually cools by losing heat...

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Govt increases work days under MGNREGS in drought-hit areas -Sayantan Bera and Elizabeth Roche

-Livemint.com   An additional 50 days of unskilled manual work in the financial year over and above the 100 days assured to job card holders will be provided New Delhi: With the Monsoon deficit widening to 16% of the 50-year average, the government has decided to increase work days under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme as a relief measure to ease farm distress. The government has decided to provide an additional...

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Fixing India’s farm failures

-Livemint.com India needs to invest more in developing rural infrastructure The script is familiar. After borrowing heavily for inputs such as seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, farmers in most parts of India wait for the Monsoon. When the rain fails, the farmers’ agony begins. Forced migration to cities in search of manual work, distress sales of land and, in extreme cases, suicides are the way out. This kharif season has a distressingly familiar ring...

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Monsoon revives, rain forecast for drought-hit states -Zia Haq

-Hindustan Times New Delhi: The Monsoon, in its withdrawal phase now, has revived over key drought-hit states that account for over a third of India’s food output, offering respite to millions of farmers battling tough conditions and a government staring at a rural crisis. The late surge, not unusual, has narrowed current rainfall deficiency from 16% to 15% for the June-September season. Overnight, Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region and the states of Chhattisgarh, Telangana...

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