-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Water Resources A total no. of 16456 Minor Irrigation (MI) Schemes with a combined total estimated cost of Rs.22572.7391 crore have been taken up in the states upto July 30, 2014 of which 12355 MI schemes have been completed till date. The total potential planned of above schemes is 24.48 lakh hectare. An irrigation potential of 14.39 lakh hectare has been achieved. Water being a State subject,...
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Monsoon floods hit Uttar Pradesh
-The Business Standard/ Agencies 1,500 villages under water; Assam, Bihar too affected Lucknow/ New Delhi: Floods triggered by heavy rains in the Himalayas have inundated nearly 1,500 villages in Uttar Pradesh, killing at least 28 people and leaving thousands homeless, officials said on Sunday. Thousands were marooned in villages across nine districts of Uttar Pradesh, where the release of water from overflowing dams in neighbouring Nepal has added to the impact of the...
More »India's shifting food bowls -Ravish Tiwari
-India Today Geography of rice and wheat has been transformed with Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh generating surpluses Almost 50 years ago, Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri went on air to appeal to Indians to skip a meal a day. Foodgrain supplies had come under strain after the 1965 Drought, and the patriotic ethos cautioned against over-consumption: what you ate left that much less for the rest. Today, it is...
More »Tilt the power balance in favour of the poor -Ashwini Kulkarni
-The Hindustan Times Pragati Abhiyan and a member of the National Consortium of CSOs working on MGNREGA India is a vast country and every year either the quantity or the distribution of rainfall is deviant in one part or the other. Moreover, Indian farming is still predominantly rain-fed. In such a scenario, the MGNREGA can do two very important jobs: Drought relief and Drought mitigation. Recently, the NDA discussed the MGNREGA in Parliament....
More »Farmers to pay more for animal fodder as deficient monsoon hits output of coarse grains -Jayashree Bhosale
-The Economic Times PUNE: The deficient monsoon this year is likely to hit production of coarse grains such as jowar and bajra and other minor millets like ragi and pulses the hardest. This may not have much impact on the country's food security because India has ample stocks of wheat and rice but it will add to the financial burden of farmers, who will be forced to pay more for animal...
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