-The Hindu Kutalapalli in Anantapur district has more borewells per capita than any other village in the world. All but three of them are dry It's as if the entire village has become poor by just drilling borewells.-B. Venkat Reddy, farmer KUTALAPALLI (Telengana): Welcome to Kutalapalli village in Nallamada mandal, once famous for its quality raw silk. Once upon a time, this village amidst two hills had ample water for mulberry cultivation. Cut...
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Rain washes away crop failure worries in Gujarat -Vijaysinh Parmar & Himanshu Kaushik
-The Times of India RAJKOT/AHMEDABAD: Just a week ago, lakhs of farmers across Gujarat were on the verge of losing their standing crop due to a prolonged dry spell. However, five days of incessant rainfall has come as a saviour. Agriculturists say that the wet spell at the fag end of monsoon will now help their kharif crops survive. The rains have resulted in 80 big and small dams, especially in Saurashtra, overflowing,...
More »Cabinet approves additional 50 days of work for rural households in drought-hit areas -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: With India's 40% of the area facing drought situation due to deficient Monsoon rainfall, the government on Wednesday approved additional 50 days of employment over and above 100 days per household per year under the MGNREGA in drought affected areas. The move to increase the days of employment from 100 days to 150 days was approved by the Union Cabinet, which met under Prime Minister Narendra...
More »Dry spell for MGNREGS jobs in rain-starved Marathwada -Elizabeth Roche
-Livemint.com Despite reeling under a severe monsoon deficit, the region has seen a surprise fall in demand for jobs under MGNREGS New Delhi: Although reeling under a severe monsoon deficit for the second year in a row, the Marathwada region of Maharashtra has seen a surprise fall in demand for jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)—the result, said experts, of years of government neglect, low wages...
More »Why Maharashtra is under stress -Ashok Gulati
-The Indian Express It needs to restructure its agriculture, develop sustainable cropping patterns. Laxman Singh Rathore and his entire team in the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) need to be complimented for giving us sufficient warning, well in advance, about the likelihood of yet another year of deficit rainfall. Although it was not good news, the messenger kept its honesty and boldness in speaking the bitter truth. On April 22, in its...
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