-The Hindustan Times Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said on Saturday that the state’s present Drought-like situation could turn into a greater calamity than Maharashtra’s Drought of 1972. Pawar was speaking to the media after a meeting with his party leaders and district cadre to review the scarcity scenario. He said that while there have been forecasts of rain for the next four months, the rainfall predicted was not satisfactory. “In the...
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Famines to ample stocks, India blunts Drought effect-Zia Haq
-The Hindustan Times In 2009, when India had its worst Drought in three decades in terms of rainfall, the country managed to produce a million more tonnes of foodgrains than it did in 2007, a normal year. Droughts, such as the one that has now settled in nearly half of the country, are no longer the disaster they used to be, thanks to one of the world's most efficient Drought management systems. Largely indigenous...
More »India confirms Drought as El Nino looms
-Reuters Monsoon rains will not be enough to save the country from its first Drought in three years, the weather office said on Thursday as it forecast that the El Nino weather pattern should reduce rains again in the second half of the June to September season. India, one of the world's largest food producers and consumers with a population of 1.2 billion, last suffered a Drought in 2009, which forced it...
More »Rural development ministry plans big push to MNREGA to tackle Drought-Amiti Sen
-The Economic Times The rural development ministry is preparing for a big push to its flagship employment generation programme as Drought has depressed demand for farm labour. The ministry has written to state governments asking them to identify development projects under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) to ensure there's enough work available for those in need. "We expect demand for work and wages to go up in the coming...
More »Monsoon rains likely to be 15% below average
-Reuters Monsoon rains in June to September are likely to be 85 percent of the long-period average, the weather office chief said. "We expect 15 percent shortfall in the seasonal rains," L.S. Rathore, director general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) told reporters on Friday. The IMD considers a 50-year average rainfall of 89 centimetres as the long-period average rainfall. Monsoon rains are considered deficient - a Drought in layman's terms - if...
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