-TheWire.in According to the central government’s statement to the Supreme Court last week, a third of the India’s districts are currently facing a severe drought. This means that at least 33 crore Indians are affected by ongoing the crisis. Expressing their deep concern on the issue and the impact it is having on rural populations of the country, and asking that the government take appropriate relief measures immediately, more than 150 academics...

-Business Standard Lower output and inadequate policy are some of the reasons Price of pulses has once again started rising with chana trading at Rs 58 per kg in the wholesale market and tur dal set to touch Rs 200 per kg-level in the retail market. Apart from lower crop in India and globally, thoughtless use of policy tools has contributed to the price rise. Government agencies have created a buffer stock of...

-The Free Press Journal Mumbai: Drinking water is an over exploited source for cultivation of cash crops like sugarcane and BT Cotton, which has added fuel to the fire of the agrarian crisis in the state. Hence these crops need to be banned and replaced with food crops like oil seeds, pulses, maize and sorghum; this needs to be supported with state incentive and price protection, a state government task force...

-The Hindu Prem Singh’s farm has plenty of water, fruit-bearing trees, and organic products BANDA (U.P.): In the parched, brown landscape of Uttar Pradesh’s Bundelkhand region, where hundreds of distressed farmers have taken their lives in the past few decades or have been forced to migrate, Prem Singh’s farm is an exception. In the fabulous green farm, there is plenty for everyone: abundance of water-bodies for animals to drink from, many fruit-bearing trees,...

-Livemint.com Less than 5% of India’s annual water consumption is on account of domestic usage; agriculture’s share is 90% From the court ordering the shifting of cricket matches out of drought-hit Maharashtra this year to Sheila Dikshit, former chief minister of Delhi, claiming in 2012 that she took a bath in half a bucket of water, urban rationing seems to be the main focus during water crises in India. While the importance...