-The Indian Express Because this time, it’s only rural producers, not urban consumers, who are feeling the heat This time’s drought has been a most unusual one. Even with three consecutive bad crops (kharif 2014, rabi 2015, and kharif 2015) and a fourth not-so-great one (thankfully, there’s been no big damage from the unseasonal rain and hail unlike in March 2015), annual consumer food price inflation is only 5.3 per cent. In the...
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Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal: In parched Haryana villages, an endless wait for canal water -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express Haryana Irrigation Minister O P Dhankar said: “The problem of water shortage is more acute in southern parts of Haryana, including Mahendragarh, Rewari, Bhiwani and Mewat. " Rewari: At Kheda Murar, a village about 13 km from Rewari town, I R Sharma tills his three-acre farm from “monsoon to monsoon”. “There is no point incurring heavy input costs during the dry season as return will be either low or...
More »More power to the vaccine arsenal -Ramanan Laxminarayan & Lalit Kant
-The Hindu India’s UIP will now be able to provide free vaccines against 13 life-threatening diseases to 27 million children annually India has made huge strides as far as public health achievements are concerned, made possible by the use of safe and effective vaccines delivered through quality programmes. For example, small pox was eliminated in 1975, polio in 2014 and maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) in August 2015. While India has shown its...
More »Rains, hailstorms unlikely to have major impact on rabi crops: Agriculture Ministry -Sandip Das
-The Financial Express Unseasonal rains and hailstorms in some places over northern states of Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh during the last two days is unlikely have any major impact on output of rabi crops such as wheat and mustard, a senior official with the agriculture ministry said on Sunday. “The impact of rains in the last two days on the standing rabi crops is limited and localised,” Trilochan Mohapatra, Director...
More »Impending rains pose a risk to rabi harvest -Nikita Mehta & Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com The rainfall which is expected to hit the states between 11 and 15 March will be caused by an intense western disturbance currently lying over Iran New Delhi: After two back-to-back deficient monsoons and a warm and dry winter, India Meteorological Department has warned of heavy unseasonal rain and hailstorm in 14 Indian states, which could pose as a threat to the Rabi harvest. The rainfall which is expected to hit...
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