Emerging Economies Climate Report 2022
The report reveals that over half of companies in emerging economies have been impacted by extreme weather events over the last 12 months.The report shows that 58% of companies in Africa and South Asia
Drought
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Maharashtra government admits to rising farm suicides
1,166 farmers committed suicide in financial year 2012-13 The Maharashtra government has officially admitted to a rising farm suicide rate that saw, on an average, more than three farmers taking their own lives every day in the financial year 2012-13.
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Maharashtra launches survey on wet drought in Vidarbha
Cotton, soya bean have been severely damaged to heavy rains. Floods due to heavy rainfall in Vidarbha have severely damaged cash crops, including cotton, oranges and soya beans. The Maharashtra government
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Global warming could do worse damage to J&K than in Uttarakhand, say experts
By 2030, average temperatures could rise by one to 4.5 degrees Celsius in the Himalayan region Global warming, coupled by unplanned construction boom and industrial layout, could spell doom “worse than
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Centre sanctions Rs.107-crore drought aid
State had demanded Rs.7,888 crore The Union government has sanctioned a drought-relief package of Rs.107 crore to Kerala. The amount was sanctioned by the National Disaster Management Committee, headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, to carry out long-term agricultural projects and to resolve drinking water shortage in some districts.
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Plug PDS leakages, invest to augment output, say experts
While Opposition parties criticised the Cabinet's decision of taking the ordinance route for the implementation of National Food Security Bill, agricultural experts and industry associations have asked
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Climate change threatening S Asian development - World Bank
Climate change will overturn hard won gains in reducing poverty in South Asia as changing weather patterns make accessing water and food resources even more difficult, according to a new report named Turn
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Water governance and droughts in Marathwada
The 2012 drought in Maharashtra's Marathwada region was mainly the result of lack of good water governance and poor operation of watershed development and irrigation projects. A policy that restrains sugar
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Maharashtra to have new water policy
Against the backdrop of the severe drought in several parts of the state prior to this monsoon, Maharashtra Government is preparing a water policy on the lines of the National Water Policy. The National
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Undertake annual review of water position at dams: High Court to govt
The Bombay High Court today directed Maharashtra government and the state Water Resource Regulation Authority (MWRRA) to take stock of water storage at all dams and its management and allocation by October
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Rs 38 crore released for sinking new borewells
The government has sanctioned Rs 38 crore for sinking new borewells to mitigate the drinking water scarcity in the wake of drought situation in several parts of the State, Rural Development and Panchayat