The global cost of disasters is growing: The economic burden of disasters is intensifying. While the direct costs of disasters averaged $70–80 billion a year between 1970 and 2000, between 2001 and 2020 these annual costs grew significantly to $180–200 billion. But the real cost is far higher. Disaster costs …
AIZAWL, Aug 18: Annual rice produce in Mizoram is likely to fall by 30-50 per cent due to drought-like situation this year. State Agriculture Minister H Liansailova called a meeting of officials here yesterday to discuss measures for providing succour to farmers and check crop damages due to scanty rainfall. …
There are three different types of drought, not one. There is a meteorological drought, when actual rainfall is deficient (20 per cent below normal) or scanty (60 per cent or more below normal). The Indian Meteorological Department has now declared a deficiency of 29 per cent in the south-west monsoon. …
THE rainfall activity in the past few days over the northern India may have brought some smile on the face of the farming community, but the drought situation across the country has further deepened with 246 districts having been declared as drought affected. This means more than 40 per cent …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Even as the number of drought-hit districts in the country has risen to 207, several States have demanded that the limit of 100 days assured employment under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme be raised to 200 days as a drought relief measure. Bihar Chief Minister …
New Delhi: With more states and districts joining the growing list of drought-affected regions, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday once again appraised states about the enormity of the problem and asked them to jointly work to mitigate the suffering of people, mainly farmers. This was the third time in …
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday sought Rs 395 crore assistance under the National Calamity Contingency Fund (NCCF) from the Centre to take up relief measures in drought-hit areas in the State. The CM who met Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said, "I have requested the Union minister …
The South-West monsoon has proved to be unpredictable, variable, and uncertain this year - with the official announcement that 177 districts suffer from either drought or drought-like conditions indicating the magnitude of the crisis. Little or no rain, late rain, and heavy rain have all been features of monsoon behaviour …
Stalin meets Manmohan Singh, Sharad Pawar in New Delhi South-west monsoon deficient in 26 out of 31 districts Permission sought to import food grains CHENNAI: The State government has sought financial assistance of Rs.605.06 crore from the Centre to meet the drought-like situation due to the failure of the south-west …
New lakes will be dug and reservoirs built, while old ones will be renovated by the Haryana government to fight drought in the future, the state's Finance Minister has announced. The Haryana government has decided to dig big lakes and will renovate the old ones in the state to provide …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: With the India Meteorological Department declaring on Thursday a deficiency of 29 per cent in the southwest monsoon, the number of drought-affected districts has risen to 177. Last week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said 141 districts were drought-hit. Dr. Singh will discuss the drought and price …
It is not just food grains and oilseeds which are going to be hit severely due to unprecedented drought conditions in Andhra Pradesh. Horticulture crops, which are evolving into a promising area, too would be adversely impacted. The officials of Horticulture Department worry that production of mangoes, cashew, vegetables and …
PM to address chief ministers on the situation on Monday. The government today constituted an Empowered Group of Ministers, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, to tackle the drought situation in nearly one-fourth of the country. The term of reference for the EGoM includes assessment and monitoring of the situation …
HIGH-LEVEL inter-ministerial teams from the Centre are likely to visit drought-affected Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Manipur next week. All these states have submitted their detailed memoranda about the drought situation and have sought assistance from the Union Government. "We have received memoranda for assistance from Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Manipur …
