Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Rainfall prediction is very crucial for India as its economy is based on mainly agriculture. The parameters that are required to predict the rainfall are very complex in nature and also contain lots of uncertainties. Although various approaches have been earlier suggested for prediction, the soft computing is found to …
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India Environment Portal, 14 - 20 September 2014.
This report is a component of the Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS)–-funded project “Impacts of Climate Extremes on Future Water and Food Security in South Asia and East Africa.” The goal of the project was to characterize extreme drought events, to improve on a methodology …
Sri Lanka has been selected as one of the first two pilot countries to implement the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) project on the application of space technologies for drought monitoring and early warning. The project will be continued for three consecutive crop …
Sustained and focused efforts have to be made by the Tamil Nadu state government to provide relief and rehabilitation to the drought affected people of the state.
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The rainfall condition was good during last year. Correspondingly, there was increase in Ground Water level . Based on the situation of rainfall & Ground Water level during last year, It has been predicted during this year that scarcity conditions will be observed in 2431 villages from 100 blocks. There …
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The National Drought Management Policy Guidelines provide a template for action that countries can use in the development of a national drought management policy and drought preparedness/mitigation plans. The process is structured in 10 steps that can be adapted by countries to reflect their institutional, infrastructure, legal, socio-economic and environmental …
Even as 106 villages in Kutch district have already been declared semi-drought-hit, the Gujarat government is likely to double the number soon with the Relief Commissioner’s office sending a fresh proposal to add around 100 more villages to the list in the same region. The state government had identified these …
Drought conditions and management strategies in India - Country Report prepared for the Regional Workshop for Asia-Pacific as part of the UN-Water Initiative on “Capacity Development to Support National Drought Management Policies” organized from 6-9th May 2014 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said that President Mahinda Rajapaksa had appointed a special committee to protect the farmers affected by drought. The committee comprises senior Cabinet ministers. Farmers in several districts were without adequate water for their cultivations, especially paddy and the President had appointed the committee to look after …
A drought monitoring system is being developed in South Asia, in a collaboration between GWP and the IWMI. A first Assessment Report has been released by GWP South Asia and the GWP-WMO Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP). Over one billion people in South Asia are dependent on agriculture for their …
Works taken up as part of NREGA scheme were found to help maintain ground water levels, aiding crop productivity The UPA government’s flagship employment guarantee programme can play an important role in conserving natural resources and sustaining water supply and food production, according to a study. Conceived to provide livelihood …
