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 …
The monsoon wind, which brings rainfall during a year, is an important weather phenomenon in India. This publication describes the impact of monsoon aberration on agriculture, and provides information on options available for managing agricultural droughts in India.
MALAPPURAM: As the severe drought due to the shortage of rainfall has resulted in substantial crop loss and drinking water shortage in various parts of Malappuram district, the authorities have decided to take immediate measures to address the situation. The municipalities and panchayats will distribute drinking water free-of-cost through tanker …
The State Disaster Management Authority on Wednesday declared Kerala as a drought-affected State following a review of the rainfall received during the two monsoon seasons this year and also field-level reports, which spoke of the impending crop loss and drinking water scarcity. The authority, with the Chief Minister in the …
Kerala has been officially declared a drought-affected area after successive monsoon failures during the current water year. The State Disaster Management Authority met here on Wednesday before taking the call. POOR RAIN This came after a review of rainfall received during the two monsoons as also field-level reports. Both rang …
The Central government has released a sum of Rs. 501 crore under the Integrated Watershed Management Scheme (IWMP) as part of the drought-mitigation measures in the afflicted zones of Maharashtra. In a letter to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said that in keeping with …
It emphasises growing less water-intensive crops, fodder during low rainfall and soil testing The University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) has come up with a contingency crop plan for southern Karnataka to tackle drought. UAS Vice-Chancellor Dr K Narayana Gowda said the contingency crop plan submitted to the State government lays …
Five years after the launch of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) on which the Centre has spent over `1,10,700 crores so far, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will release a comprehensive review of the performance of the flagship scheme on Saturday. The release of the review report is …
The State government has submitted a proposal to the Centre to release Rs 2,200 crore fund for drought management. But the Centre has not released any amount till date, said the former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa. During his visit to Ammerahalli tank on Thursday, he said if the Centre …
Climate change is one of a few major factors that ensure the country will continue to struggle to supply its cities and industries and fields with enough water, particularly in the North, as well as face more frequent and longer droughts. The country has shown a stunningly agile disaster response …
The Africa–Asia Drought Risk Management Peer Assistance Project seeks to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and technical cooperation among drought-prone countries in Africa and Asia and thus to promote best practices in drought risk management (DRM) for development in the two regions. In order to establish a baseline to guide …
New Delhi: In the first step towards streamlining and managing Delhi’s water, Delhi Jal Board and Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) organized the first consultative workshop on formulating ‘Water Policy for Delhi’ on Wednesday. Stakeholders from agencies like Delhi Development Authority, Central Pollution Control Board and …
In 2003, when Hungund taluk in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka was hit by a severe drought, farmers did not have to buy food grain from the market. Nearly 90 per cent of them had built bunds and conserved topsoil using traditional techniques of drought-proofing which have their roots in …
This document on the management of drought during 2009 published by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture presents the deficiency & erratic behaviour of rainfall, impact of drought, mitigation efforts initiated and their results. Agriculture in India is predominantly dependent on rains and the rainfall …
The main purpose of this paper is to present a somewhat unorthodox viewpoint about how the Indian Water Resources Engineers need to deal with water related extremes. Either such extreme situations are actually increasing, or the people's perceptions about such changes is becoming sharper.
The Centre will on Tuesday hold a high-level meeting to finalise the implementation of the Rs 7277 crore Bundelkhand package announced earlier by the Government. The Union Rural Development Ministry, meanwhile, is all set to launch a pilot project in all the 13 districts of the Bundelkhand region to showcase …
This new water policy for Rajasthan presents the framework for sustainable development and management of water resources in the state. It focuses towards community-level empowerment and responsibility for water management. The objectives of the state water policy are: to adopt a integrated and multi sectoral approach to the water resources …
Maharashtra is one of the six states of India where Great Indian Bustards are still seen. The Jawaharlal Nehru Bustard Sanctuary of Maharashtra is located in Ahmednagar and Solapur districts which are drought prone and semi-arid. In 1975 the Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP), financed by the World Bank was …
