'We have the best model for predicting monsoon'

Suryachandra. A Rao, Associate Mission Director, Monsoon Mission talks about the latest monsoon prediction model deployed by the Ministry of …

Forced Exile

Helping hand

Farmers gain, city-folk lose

Protracted suffering

Gujarat declares drought after months of delay

While other states had declared drought months ago, Gujarat govt kept calling it a “scarcity of water”

Tamil Nadu declared drought-hit in view of deficient rain, farmer deaths

Most districts in the state witnessed deficient rainfall from October 1 to December 31, 2016

DROUGHT HIT

Unfortunately named

NGOs left holding the baby

The state is slowly withdrawing from the welfare sector leaving voluntary organisations in a quandary

Ecological drought: where not just humanity but ecosystems suffer

US scientists have defined a new type of drought brought about by climate change, one which increases the vulnerability of ecosystems

राहत की रस्म अदायगी

2009 में बुंदेलखंड में सूखे से निपटने के लिए 7,266 करोड़ रुपए क…

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Farmer groups raise concerns about solutions proposed at COP 22

The impacts of climate change on agriculture will continue to have significant implications for rural development, sustainable development and …

Jharkhand’s children deprived of mid-day meal despite Supreme Court order, say activists

Jharkhand is the one of the worst-affected states in the country with its 22 out of 24 districts facing drought

Environment in Parliament: Developments from February 25 - March 3

Some important environment and development-related questions raised in Parliament this past week

Ensure no coercive action taken against defaulting farmers: Supreme Court to Tamil Nadu

Petitioners argued that rise in suicide cases was due to punitive action taken by bank officias against drought-hit farmers who are not able to …

Supreme Court directs Centre to prepare national disaster plan to tackle drought

The apex court has directed the Union government to revise the Drought Management Manual at the earliest till the end of 2016

Water, water

Battle lines are drawn as drought proofing remains a distant dream

California offers valuable lessons for meeting freshwater needs in the face of climate change

If we want water security, we need to diversify our water sources to include underground storage, stormwater capture, recycled wastewater and more.

500 years of drought and flood: trees and corals reveal Australia's climate history

The dominant theme of Australia’s drought history is variability. The country may get one year of extremely wet conditions or six …

Drought but why: What happened to the promise of a drought-free Maharashtra?

Between October last year and February this year, the state government has declared 151 talukas and 268 revenue circle as drought-hit.

Supreme Court issues directive for implementing MGNREGA, food security Act to tackle drought

In a bid to provide relief to households in drought-hit areas, the apex court directed the Centre to release funds to states for providing …

Don't blame it, on, nature

Single ministry to look after watershed programmes