Monsoon 2023: Can India forecast drought in the long-term?

A recent deep-learning model finds that till 2027, major parts of the country will be affected by droughts  

Flash droughts: How are they linked to climate change?

Flash droughts are short dry spells replacing slower onslaughts, making them harder to predict

Drought watch: More than half of India affected in July

Around 46.11 per cent of the country is ‘abnormally dry’ or ‘exceptionally dry’

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

NGOs left holding the baby

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

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

Saurashtra woes: Helpless farmers hope for the miracle of water

Arid Saurashtra in Gujarat has been facing an acute agrarian crisis due to lack of water for irrigation

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

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 …

Cyclone Fani: The tale of a weird storm

Here is our entire coverage on the cyclonic storm that barrelled through Odisha on May 3, 2019

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 …

Drought, but why: Karnataka’s water woes won't go away by throwing money on it

Across Karnataka successive monsoon failures in 2018 brought on dire straits for the farmers

Maharashtra to move away from big dams?

CM Fadnavis said his government is considering Madhya Pradesh pattern of drought-proofing that follows small-scale water conservation measures

El Nino may hit already hurt Indian farmers

The country saw a 24 per cent rainfall deficit in September and if El Nino continues till spring, it may bring down average rainfall in 2019 …

Monsoon 2022: Why a drought wasn’t declared in 4 states with drought-like conditions

A report shows drought-like situation in over 700 blocks of 91 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar & West Bengal

Megadrought in Chile: Both natural climate factors, human-induced global warming to blame

A quarter of reduction of rainfall a direct result of sea-surface warming    

Drought but why: Jharkhand staring at food insecurity

Primarily a rain dependant state, Jharkhand is witnessing deficient rainfall for the past few years now and even its relatively well-off farmers …

India’s food self-sufficiency is conditional to drought-hit districts

For over 40 years India’s net sown areas remain the same; drought-hit areas have to increase production to match food demand

Jharkhand may be declared drought-hit again this year

Paddy planted in just 44% of target area this year, 37% rainfall deficit recorded till now this monsoon