Irregularities mar irrigation projects in Maharashtra says CAG report

The report also says that fines have not been imposed on contractors despite delay

In rain-shadow Marathwada, everyone loves tankers

They form an essential part of the economy of the region

कहीं अतिशय बारिश, कहीं सूखा

बारिश में उतार-चढ़ाव या अनिश्चितता किसानों के लिए डरावन…

Swachh Bharat Mission: Water shortage drives people in Marathwada to open fields

Maharashtra’s rain-shadow region has had so little rain in the last four years that residents don’t have enough water to flush …

Marathwada in the grip of drought-like situation

With only 58 per cent rainfall this season, Maharashtra is likely to face one of the worst agrarian crises ever

Drought, but why: Several districts in peril every year

Despite 40 years of efforts and huge resource allocation, drought continues to hit the same districts over and again

More rainfall predicted in second half of monsoon

Some regions like Marathwada, Punjab and Haryana to remain parched

Another hailstorm in Maharashtra, claims lives of two

Ready-to-harvest crops damaged, farmers fear orchards may not regenerate

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.

Half of Maharashtra’s villages lose 50% crop

Farmers want drought to be declared; government dilly-dallies

Why Marathwada is becoming a graveyard for farmers

Season after season of failed crops is pushing farmers to the brink of desperation, while the inaction of the Maharashtra government is allowing …

Budget 2015 gives drought-hit Marathwada a miss

Proposed PPP in irrigation may prove disastrous as control of water may pass into private hands

Marathwada's dry story

How poor policies pushed the region into one of its worst droughts ever

Maharashtra CM’s let-down for cotton growers

Pleads election code of conduct to postpone minimum support price decision

Large-scale germination failure in soybean, Maharashtra farmers hit hard

Could speed up decline of the crop in the region

Unprecedented floods hit Vidarbha’s drought-prone districts

Monsoon brings intense rainfall episodes; about 700,000 hectares agricultural land damaged

Persistent in folly

Rice and wheat fetch a secure price and subsidies on farm inputs. Coarse grains have no place in the public distribution system, although their …

Rice: the real cost

It is said the future wars would be fought over the issue of water, not land. Yet Indian government promotes rice, which consumes water, over …

Cereal killer

By promotong rice over coarse grains, the government is promoting food scarcity and defeciency of micronutrients among India's most malnourished …

Grain of truth

India's public distribution system promotes rice and wheat. These water-intensive crops require more inputs and are less nutritious as compared …

Monsoon arrives in Maharashtra, but reservoir levels still low

Full only till 14 per cent of their capacity

Maharashtra farmers demand better price. Chief minister offers aid package

Considering the acreage of soybean, cotton and paddy, the aid would be a paltry Rs 941 per ha

101 suicides in two months; is Marathwada the new Vidarbha?

Most suicides among orchard farmers, say observers

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