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
Bullet train or safe sanitation: Tough choice for Nanded
When Nanded already lacks the basic infrastructure of sanitation, what is more important for the city at present
Unseasonal Maharashtra rains damage crops on 7 million hectares: Govt
Kharif crop in Marathwada, Konkan and western Maharashtra affected
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 …
A land imagined: Indigenous crops help Marathwada women in adding to family nutrition
Women in Maharashtra's Marathwada region reclaim parts of their farmland to grow produce of choice and to ensure nutrition security of their …
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