‘Only plantation cannot restore degraded land’
Down To Earth speaks to Ravindra Adusumilli of the Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture (RRA) Network, India about government policy on tackling …
Close to 90% projects under PM's flagship irrigation scheme remain incomplete
These 8,214 projects, launched between 2009-10 and 2014-15, should have been completed in 4-7 years
Responsibility of PM’s irrigation scheme to go back to water resources ministry
Government sources say that this to and fro of the scheme may affect its implementation
As told to Parliament (December 23, 2022): Most crop damage due to heavy rains, floods in Karnataka this year
The state saw 1,031,102 hectares of damaged crop area, followed by Assam with 245,837.7 ha
Modi sedates the farmer
The BJP is repackaging old schemes and offering cosmetic changes to the agrarian policy
Irrigation sector gets boost in Union Budget
Apart from generous budgetary allocation, the government will utilise MGNREGS to increase the water harvesting potential of drought-affected …
Project without a plan
After two budgets and Rs 5,300 crore in funding, the Centre's micro irrigation project that promises water to every farmland is not even close to …