Drought Affected States

The Supreme Court has summoned top bureaucrats from 10 states to explain why they have not provided food grains, loan waivers and compensation for crop losses to millions of people hit by a drought last year.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from 13 drought-affected states as to why they were not lifting enough food grain to made available at subsidised rates to the priority and vulnerable sections of the people in affected areas.

Kerala government will provide Rs 4 lakh in assistance to families of those who died due to extreme weather conditions and has decided to write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the state as "drought affected", State Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash said today.

In an apparent bid to counter the Opposition onslaught in the upcoming Budget session of Maharashtra Legislature, state ministers have begun their day-long tour of 29 talukas of drought affected Beed, Latur and Osmanabad districts.

A Central team is on a two-day visit to Maharashtra to assess the damage in drought-hit areas, after the state government sought a relief package of Rs 4,000 crore from the Union government. The state had earlier declared drought in 15,747 villages across Maharashtra.

Terming the drought situation in Uttar Pradesh as alarming, former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Yogendra Yadav today demanded that the state be declared as "drought-hit" and the most affected Bundelkhand region "calamity-hit".

Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav--accompanied by former West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi and social activist Harsh Mander among others-- will undertake a 'Samvedna Yatra' through "drought affected" regions of seven states from October 2.

With Maharashtra facing a drought-like situation, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will visit affected areas of the state including Marathwada, Ahmednagar and Solapur districts from September 1 to take stock of situation.

Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar today met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, seeking relief to farmers affected by drought across the state.

Economic slowdown and last year's drought in the state had affected Tamil Nadu's economy, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said.

Onions are now Rs 60 a kilogram across India. While production has been affected because of drought conditions in Maharashtra, the largest onion producing state in the country, experts say hoarding of onions by many traders has caused an artificial crisis.

A high-level central team arrived here today to visit drought affected areas in Kerala. The team, in two batches, would commence their tour of the state from Monday till March 22 and hold discussions with state government officials, a government press release said.

Days after the Maharashtra Police issued a circular asking the force in drought-hit districts to be on alert as water wars could break out and create a law and order situation, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today responded by saying that panic should not be created as emergency plans are in place and the state will prevent large-scal...

With the state reeling under severe drought for the second consecutive year, the Karnataka government has drawn an action plan for providing succour to the affected people, including farmers, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Wednesday.

Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday said that he had accepted the suggestions of former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on how to tackle the drought situation in the state. Karnataka was adopting measures to combat drought in the state and has accepted the suggestions made by Yeddyurappa in this regard, he told reporters. Gowda sa...

The Supreme Court has summoned top bureaucrats from 10 states to explain why they have not provided food grains, loan waivers and compensation for crop losses to millions of people hit by a drought last year.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from 13 drought-affected states as to why they were not lifting enough food grain to made available at subsidised rates to the priority and vulnerable sections of the people in affected areas.

Kerala government will provide Rs 4 lakh in assistance to families of those who died due to extreme weather conditions and has decided to write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the state as "drought affected", State Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash said today.

In an apparent bid to counter the Opposition onslaught in the upcoming Budget session of Maharashtra Legislature, state ministers have begun their day-long tour of 29 talukas of drought affected Beed, Latur and Osmanabad districts.

A Central team is on a two-day visit to Maharashtra to assess the damage in drought-hit areas, after the state government sought a relief package of Rs 4,000 crore from the Union government. The state had earlier declared drought in 15,747 villages across Maharashtra.

Terming the drought situation in Uttar Pradesh as alarming, former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Yogendra Yadav today demanded that the state be declared as "drought-hit" and the most affected Bundelkhand region "calamity-hit".

Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav--accompanied by former West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi and social activist Harsh Mander among others-- will undertake a 'Samvedna Yatra' through "drought affected" regions of seven states from October 2.

With Maharashtra facing a drought-like situation, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will visit affected areas of the state including Marathwada, Ahmednagar and Solapur districts from September 1 to take stock of situation.

Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar today met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, seeking relief to farmers affected by drought across the state.

Economic slowdown and last year's drought in the state had affected Tamil Nadu's economy, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said.

Onions are now Rs 60 a kilogram across India. While production has been affected because of drought conditions in Maharashtra, the largest onion producing state in the country, experts say hoarding of onions by many traders has caused an artificial crisis.

A high-level central team arrived here today to visit drought affected areas in Kerala. The team, in two batches, would commence their tour of the state from Monday till March 22 and hold discussions with state government officials, a government press release said.

Days after the Maharashtra Police issued a circular asking the force in drought-hit districts to be on alert as water wars could break out and create a law and order situation, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today responded by saying that panic should not be created as emergency plans are in place and the state will prevent large-scal...

With the state reeling under severe drought for the second consecutive year, the Karnataka government has drawn an action plan for providing succour to the affected people, including farmers, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Wednesday.

Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday said that he had accepted the suggestions of former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on how to tackle the drought situation in the state. Karnataka was adopting measures to combat drought in the state and has accepted the suggestions made by Yeddyurappa in this regard, he told reporters. Gowda sa...