Monsoon deficit reduced to 14%: IMD
Aug 23, 2012
Five districts in Rajasthan face crop failure
Aug 6, 2012
Late rain damages cotton crop in Gujarat
Aug 4, 2012
Not a drought, but drought like situation
Aug 3, 2012
Monsoon deficit comes down to 8%; pulses output will be hit: Pawar
Wednesday September 12, 2012
Monsoon rains have revived and deficit has come down to 8 per cent so far this year, still the government expects fall in production of pulses and coarse cereals during the Kharif season, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said today.
FY13 GDP growth to be at 5.6% despite better rains: BofA-ML
Monday September 10, 2012
The recent revival in monsoon has pulled down the rainfall deficit significantly but is unlikely to improve the GDP growth forecast for this fiscal, which is likely to be around 5.6 per cent, says a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Most Indians favour cost cutting to counter price rise: Ipsos
Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 28, 2012
The majority of Indians feel the need to tighten their purses and not spend on non-essential items to survive price rise which may worsen due to deficit monsoon this year, a survey has said.
Not a drought, but drought like situation; Met confirms rain will be deficient
Reported by Ketki Angre, Harsha Kumari Singh, Rohit Bhan; Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Saturday August 4, 2012
When the Director General, Indian Meteorological Department, L S Rathore announced the forecast for the monsoon for August and September on Friday morning, there was very little good news. He said that rainfall deficiency till July-end was 19 per cen...
With good rainfall towards July end, Andhra Pradesh positive about Kharif
Press Trust of India | Thursday August 2, 2012
With rainfall improving significantly since the second half of July, Andhra Pradesh officials are hopeful that a drought-like situation would not prevail in the state this year and are expecting a good Kharif crop.
Onion shortage looms large over country due to patchy monsoon
Press Trust of India | Thursday August 2, 2012
Patchy monsoon has its shadow over onion cultivation with major producing regions in Maharashtra and Gujarat witnessing drop in sowing area of the key kitchen item almost by half.
Sharad Pawar and Jairam Ramesh begin tour to drought-hit states
Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Wednesday August 1, 2012
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh begin their three-day tour today, to take stock of four drought-hit states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Karnataka. The first stop for the ministers is Maharashtr...
Ministers' group meet on drought, approves Rs 1,900cr package to states
Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 31, 2012
Concerned over poor monsoon in more than half of the country, the Centre today announced a slew of measures, including a relief package of about Rs 2,000 crore to states facing drought-like situation and 50 per cent diesel subsidy to farmers to save ...
Power outage: Why Uttar Pradesh is considered a culprit
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Tuesday July 31, 2012
The power deficit was worsened by a weak monsoon that lowered hydroelectric generation and kept temperatures higher, further increasing electricity usage as people seek to cool off.
Ministers' group to meet on drought as rain 20 per cent below normal across India
Written by Janaki Fernandes | Tuesday July 31, 2012
With at least six states staring at a possible drought, the special government panel - The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar is meeting today to discuss and analyse the situation.
With 68 per cent below normal rainfall, Punjab on the verge of drought
NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday July 24, 2012
With just 12 mm of rain in all of July, people in Punjab's Sangrur district are hoping for divine intervention. One of the main districts for producing rice, their crop is now dangerously delayed. Monsoon in Punjab is a whopping 68 per cent below no...
With drought looming large, government gears up with contingency plans
NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday July 24, 2012
With the monsoon rain recording a 22 per cent deficiency, a concerned government has swung into action, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh directing all departments and ministries to coordinate with states to meet any eventuality by monitoring the si...
Weather-driven food inflation looms over India
Reuters | Monday July 23, 2012
Faced with slowing economic growth and a dangerously high balance of payments deficit, about the last thing India needs is food prices pushing inflation higher, but that is just what the weather gods are brewing.
Punjab government seeks Rs 800 crore relief package from Centre
Press Trust of India | Monday July 23, 2012
The Punjab government has sought a interim relief package of Rs 800 crore from the Centre expressing its anxiety over the drought-like situation in the state caused by a deficit monsoon so far.
Widespread rains in Andhra Pradesh revive farmers' hopes
Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday July 21, 2012
Widespread rains in Andhra Pradesh since Friday have improved the situation, overcoming the deficit rainfall this monsoon and bringing cheers to farmers, officials said.
