1,166 farmers committed suicide in financial year 2012-13

The Maharashtra government has officially admitted to a rising farm suicide rate that saw, on an average, more than three farmers taking their own lives every day in the financial year 2012-13.

Cotton, soya bean have been severely damaged to heavy rains. Floods due to heavy rainfall in Vidarbha have severely damaged cash crops, including cotton, oranges and soya beans.

By 2030, average temperatures could rise by one to 4.5 degrees Celsius in the Himalayan region

State had demanded Rs.7,888 crore

The Union government has sanctioned a drought-relief package of Rs.107 crore to Kerala. The amount was sanctioned by the National Disaster Management Committee, headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, to carry out long-term agricultural projects and to resolve drinking water shortage in some districts.

While Opposition parties criticised the Cabinet's decision of taking the ordinance route for the implementation of National Food Security Bill, agricultural experts and industry associations have a

Climate change will overturn hard won gains in reducing poverty in South Asia as changing weather patterns make accessing water and food resources even more difficult, according to a new report nam

Against the backdrop of the severe drought in several parts of the state prior to this monsoon, Maharashtra Government is preparing a water policy on the lines of the National Water Policy.

The government has sanctioned Rs 38 crore for sinking new borewells to mitigate the drinking water scarcity in the wake of drought situation in several parts of the State, Rural Development and Pan

The Bombay High Court today directed Maharashtra government and the state Water Resource Regulation Authority (MWRRA) to take stock of water storage at all dams and its management and allocation by