BHUBANESWAR: With memories of last year

The total foodgrain production of India during 2009-2010 will touch 218.19 million tonne, down nearly 7 per cent from 234.47 million tonne in 2008-09 session, says the third advance estimates released by the Ministry of Agriculture today.

Despite widespread drought in about 350 districts in 15 states last year, the rabi crop appears to have remained unscathed. In fact, while the wheat output is expected to go marginally up compared to last year, the total foodgrain output is estimated to decline by less than 7 per cent as against 7.5 per cent estimated earlier.

Sitting in the front yard of his hut, Babarao Turankar, 50, and his neighbours in Mangi village of south Yavatmal are engaged in deep discussion. Finally, one of them says,

SAMBALPUR: IT was yet another hot and sultry day for the denizens of Sambalpur with the district recording 44.5 degree Celsius today. With the temperatures hovering above 40 degrees in the past some days and the April sun sucking up the water levels, people fear acute water crisis. While the situation in rural pockets

Reading University Study Explains Reason For Poor Monsoon

Under the National Calamity Contingency Fund, the Finance Ministry has approved Rs 1,200 crore for Punjab and Haryana for providing electricity and water to farmers and saving its paddy crop

The Central government will give Punjab Rs 800 crore as reward for the efforts it made to save crop last year and not seeking compensation by calling the state drought-hit.

As the country awaits the Met Department

Its still very early days for a monsoon forecast for this season but at least the available signs as of now are all pointing in the right direction. The good news is that a major deficiency in rainfall, as had happened last year, is an extremely remote possibility.

Grain Output Despite Worst Drought In 37 Years

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