Bad drought situation in Bihar: Official teamAugust 22nd, 2009 PATNA - An 11-member central team visiting the drought-hit parts of Bihar for the past three days has found the situation in the affected areas to be grim, the team's leader said Saturday. R.K. Tiwari, joint secretary in the agriculture ministry who led the team, said the situation was bad due to the poor monsoon.
Lalu Prasad wants 'janata hotels' for Bihar's poorAugust 20th, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Thursday asked the Bihar government to open "janata hotels" in rural areas to provide cheap food to poor people in view of the drought. Last week, 26 of the state's 38 districts were declared drought-hit.
CWC to meet Wednesday to discuss droughtAugust 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest decision making body, will meet Wednesday to discuss the drought situation in the country and appeal the government to take speedy measures to deal with it. The CWC will meet to discuss the drought situation in the country, Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said here.
Mayawati demands Rs.2,000 crore for drought hit Uttar PradeshAugust 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday demanded Rs.2,000 crore from the central government to purchase power for the drought hit areas of the state. Mayawati met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence here, though she skipped an internal security meeting attended by chief ministers.
BJP, JD-U want simultaneous by-polls for 18 Bihar seatsAugust 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leaders of Bihar's ruling coalition of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Friday requested the Election Commission to hold simultaneous by-election from all 18 assembly constituencies where they were due, instead of only seven, in view of the drought conditions in the state. The Election Commission has issued a notification for holding by-elections on Sep 10 to seven of the 18 constituencies where they have been necessitated for various reasons.
Govt. sets up EGoM to handle challenge posed by droughtAugust 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was set up by the Centre on Thursday to tackle drought situation in nearly one-fourth of the country. EgoM includes Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Home Minister P Chidambaram, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, and Power Minister Sushil Shinde.
Finance Minister Mukherjee says summer crop sowing declined by 20 per cent due to droughtAugust 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that there has been a 20 per cent decline in sowing of the Kharif (summer-sown crop) crop. "Sixty-one districts have already been declared as drought prone.
Prime Minister to meet Chief Secretaries on delayed monsoon todayAugust 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will meet State Chief Secretaries here today to discuss the drought-like situation in the country.
Cabinet Secretary to discuss drought situation in IndiaAugust 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar will meet the Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories here on Saturday to discuss the drought situation. The meeting will review the requirements of the States and Union Territories that have deficient rainfall and draw up an action plan to meet the situation.
Seven more Jharkhand districts declared drought hitJuly 29th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand Wednesday declared seven more districts as drought hit after scanty rainfall affected paddy crop in the state. Earlier, four of Jharkhand's 24 districts were declared drought hit.
No need to panic over inadequate rain, says PawarJuly 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There is no reason to panic over the inadequate rains in the country for the meteorological department has predicted good monsoon in August, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Saturday. Replying to a special discussion on drought conditions in the country in the Lok Sabha, Pawar said except paddy crop, whose area of cultivation had fallen drastically, the figures for rest of the major crops in the country were comparable to the corresponding period last year.
27 more UP districts declared drought-hitJuly 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The total number of draught-hit districts in Uttar Pradesh has reached 47, after the state government declared 27 more districts as drought-hit on Sunday. "In the interest of farmers, we have relaxed measures for declaring districts as drought-hit due to which 27 more districts are found to be affected by drought.
Drought possible, but contingency mechanism in place: MukherjeeJuly 25th, 2009 PANAJI - Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday expressed concern about the possibility of drought due to deficient monsoon in India, but said the government had "contingency measures in place". "Already there are signs of drought.
No drought in the country: PawarJune 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday said there is no drought-like situation in the country due to a delay in the onset of monsoon rains. "There is no drought-like situation in the country due to delay in monsoons and the loss would be more than made up for in the rains during July and August," Pawar said.
No drought-like situation, no cause for concern: PawarJune 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Brushing aside fears of a drought, union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Sunday said that though the monsoon rains have been delayed this year, there is "no drought-like situation". "There is no drought like situation because of the delay in the monsoon and the losses would be compensated in the months of July and August...
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