Drought in Maharashtra
After two years of relatively good rains, large parts of Maharashtra (especially the Marathwada region and the adjoining districts of Jalgaon, Nashik, Ahmednagar, Sholapur, Amravati and Yavatmal), North Gujarat, Saurashtra, Kutch and North Karnataka are reeling under drought.
What is different this time is that it has been induced by the southwest monsoon’s failure in the second half of the season. The rains were, in fact, quite good in most of these areas during June-July.
Three-Step Approach
- The first step is to look at two mandatory indicators — ....
A manual published by the Ministry of Agriculture in 2016 suggests a three-step approach.
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