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Water woes
A favourable monsoon forecast should not make us forget the broader water scarcity challenge facing India
1 min read1 May 2017India needs National Water Commission to deal with new challenges: report
The Central Water Commission and the Central Ground Water Board were created in a different era and needed restructuring, says a report
3 min read10 Aug 2016Digital story of drought and death
The struggle for water has become so intense that farmers are paying the price with their lives
4 min read6 Jul 2016In Bundelkhand, cattle deaths, hunger signal looming famine
With food and water in short supply, farmers in Bundelkhand are leaving cattle to fend for themselves
8 min read6 May 2016The pulse of India’s agrarian economy
Pulses use less water per unit crop and also address hidden hunger
3 min read5 May 2016Heatwave: Phalodi in Rajasthan hottest place at 46.5 degree Celsius
Several states in India continued to reel under heatwave; two persons died of suspected sunstroke in Kerala's Kozhikode on Saturday
1 min read1 May 2016Drought affected 19 million hectares in 7 states, Govt tells Parliament
Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh tells Rajya Sabha that the seven states had sought a financial assistance of Rs24,341 crore for drought relief
3 min read5 Dec 2015Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared