Amidst sever drought conditions stated to be prevailing in few states, the Centre is mulling to designate farming as an essential services on the lines of Railways and Metro networks so that it can ge

Monsoon rains will not be enough to save the country from its first drought in three years, the weather office said on Thursday as it forecast that the El Nino weather pattern should reduce rains agai

Concerned over poor monsoon in more than half of the country, the Centre on Tuesday announced a slew of measures, including a relief package of about Rs 2,000 crore to states facing drought-like situa

India took steps amid its second drought in just four years to cut irrigation costs and increase fodder supplies for livestock farmers but stopped short of curbing exports of agricultural products or

India will convene its specialist panel of ministers on drought early next week to review the monsoon situation, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said, the first time since the drought year of 2009 as this year's rains fall below average.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday reviewed the drought-like situation in some parts of the country and its impact on prices with Food Minister K.V. Thomas who suggested stepping up imports of

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) is doing course correction admitting that its second stage forecast has also proved to be off the mark.

IMD had forecast that the Long Period Average for

India's crucial monsoon rains are now expected to be below average, the government said on Monday, turning to contingency plans as rainfall has been about a fifth under par so far and recent rains hav

Farmers in remote Paliganj block in Bihar have benefited from a technology mission in agriculture initiated by former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam with productivity of staple grains, rice and wheat, m

The monsoon rains have revived and are expected to remain active at least until the end of this month, weather officials said on Friday, easing risks of a drought for now and helping planting to pick