Maharashtra has declared 265 out of 358 talukas as drought-affected due to inadequate rainfall this season. The total rainfall deficit acro...

State agriculture minister Dattatray Bharane has confirmed a large contraction in the production of cotton and soybean, while the agricultu...

El Niño's early onset has triggered a cascade of atypical weather events worldwide. India faced not only monsoon challenges but also signif...

Key pulse and oilseed prices have risen sharply compared to last year. Scanty rains are affecting the current kharif crop and raising rabi ...

India's monsoon rainfall deficit stands at fifteen percent, impacting nearly half of its districts. This shortage threatens summer-sown cro...

Maharashtra has declared a dry day across several cities on Saturday, July 25. Alcohol sales will be prohibited in liquor shops, bars, and ...

This will enable the state government to initiate measures to mitigate the drought and demand assistance from the central government.

Uddhav Thackeray said cultivators had gone to the national capital to get their demands fulfilled but they were lobbed with teargas shells ...

The government had earlier told the high court, which is hearing the PILs, that it had declared 'drought-like situation' in over 29,000 vil...

Maharashtra government today said it will seek a financial assistance of Rs 4,330 crore from the Centre for drought relief.

This is the second successive year of drought in Maharashtra. In fact, the state has experienced three such calamities in the last four yea...

Drought can be declared if there is less than 50 per cent of average rainfall between June and July and if the sown area is less than 50 %.

NCP chief and former Union Minister Sharad Pawar met PM Modi here and discussed the drought situation, particularly in his home state of Ma...

The BJP asked the Maha govt to declare drought in the state, and to seek relief from Central contingency fund to tackle acute water shortag...

Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan - have declared drought in over 390 taluks so far & central teams will visit these states to ...

Maharashtra teeters on the brink while Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, two key states contributing significantly to grain production.

With considerable political mileage to gain from declaring a region as drought-hit, politicians are trying hard to get as many areas in the...