The farmer loan relief declared for the drought hit Yavatmal district by the State Government is delayed unnecessarily for want of necessary orders from the Government.
the latest embarrassment for the IPCC relates to a claim in a 2007 report that estimates up to 40% of the Amazonian rainforest could be lost by even a 'slight reduction' in rainfall.
The high food inflation is seen as an impact of drought on the kharif crop and the rabi is expected to bring some relief, but an analysis of the trend in inflation rate shows deeper structural problems that go beyond crop cycles.
After a long period of continuous decline, the area under paddy cultivation in Kerala has increased from 2.29 lakh hectares in 2007-08 to 2.34 lakh hectares in 2008-09...