NEW DELHI: A quarter of India’s districts are facing the threat of drought and sowing of crops are 20 percent lower than the previous year,finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday.
India is heavily dependent on the June to September monsoon rains for farm output, to help rural income and to drive economic growth. After the driest June in 83 years, the annual rains have been more than a quarter below below normal this season.
“Monsoon situation is still erratic,” Mukherjee told reporters. “One hundred and sixty one districts have been declared drought-prone. So far as sowing is concerned, 20 percent would be down,” he said.
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NEW DELHI: A quarter of India’s districts are facing the threat of drought and sowing of crops are 20 percent lower than the previous year,finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday.
India is heavily dependent on the June to September monsoon rains for farm output, to help rural income and to drive economic growth. After the driest June in 83 years, the annual rains have been more than a quarter below below normal this season.
“Monsoon situation is still erratic,” Mukherjee told reporters. “One hundred and sixty one districts have been declared drought-prone. So far as sowing is concerned, 20 percent would be down,” he said.
