Uttarakhand floods, a marker of climate change

Migrant workers stranded yet again 

Responding to the second wave of COVID-19 in rural India

The Uttarakhand disaster: A warning to be better prepared!

Parliamentary committee expresses disappointment over slow pace of Namami Gange

Droughts and Floods

Industrial and other Manmade Disasters

Natural Disasters

Food and Nutrition

Coronavirus

Governance

Government Programmes

Migration

Health

Glaciers and Polar Ice Caps

Agriculture, an important sector of our economy accounts for 14 per cent of the nation’s GDP and about 11 per cent of its exports. India has the second largest arable land base (159.7 million hectares) after US and largest gross irrigated area (88 milion hectares) in the world. Rice, wheat, cotton, oilseeds, jute, tea, sugarcane, milk and potatoes are the major agricultural commodities produced. More importantly, over 60 per cent of the country’s population, comprising several million small farming households, depends on agriculture as a principal income source and land continues to be the main asset for livelihood security. 