Tag: Drought

Bolangir: Deficient rainfall and absence of irrigation facilities have dampened the hope of farmers for bumper harvest this year in State especially in western pockets. As per a report of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), ten districts of Odisha registered 19 to 39 per cent less rainfall than the normal between June and August. In […]

Bhubaneswar: To optimise agriculture productivity in the state, the Odisha government will maximise irrigation potential. A decision to this effect was taken at the third Agriculture Cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat here today. Briefing media persons after the meeting, chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi said as per […]

Bhubaneswar: With monsoons receding, the spectre of drought is looming over many parts of Western Odisha. Farming is visibly affected by scanty rainfall in as many as 5 districts. Anticipating a drought-like situation, the State government has started collecting data in Deogarh, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Jharsuguda and Bolangir. The aforementioned districts have received the less than […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as nine months have passed since 27 districts of Odisha were declared drought-hit, the State government is yet to disburse agriculture input subsidy to around 53% of farmers in these districts. Shockingly, only 2% of the drought-affected farmers in Nayagarh district have received the government assistance till date. At 5%, the fate of […]

New Delhi: The Centre has released an amount of Rs 600.52 from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to meet the drought and water scarcity situation in Odisha. The decision came after Chief Minister Naven Patnaik met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his South Block office. The amount of Rs 600.52 crore released today after […]

Bhubaneswar: After targeting the Centre over rice quota under NFSA, the ruling BJD has again trained its guns on the Central government – this time over drought assistance. The ruling party staged demonstrations in the capital city on Monday protesting the decrease in central assistance and delay in release of drought assistance. Moreover, the ruling […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the spectre of drought looms large over most parts of Odisha, farmers in the State are all set to observe the auspicious occasion of Akshay Trutiya on Monday with the hope of a high yield. The farming community celebrates the event by sowing the first seeds of the year which is popularly […]

Bhubaneswar: Paddy procurement for the Rabi season will begin across 19 districts in the second week of May and continue till June 30. The decision was taken at a meeting of the State level paddy procurement committee today. According to sources, the paddy procurement target for the Rabi season has been set at 10.29 lakh […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P K Mohapatra on Monday said the State government had received Rs 427.29 crore from the Centre by way of Phailin and drought assistance on March 31. “Out of the sanctioned amount, Rs 150.75 crore was given as Phailin aid which was due to the State government and Rs […]

Citing delay in getting the honorary certificate from district collectors, the Cooperation department has written a letter to the district administration asking them to submit the document at the earliest so that drought-hit farmers in the State will get loan benefits

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has vehemently protested the decision of the Centre to cut about 20 percent (Rs 214.48 crore) of the drought assistance it had announced for the state late last year.

Odisha among 12 drought affected states would submit their action taken report (ATR) on drought to the Centre at a meeting in New Delhi on January 27

Bhubaneswar: Union minister of state for Agriculture Mohanbhai Kundaria on Thursday claimed that the BJP-led NDA government had sanctioned the highest-ever drought assistance to Odisha as compared to previous governments at the Centre. “The state government had submitted a memorandum seeking about Rs 2200 crore for drought assistance and the Centre has sanctioned Rs 815 […]

The delay on the part of the Centre to release assistance to Odisha for drought mitigation even as it has allocated Rs 1,540 crore to Karnataka from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for the same purpose has stirred a political storm in the State

New Delhi: The Union government is set to begin procuring wheat from farmers in an “active” mode as stocks with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) have plummeted to 6.5 million tonnes — less than half the average maintained — due to the drought in the 2015-16 season. Food Ministry officials said the procurement process will […]