Rainfall deficit India

Karnataka is in the grips of an acute drought. Will the southwest monsoon save it? Photo: Nidhi Jamwal

Not Just Chennai, India’s Drought Situation Is Far Worse Than We Realise

A farmer weeding a maize field in Bihar. Credit: CIMMYT/Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Centre’s New Drought Manual Likely to Aggravate Farm Distress