Question raised in Rajya Sabha on action plan to face drought situation, 24/07/2015

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on action plan to face drought situation, 24/07/2015. Central Research Institute of Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), ICAR has developed agriculture contingency plans in collaboration with State Agricultural Universities in 600 districts of the country. The contingency plan provides broad advisory to farmers at the district level, prescribing alternate strategies in the event of climatic variability, by factoring in its crops/livestock/aquaculture practices/pattern, soil characteristics, infrastructural facilities etc. These plan are developed based on certain simulated models for different weather conditions like occurrence of drought, flood, cyclones, heat/cold wave, frost, diseases, etc. The details of financial assistance approved for drought in the last five years from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) is at Annexure.