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Center Owned by The Tribune TrustIIT Bombay’s new portal can forecast agricultural droughts across India 4 weeks ahead
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Maharashtra has created a drought mitigation panel and approved relief of ₹291.91 crore for farmers affected by floods. The steps come after deficient rainfall in parts of the state in 2026, leading to a drought declaration in talukas identified under the Kharif season’s Trigger‑1 assessment. A crop‑loss survey has started in 365 drought‑hit mandals, and the state government is likely to pay ₹10,000 per acre to farmers who lost crops due to the El Niño‑related rainfall deficit. Earlier, the government had released ₹37 crore for Murasu cyclone relief under G.O. Rt. No. 120.
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In a novel step, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has developed a public portal that can forecast agricultural drought conditions across India up to four weeks in advance. The web portal, KrishiDrought, has been developed by the institute’s Ecohydrology research group, led by…
