According to a study by NITI Aayog, 21 Indian cities will run out of groundwater by next year, including New Delhi and the information technology hub of Bengaluru.
According to a 2018 Niti Aayog report, 21 Indian cities, including Chennai, are expected to run out of groundwater by 2020.According to a 2018 Niti Aayog report, 21 Indian cities, including Chennai, are expected to run out of groundwater by 2020.
Four southern states — Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu — have been gripped by drought, and people blame politicians for ignoring them.
In Maharashtra's Hiware Bazar, farmers compare loan waivers to the IPL, saying they are a short-term hack with no real potential to resolve farm distress.
The answer to why one region can deal with a terrible drought and another can't lies basically in its politics — because in a democracy votes decide where the state invests.
Cape Town and Chennai in recent years endured punishing droughts. Similar conditions afflicted Bengaluru and Hyderabad last year. Now Tehran is facing the same emergency.
With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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