Rainfall and other forms of Precipitation

Above normal rainfall for India as El Nino comes to an end

Monsoon delayed by a week, to reach Kerala by June 7: IMD

Kishan Yadav has a lot in common with the popular flute-playing god whose namesake he is. They share a name, a caste, a profession, and the land they live on.

The farmers of Jharkhand have long been depending on lac farming for their livelihood. Lac, a resin extensively used in preparation of a range of products - from cosmetics to ammunition - is cultivated on a variety of trees, mostly fruit-bearing and shady trees like Ber, Kusum, Palash and Sal.

Drought has hit 33 crore people across 10 states, informs Centre

Good southwest monsoon expected this year as El Nino declines

Environmentalists unhappy with the draft of new Wetland Rules 2016

India Water Week 2016 with the theme 'Water for All: Striving together' inaugurated in New Delhi 

Reservoir levels dip, Maharashtra urges people to celebrate dry holi

It was 1961. Simon Oraon, a Class IV school drop-out began his journey against drought in Bedo, a tribal block of Ranchi, Jharkhand. An idealistic young man, he along with his fellow villagers began constructing earthen dams to capture rainwater for recharging groundwater.