droughts in India

Once a thriving farming community, the villages of rural India now faced an alarming crisis. Rising suicide rates among farmers had aroused concern from experts and activists.

In Kamrauli village of Pipradhi block located in Shivhar district, Bihar, only 30-40 per cent of paddy has been sown so far.

The gradual impacts of worsening droughts caused by climate change could force around 145 million people in the Global South to relocate within their own countries by 2050.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Aridity Anomaly Outlook Index revealed that about 78 per cent of India's districts are experiencing drought-like conditions from May 11-17.