(a) the details of the report of the Central Team on drought situation in the country including
Uttar Pradesh and Bundelkhand region in Madhya Pradesh;
(b) whether the Government has provided any financial assistance (packag
(e) to these two
States on the basis of the said report; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE(SHRI KANTI LAL BHURIA)
(a)to(c): An Inter-Ministerial Central Study Team visited the Bundelkhand areas and some tehsils
in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh in the 4th Week of January,2008 and the Bundelkhand areas
of Madhya Pradesh in the 1st week of February,2008,to study the drought like situation in these
areas with a view to assessing the ground situation and the scale of implementation of various
medium-term and long-term drought mitigation programmes/schemes and to recommend strategy and
various measures that are required for agriculture development suitable for the areas to ameliorate
the current situation. The Team submitted its report which is under consideration.