The Identification and Distribution of Drought-Prone Areas in India
The 1962 Irrigation Commission defined a drought-prone area as one which receives less than 10 cm rainfall and even three-fourths of this is not received in 20 per cent or more of the years under consideration; or an area in which 30 per cent or less of the total cropped area is irrigated. Erratic nature of the monsoons exhibiting late [...]