Drought-proofing India: R40,000 cr on MGNREGA vs R12,500 cr on irrigation

Given the Met’s disastrous track record in predicting the impact of El Nino events—the first projection in 2009 was of a rainfall level of 96% of the long-period average against the actual levels of just 77%—its initial projections of a 23% probability of deficient rains are scary; more so since, apart from talking of a 60% probability of El Nino conditions building up, it also gives a 33% probability to a ‘below normal’ monsoon.

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