When Drought Is Declared in India?

Severe drought is declared if three impact indicators are in the severe category. Moderate drought is declared if two of the three impact indicators are in the “moderate” or “severe” class. Drought is classified as normal for all other cases.

When did India declare drought?

Take the drought of 2009, the severest one to strike in the past 35 years and which affected around 400 million people (see 'A homegrown drought'. It was the first time in independent India that the government declared a drought while the monsoon was still on.

WHO declares drought UPSC India?

IMD declares a year to be a drought year, in case the area is affected by moderate and severe drought, either individually or together and for 20-40% of the total area of the country.