India has not reached drought situation yet:
India has not reached the drought situation yet, although it faces the challenge of maintaining record foodgrain production due to weak monsoons this year, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said in New Delhi today.
NEW DELHI - India is facing its worst drought in nearly 40 years because of a once-in-a-generation shortfall in summer rains, a meteorologist said Wednesday, a shortage that threatens to stall the country's recovery from the global economic downturn.