The economic analysts are of the view that northern part of India is most likely to get affected by drought since the southwest monsoon will apparently get scattered in central part f the country. They have also said that the officials of the concerned ministries were apparently discussing the drought hitting possibility in nearly 30 per cent of the land in the country.

They have also said that industrial growth had been weak and this situation might cause more trouble to the country. In fact, July is considered as an important month since monsoon hits several parts of the country in the month of the July and even in the month end of July, many northern parts of the country didn't witness significant rainfall. The experts said that in average, the rainfall this July was 20 per cent less than average. In fact, the predictions are high that by July 13, more than 60 per cent of country's land received less than average rainfall.

Ashok Gulati, Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP) chairman has told the media that the current situation can be compared to the drought situation in 2009 in terms of rainfall. Already Karnataka and some parts of Maharashtra have been officially declared drought hit. And if the situation continues the same, several other states in the country will reportedly be declared as drought-hit.

(AW Phani)