00718pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002100040245004300061260000900104300001600113362001100129520039800140650001200538773003400550180718b2003   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDesai, Bhupat M.  aDrought impact and vision for proofing  c2003  ap.2023-024.  a24 May  aThere is an urgent need to fine-tune drought relief policies, besides making their implementation time-efficient, depoliticised and accountable. Improving the government's total expenditure on agricultural programmes will not only hold up the sector's performance in the event of a monsoon failure, but will also boost its contribution to economic growth and poverty alleviation. - Reproduced.  aDrought  aEconomic and Political Weekly