01151pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001900040245007300059260000900132300001500141362001100156520076000167650003200927650001200959773003400971180718b2006   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKhera, Reetika  aPolitical economy of state response to drought in Rajasthan, 2000-03  c2006  ap.5163-172  a16 Dec  aBetween 2000 and 2003, Rajasthan experienced two drought years, which had severe effects on the social and economic lives of the people of the state  government initiated relief works on both occasions, the scale of work was different in the state's response to the two years. This paper examines the reasons for the difference in the state's response of the two droughts. Citing greater public pressure during the second draught year as the prime reason for a better response from the state, the article also explores the relationship that exit between different forms of public actions and argues that if it had not been for the strong public action undertaken, the state government's response to the drought in 2002  would have been weak. - Reproduced.  aDrought - India - Rajasthan  aDrought  aEconomic and Political Weekly