Task Force on Drought Management

                               (Excerpts from Government of India’s order dated the 30th  July, 2002)

The compositions of Task Force on Drought Management is as under:

Shri L.K.Advani

Deputy Prime Minister

Chairman

Shri P. Chidambaram

Minister of Finance and Company Affairs,

Member

Shri Sharad Pawar

Minister of Agriculture  

Member

Shri Sharad Pawar 

Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

Member

Shri Raghubansh Prasad Singh

Minister of Rural Development, 

Member

Shri K.C. Pant,

 

Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission.

Member

The Task Force will meet as frequently as necessary and initiate appropriate measures for          effective drought management. Whenever necessary, the Task Force may interact with the State Governments.

The Task Force will be serviced by the Ministry of Agriculture.