Current Affairs - State - Discussion

Maharashtra launches website and app Maha madat to analyze drought situation. The main aim of the Website app to help in the accurate analysis of the drought-like situation in villages of the state. The website has been created by the Relief and Rehabilitation Ministry with the help of the Maharashtra Remote Sensing Application Centre (MRSAC). The Region is declared as Drought based on the two criteria laid down by the Centre in 2016. Drought can be declared if a region does not receive rain for a span of 21 days.