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Buy and subsribe here Junior science refresher Published this article page no 14 the restoration of ecological balance between water soil plants and human and animal population should be a basic consideration in the strategy of development of drought-prone areas. planning commission of india 1967 identified 67 districts entire or partly of the country prone to drought. irrigation commission 1972 introduced the criterion of 30 per cent irrigated area and demarcated the drought prone areas. broadly the droughtprone area in india spread over semi-arid and arid tract of rajasthan gujarat western madhya pradesh marathwada region of maharashtra rayalseema and telangana plateaus of andhra pradesh karantka plateau and highlands and interior parts of tamil nadu. the drought prone areas of punjab haryana and north-rajasthan are largely protected due to spread of irrigation in these regions junior science refresher magazine buy now.