Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha today reviewed the situation arising out of rain deficiency and drought affected areas of the country. The Chief Secretaries of all the drought affected states participated in the meeting in New Delhi.The issue of the timely initiative on diesel, seed, horticulture and fodder subsidy relief during drought was reviewed. <br/><br/>Other critical issues of providing additional employment of 50 days under MGNREGA over and above 100 days and preparation of crop contingency plans for districts facing drought and allocation for drought relief under Rashtriya Krishi Vikash Yojana were also discussed. Mr Sinha asked the Central Government Departments to make immediate allocation of funds to the State Governments under RKVY for procurement of fodder and release of funds for rural drinking water supply.During the meeting, the Central Drought Relief Commissioner made an presentation on rain fall deficiency and Kharif 2015, Rabi 2015-16 and measures taken to obviate difficulties faced by the farmers in the drought hit states.