The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it of the current status of welfare schemes like MGNREGA, National Food Security and mid-day meal in 12 drought-hit states across the country. <br/><br/>A bench of Justices M B Lokur and R K Agrawal also asked the authorities to specify the criteria for declaration of the drought and sought information about rainfall in these states.<br/><br/>The bench was hearing a PIL which alleged that parts of states like Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Haryana and Chattisgarh have been hit by drought and the authorities were not providing adequate relief.