Review of Droughts over Indian Region

None of the two Indian monsoons are similar in nature, special coverage, intensity, affecting the people, and withering the crops. ENSO is one of the major role player in influencing rainfall worldwide and thus over Indian region as well. In the literature of Indian monsoon, ENSO is widely studied in association with droughts. Apart than ENSO there are IOD, influence of mid-latitude cold-dry air intrusion, low count of monsoon depressions, west Pacific Ocean convection, east equatorial Indian Ocean convection and few more, those induces the droughts over Indian subcontinent. A compact view of their impact and relationship with ISMR is been described in this review paper.