-PTI Maharashtra has reported 135 cases of farmers' suicide in the Aurangabad division during a short period of the first 58 days in 2015 due to successive natural calamities and scarcity situation. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Agriculture Mohanbhai Kundaria also said: "In the last three years i.e. 2012, 2013 and 2014, there were 662 cases of farmers' suicide which were eligible for compensation of...
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The bitter tale of UP’s sugar industry -Mohammad Ali
-The Hindu Meerut (Uttar Pradesh): Harpal, a farmer in Amroha district, used his countrymade rifle to kill himself in the first week of February. The 52-year-old farmer's son Satpal said his father was worried about not being able to return the Rs. 3.27 lakh he had borrowed from local moneylenders two years ago to buy a tractor. "Sugar mills take sometimes two years to pay the full money for the sugarcane crop. We...
More »Human Rights Commission steps in to resolve farmer suicide issue -Sudhir Suryawanshi
-DNA After the dna report, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRM) has asked Maharashtra government to address the farmers issues and look after the compensations package to farmers as well. After the dna report, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRM) has asked Maharashtra government to address the farmers issues and look after the compensations package to farmers as well. Dna had reported on January 30 that the desperate farmers are selling their...
More »Maharashtra Farmer Suicides: 50% of kin denied relief -Chittaranjan Tembhekar
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Families of nearly half of the farmers in Maharashtra who have committed suicide over the last four years are not eligible to get even the paltry Rs 1 lakh compensation thanks to government rules. Maharashtra, along with Tamil Nadu, WB, AP, Chhattisgarh and MP, registers a high number of Farmer Suicides. An RTI application by activist Jitendra Ghadge has revealed that of the total 5,698 suicides registered...
More »How to reap a good harvest -Ajay Jakhar
-The Indian Express I recently witnessed protests in Berlin, against industrialised farming and the planned free-trade agreement between the European Union and the United States, under the banner "We Are Fed Up". Trade issues resonate across Europe, but in India, farmers are oblivious to the inevitable consequences of trade agreements. However, the government seems keen to address issues related to farmers. Yet, success on the farm front can be delusional if...
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