-The Hindu At least five cases have been reported in recent times from western part of the State Meerut (Uttar Pradesh): When Rahul, a sugarcane farmer in Badaut area of Baghpat district in western U.P., shot himself on the night of September 13, he had a debt of Rs. 12 lakh. Rahul shot himself with his brother's licensed rifle in his house in Dhikana village. Anil Kumar, the Station House Officer of Badaut...
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Suicide prevention a health priority: Health Minister
-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has expressed grief over the national loss in valuable human resources which is owed to the rising tendency of young people to commit Suicide when facing seemingly unconquerable adversity. Inaugurating a mass contact programme in Thrissur, Kerala, today to conscientise the general public about the increasing rate of Suicides, Dr Harsh Vardhan said, "The mounting incidence of...
More »Undivided AP witnessed 2014 farmer Suicides last year
-The Times of India HYDERABAD: In what could be seen a possible reflection of an agrarian crisis, 2014 farmers -- 1211 in Telangana and 803 farmers in Andhra -- committed Suicide in the undivided state in 2013. The data provides a comprehensive analysis and break-up based on age, gender and districts on all farmers' Suicides recorded last year. Among districts, Mahbubnagar topped the list in Telangana with 287 deaths and in Andhra, this...
More »'Decision on GM Tech Should Be Left to Farmers'
-The New Indian Express CHENNAI: Taking out a sharp attack on the anti-GM environmental activists, Professor Dr Shanthu Shantharam of the Iowa State University's Seed Science Centre said that the decision on the usage of GM crops should be left to farmers and not to environmental activists. He was speaking at a seminar on ‘GM Technology - Myth and Reality' organised by the Industrial Economist magazine on Saturday at the CLRI. "Let...
More »Too Many Farmers Are Committing Suicide -Terezia Farkas
-The Huffington Post Farmers are committing Suicide as you read this article. In countries like India, the rate of farmer Suicides has become a national crisis. The World Health Organization (WHO) is particularly concerned with farmer Suicides because of the impact it is having on families. WHO estimates that one person commits Suicide every 13.3 minutes. The U.S. farmer Suicides rates are just under two times that of the general population. In...
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