-The New York Times As politicians scramble for India's 815 million votes in the most expensive and closely contested general election in the nation's history, an unexpected protest is rumbling from what was once one of the country's most placid voter blocs: its farmers. The protest is inflamed by rising attention to the shocking Suicide rate on India's hardscrabble farms. Since 1995, more than 290,000 farmers have killed themselves. Though that figure,...
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-The Hindu Business Line Underpaid and overworked, India's nurses are in need of better treatment from the society they care for Florence Nightingale called nursing the finest of fine arts. But Molly Sibbichan would have disagreed. On March 16, Sunday, the 42-year-old nurse, employed with the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, hanged herself inside her south Delhi home. Molly's Suicide note said work pressure and stress pushed her to kill...
More »India's shocking rates of Suicide are highest in areas with most debt-ridden farmers
-News-Medical.net A new study has found that India's shocking rates of Suicide are highest in areas with the most debt-ridden farmers who are clinging to tiny smallholdings - less than one hectare - and trying to grow 'cash crops', such as cotton and coffee, that are highly susceptible to global price fluctuations. The research supports a range of previous case studies that point to a crisis in key areas of India's agriculture...
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-NewsMobile.in Suicide rates in India are among the highest in the world. With 187,000 Suicides per year, one-fifth of all global Suicides occur in India. Farmer Suicides are often reported in the media and are subject to a great deal of political debate. A recent study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine indicated farmer Suicides might be disproportionate to the population as whole, reporting rural Suicide rates were twice...
More »Congress did little for farmers, BJP even less -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Given the poll season, every political party's heart is beating for the farmer. While AAP's Arvind Kejriwal has brought out figures of farmer Suicides in Gujarat, Narendra Modi has repeatedly lamented about such deaths under UPA regime. However, a look at government data on farmer Suicides since 1995 (to 2012) shows that no party or politician has done anything for the farmer. In fact, BJP...
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