-TheWire.in Out of the 144 recorded farmer suicides, over 40 were from outside the Cauvery delta region. Observers and farmers directly attribute demonetisation as one major factor behind the suicides. Tamil Nadu is facing one of its worst agrarian crises since independence. All of the state’s 32 districts have been officially declared as ‘drought-affected’. In a statement issued on January 10, chief minister O. Panneerselvam announced that the move was necessitated following...
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Taps run dry in major parts of Delhi
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Water supply was hit in several parts of the city as "dangerously high" levels of ammonia in raw Water forced suspension of operations at Chandrawal and Wazirabad treatment plants on Sunday. Areas in north and central Delhi, Delhi Cantt, parts of south and southwest Delhi and those under NDMC were affected. The supply is likely to remain disrupted for a major part of Monday too. At...
More »Subsidy to farmers is misfiring, finds study -Mihika Basu
-Bangalore Mirror ICAR researchers say subsidised electricity benefitting only medium and large farmers Stating that the policy decision to provide free or subsidised electricity has been a key driver for widespread groundWater exploitation, estimates by ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, Ballari, reveal that in Karnataka, groundWater depletion has forced farmers to drill up to depths of 200 to 300 metres, costing about Rs 2.5-3 lakh for a successful...
More »Crisis time in Kerala; rice bowl Palakkad worst affected -Vinson Kurian
-The Hindu Business Line Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala is anticipating a significant drop in agricultural output as a result of the successive failures of the South-West and North-East monsoons in 2016. While the June-September season left a gaping rain deficit of 34 per cent, the October-December season that followed has proved even more disastrous, with a shortfall of 61 per cent. Significant variation Such a significant departure from the norm is causing an unprecedented crisis to...
More »Drought aggravates farm distress in South -Vishwanath Kulkarni
-The Hindu Business Line Bengaluru: Farmers in Karnataka, like their counterparts in other states who have been impacted by the drop in prices and cash shortage triggered by demonetisation, have another problem to contend with — crop loss on account of the failure of rains. It has been a kind of a triple whammy for farmers in the region. Besides being forced to reap a lower kharif output on account of a...
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