-The Times of India LUCKNOW: Around 25,000 farmers in Mathura have sought permission from President Pranab Mukherjee to commit suicide on August 15 after a 17-year-long struggle to get compensation from the government. What looks to be a new trend, the development comes a day after 70 Vyapam scam accused lodged in Gwalior, around 175 kms from Mathura, raised a similar demand, citing judicial disparity. Demanding compensation against 700 acre of their lands...
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Farmers’ suicides: CPI(M) outfit organises rally in Delhi on Monday
-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: All India Kisan Sabha, the farmers’ outfit of CPI (M), has decided to hold a protest of the family members of farmers who committed suicide in the last one year. Families of about 100 farmers, who committed suicide, will sit in front of Parliament to protest the policies of the Narendra Modi Government on Monday. Alarming rise CPI (M) Polit Bureau member and AIKS General Secretary Hannan...
More »A policy failure in pulses -Ashutosh Kumar Tripathi
-The Financial Express The criteria for fixing MSP of pulses should be sensitive to prevailing market prices The agricultural price policy, which aimed at providing a remunerative and stable price environment to farmers through MSPs and obligatory procurement by government agencies, has helped India overcome massive food shortages to emerge as a net exporter of food. Though the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Agricultural Prices Commission requires that policy-induced incentive should...
More »Karnataka farmer suicide rate hits highest in a decade -Nidheesh MK
-Livemint.com A total of 158 farmers killed themselves in July in the state, bringing this year’s toll of farmer suicides to 197, the most since 2003 Bengaluru: The farmer suicide rate in Karnataka has hit the highest level in a decade, highlighting agrarian distress in the state. A total of 158 farmers killed themselves in July alone in the state, government data showed, bringing this year’s toll of farmer suicides to 197,...
More »Modi sees land bill freeze loss for east -Radhika Ramaseshan
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes that the biggest losers of the deadlock over the Centre's land acquisition bill would be Bengal, Odisha and Bihar, sources close to him have said. Whether the bill is blocked or passed in a watered-down version, it will hobble his ambitions of bringing the eastern states on a par economically with the western states, they explained. If the Modi government fails to evolve a...
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