-India Today Failure of crops and debt are wreaking havoc in the lives of farmers of Madhya Pradesh. In the last two weeks, there has been a sudden spurt in the number of suicides committed by the debt-ridden farmers in Bhopal, Sehore, Damoh, Tikamgarh, Chhattarpur, Bhind, Sagar, Ashok Nagar, Guna and Betul districts. Since March 1, nearly two dozen farmers committed suicide in the state; in the last 72 hours two...
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A faulty food security plan-Jean-Pierre Lehmann and Suddha Chakravartti
-The Financial Express The Indian success story increasingly looks like a tale of naivety and optimistic complacency. The Indian success story increasingly looks like a tale of naivety and optimistic complacency, with the fantasy of ‘India Shining' obfuscating the reality of widespread deprivation. Despite rapid economic growth during the past decade, millions continue to live in poverty and hunger. The Indian government aims to address abject hunger and malnutrition with the National Food...
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-The Hindu ‘Loss of crops, deaths in heavy rains, a national calamity' Madhya Pradesh: Calling the loss of crops and deaths in this week's torrential rain and hailstorm a national calamity, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan has said that Rs. 2,000 crore would be set aside for relief in the Vote-on-Account in the Vidhan Sabha starting on Monday. Forty-nine of the State's 51 districts have witnessed hailstorm and heavy rains due to...
More »After Farmers Commit Suicide, Debts Fall on Families in India -Ellen Barry
-The New York Times BOLLIKUNTA, India - Latha Reddy Musukula was making tea on a recent morning when she spotted the money lenders walking down the dirt path toward her house. They came in a phalanx of 15 men, by her estimate. She knew their faces, because they had walked down the path before. After each visit, her husband, a farmer named Veera Reddy, sank deeper into silence, frozen by some terror...
More »Brutalised migrants of western Odisha-Pramathesh Ambasta
-The Hindu The chopping off of the palms of two migrant workers is a wake-up call The gruesome incident of the chopping off of the palms of two migrant labourers of Kalahandi district of western Odisha by the labour contractor mafia in December 2013 should serve as a wake-up call. The incident highlights the ruthless extent to which the mafia can go to meet its ends and brings home the fact that...
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