A farmer union leader was shot dead and two people were injured following a scuffle with a group led by a commission agent during the auction of a farmer’s land at Beero Ke Khurd village in Mansa district. Pirthi Singh, 38, of Chak Ali Sher village was shot in the chest, said police. The injured are Lachhman Singh and Tarsem Singh. The incident occurred around 3 pm. Pirthi was the vice-president of...
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CPI demands ban on micro finance firms
The Communist Party of India (CPI) state secretary, Dr K. Narayana, has demanded that the government impose ban on micro finance companies (MFCs) to prevent escalation of suicides in villages. Speaking to reporters here on Friday, he alleged that the government-created poverty has been forcing the farmers and various sections of the society to end their lives and the toll will rise if the MFCs are allowed to continue. He alleged...
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Video Volunteers, a Goa based chapter of an international community media portal is inviting application for its India Unheard program. It is the second round of program under which selected candidates would be trained to make video reports from their area focusing issues, concerns, actions, innovations, traditions etc related to communities. It’s a one year old endeavor to provide fellowship for citizen journalism. The Fellowship is open for Hindi speaking...
More »Forever Stuck in a Cycle of Debt and Death by Uddalak Mukherjee
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, since 2003, one Indian farmer has committed suicide every 30 minutes. In 2008, 16,196 farmers took their own lives, bringing the total number of farmer suicides in India between 1997 and 2008 to 199,132. (Significantly, P. Sainath is of the opinion that like all government data, these figures too are unreliable. For when women farmhands kill themselves, their deaths are not enlisted as...
More »State Bank to jack up rural lending by 25% by Anita Bhoir
State Bank of India, the country’s largest bank, plans to scale up its rural book in keeping with its objective to increase financial inclusion. The bank plans to increase its rural lending book by 25% and its deposit base by about 28%,’’ said Jayanta K Sinha chief general manager, rural business, SBI. The bank is also in the process of teaming up with corporates, who would be Business Correspondents(BC). “In keeping...
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