-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...
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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...
More »Good news: Vidarbha suicides fall 50% -Vivek Deshpande
-The Indian Express Nagpur: Seven years after the suicide spiral in Vidarbha's six cotton-growing districts touched a record 1,449 in 2006, here's something to celebrate the new year with: the number of deaths fell to about half that number in 2013. The year gone by recorded only 752 suicides , although that number could rise by a few due to some late reporting. It also reflects a markedly improving suicide-to-population ratio considering...
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-Newsclick.in How malnutrition and death have gripped the tribals of Attappadi in Kerala after land alienation in 1996. Neha Dixit reports. Last month, E. K. Bhushan, Kerala Chief Secretary informed the tribal people of Attappadi Hills that they are now entitled to restore 530 hectares of land in the area. This is out of the roughly 4370 hectares of land that was alienated from the tribals after the Tribal Land Amendment Act...
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