-Newsclick.in The recovery team ‘created a scene’ in front of the farmer’s relatives at his house in a village in Bijnor hours before his niece’s wedding. Lucknow: A 43-year-old debt-ridden farmer committed Suicide in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Bijnor district on Friday after being allegedly humiliated by the loan recovery team of the village cooperative society. A resident of Hasanpur Jat village, under Haldaur Police Station, Revati Singh had taken a loan of about...
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88% of Over 9,000 Punjab Farmers Who Died by Suicide in 18 Years Were Debt-Ridden: Study -Vivek Gupta
-TheWire.in The Panjab Agriculture University study examined deaths by Suicide among farmers between 2000 and 2018 in six districts of the state. Chandigarh: As many as 9,291 farmers died by Suicide between 2000 and 2018 in six districts of Punjab, a Panjab Agriculture University (PAU) study published in the latest edition of Economic and Political Weekly has revealed. The districts surveyed were Sangrur, Bathinda, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga and Barnala. Heavy debt – most incurred...
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-The Hindu Mysuru: Members of State Federation of Farmers and Sugarcane Cultivators Association staged a demonstration in the city on Sunday demanding India’s exit from the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The demonstration was held heeding the strike call issued by Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangha and is part of a nation-wide agitation being conducted by farmers in support of their demands. Kurubur Shanthakumar, president of Sugarcane Cultivators Association, who addressed the farmers said that ever...
More »Rising Farmer Suicides Leaves Families Adrift as Vidarbha Grapples With Multiple Crises -Deepanshu Mohan, Jignesh Mistry, Vanshika Mittal, Rishiraj Sen and Mohd. Rameez
-TheWire.in The crisis is well known and has been written about for decades now. Government intervention has taken place but little has changed. The Vidarbha region of Maharashtra consists of eleven districts: Akola, Amravati, Washim, Nagpur, Yavatmal, Wardha, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Bhandara, Gadchiroli and Gondia. As of 2012, 65% of the population living in this region was solely dependent on agriculture and allied activities for their livelihood and vocational needs. This is due to...
More »3 Sisters, 2 Of Them Pregnant, Die By Suicide With 2 Children Over Dowry -Harsha Kumari Singh
-NDTV.com Rajasthan Triple Suicide: One of the children was a 4-year-old boy and the other was a 27-day old infant. Two of the women were pregnant. Jaipur: A tragic Suicide case shocked Rajasthan as three sisters, all married into the same family, died by Suicide along with two children. One of the children was a 4-year-old boy and the other was a 27-day old infant. Worse, two of the women were pregnant...
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