-The Hindu KRRS and Hasiru Sene seek to remind CM Kumaraswamy of his pre-poll promise of a loan waiver MYSURU: Farmers from the region have come out with a 10-point agenda for the new coalition government in the State to ensure the welfare of cultivators and mitigate agricultural distress. The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene have sought to remind the Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy of his pre-election promise of a...
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The spectre of suicide -V Sridhar
-Frontline As rural Karnataka reels under an unprecedented wave of suicides by farmers, the State administration looks on, unwilling to address the reasons that have rendered rural livelihoods fragile. DEATH stalks rural Karnataka. In the 41 days between July 1 and August 10, as many as 245 farmers committed suicide, an average of six a day; since April 1, 284 farmers have taken their lives. As a bewildered State government gropes...
More »Raichur District on the Brink of Drought -K Ramakrishna
-The New Indian Express RAICHUR: The rains have let down the farmers of the district who are unable to start ploughing or sowing, particularly in rain-fed areas. Of the three lakh hectares of cultivable area, sowing has not started in even a single hectare. Of the 1,64,950 hectares of rain-fed areas, 1,42,150 hectares are irrigated by Tungabhadra left bank canal (Tungabhadra river) and Narayanpur right bank canal (Krishna river), but thanks to the...
More »Farmers confront Moily on GM trials issue
-The Hindu I have not approved such trials: Union Minister Bangalore: Confronted by farmers on the issue of permission given for field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops, Union Minister for Environment and Forests M. Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said that "he only examined the file concerned and returned it without approving any such trials." Mr. Moily was reacting to farmers associated with the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and South Indian Co-ordination...
More »Anganwadi children to get millet-based food soon
-The Hindu Millet-based food for anganwadi children Bidar (Karnataka): The district unit of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) has convinced the district administration to introduce millets in the food provided to anganwadi children. "This initiative is the first of its kind in the country," Vishwanath Patil Koutha, president of the district unit of KRRS, said. This would address, at least partly, the long-standing issue of malnutrition among children in the Hyderabad Karnataka district,...
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