-ANI/ThePrint.in Yavatmal (Maharashtra): Around 60 farmers have died by suicide in the last 43 days in the Yavatmal area of Maharashtra failing to repay the debt following the torrential rains. District collector, Amol Yedge assured that the government is taking steps to reduce the number of suicide incidents in the state. According to the official, 205 such cases have been reported in the state this year. Speaking to ANI, Yedge said, “48 farmer suicides...
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Over 25 Deaths Reported in Four States During Ganesh Idol Immersions
-TheWire.in/ With PTI inputs Nineteen deaths were reported in separate incidents in Maharashtra, three in UP, six in Haryana and one in Hyderabad during Ganesh idol immersions on Friday. New Delhi: More than 25 people, including children, have died during the immersion of Ganesh idols in four states of the country on Friday, September 9. The ten-day Ganesh festival, which had started on August 31, ended on Friday. Maharashtra At least 19 persons died, 14...
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 »CSE bats for organic and natural farming
-Centre for Science and Environment * Releases new report that presents irrefutable evidence of the benefits of non-chemical agriculture * Yesterday’s Budget promises to promote chemical-free natural farming, but it is a half-hearted promise at best, as no separate allocation has been made in it, says CSE * CSE’s asks: Invest in organic and natural farming. Make it a mass movement New Delhi, February 2, 2022: “Despite the push given to it through periodic...
More »How agri credit is a source of survival for small farmers -Radheshyam Jadhav
-The Hindu Business Line A majority of them take loans from moneylenders and for non-agricultural needs A few years ago when Chayatai Parkhi’s husband Ashok ended his life as he was unable to pay debt taken from banks and moneylenders, Chayatai was forced to take another loan from a moneylender to perform a series of religious rites after the cremation of her husband. Ashok had taken a loan for his daughter’s marriage...
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