Tag: Farmers suicide
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Two more MP farmers commit suicide, death toll 15 in nine days
Deaths of two more debt-ridden farmers were reported on Tuesday in Madhya Pradesh, taking the death toll in similar cases in the state in the past nine days to 15. Police said Lakshmi Prasad, 70, a resident of Dhamana village in Narsinghpur district, consumed a pesticide. He succumbed while being taken to the district hospital....
June 20, 2017 -
Two more MP farmers commit ‘suicide over farm debt’
Suicide by farmers under debt burden and mounting pressure from moneylenders continues in Madhya Pradesh, though some of these deaths have also been linked to reasons other than farm debt. On Monday, one farmer committed suicide in a village in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's home district Sehore, while another ended his life in Vidisha...
June 19, 2017 -
No ‘Jai Kisan’
Lal Bahadur Shastri was the only Congress prime minister party the BJP would, albeit reluctantly, admit to having enhanced the stature of his office. Yet the ruling NDA government would be capable of emulating only half of that “small giant’s” clarion call that inspired the people as never before. In keeping with its own belligerence...
June 18, 2017 -
Maharashtra farmers suicide: Sena demands special session
Shiv Sena ministers on Tuesday called on Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at his official residence here and demanded a special session of the Maharashtra legislature to discuss the issues plaguing the farmers. "Farm loan waiver is the first issue that needs to be discussed. Unseasonal rains and hailstorms are also plaguing the farmers. Thus, we have...
May 2, 2017 -
Tell us plan to tackle farmer suicides: SC to Centre
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to inform it about the line of action to be taken by states for dealing with the "serious issue" of farmers' suicide. "It is a very serious issue and the Centre should file the proposed line of action to be taken by states with regard to the farmers'...
March 27, 2017 -
Farmer’s suicide case: SC asks Centre to prepare road map within 4 weeks
Expressing deep concern over the rising case of farmers committing suicide across the nation, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to file a detailed reply and the road map within 4 weeks stating proposed line of action on the issue. A top court bench headed by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar termed the...
March 27, 2017 -
Non-fulfillment of promise by the BJP led government led to suicides
The non-fulfilment of the promise by the BJP-led government to waive farm loans has led to 117 farmers committing suicide in Maharashtra alone, the Opposition Congress alleged in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Congress member Pramod Tiwari said of the 117 farmers who committed suicide in Maharashtra, 46 have...
March 20, 2017