Farmer Suicide

What is BJP doing to prevent farmer suicides in Maharashtra, Cong asks PM

The Congress hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday by posing questions to him on Maharashtra, asking what is the BJP doing to prevent farmer suicides in the states. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh posed questions to the PM ahead of his rallies in Chimur and Solapur and asked why has the BJP "diluted" Adivasis' forest rights in Maharashtra. In 2006, the Congress had passed the revolutionary Forest Rights Act (FRA) which granted Adivasis and forest-dwelling communities legal rights to manage their own forests, and economically benefit from forest produce they collect, he pointed out. "The BJP government, however, has obstructed the implementation of the FRA, depriving millions of Adivasis of its benefits. Only 52% (2,06,620 claims) of the 4,01,046 individual claims filed have been granted, and land titles distributed cover only 23.5% (11,769 sq. km) of the 50,045 sq. km eligible for community rights," Ramesh said in his post on X. Why ha

Tejasvi Surya, Kannada news portals' editors booked for spreading fake news

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya and editors of some Kannada news portals have been booked for allegedly spreading fake news linking a farmer's suicide to land disputes with Waqf Board, police said on Friday. Sharing the article of the news portals on 'X', the Bengaluru South MP on November 7 alleged that a farmer in Haveri district died by suicide after finding his land had been taken over by the Board. "In their haste to appease minorities, CM@Siddaramaiah @BZ ZameerAhmed K have unleashed catastrophic effects in Karnataka that are becoming impossible to contain with every passing day," Surya alleged. The post was deleted by the MP later after Haveri district Superintendent of Police termed the news article as fake. "The news shared is false. No such incident was reported. The farmer mentioned here, Rudrappa Channappa Balikai suicide was reported on 06/01/2022 and it was reported due to loan and crop loss," the SP said. A case was registered under 174 CrPC in Adar police station and the fina

Kerala farmer ends life due to financial crisis; Guv, Oppn criticise govt

A farmer ended his life in the Kuttanad region in this southern district on Saturday allegedly due to financial problems as he did not get payment for paddy procurement. A suicide note, purportedly written by the farmer K G Prasad, accusing the Left government and some banks of being responsible for him taking the extreme step, triggered a political row in the state. Governor Arif Muhammed Khan, who visited a hospital in nearby Thiruvalla where the deceased man's mortal remains were kept, said farmers have been facing a huge crisis in the state and his "heart goes out to Prasad's family". Expressing deep grief over the death, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, V D Satheesan alleged that the government failed in paddy procurement and payments for farmers were due for months. The 55-year-old Prasad, a paddy farmer hailing from Ambedkar Colony in Thakazhi here, had consumed poison on Friday night, police said. Though he was admitted to a hospital in Thiruvalla, he died in the wee

'Madhya Pradesh is epicentre of corruption': Rahul Gandhi ahead of polls

Criticising the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh for alleged corruption, Rahul Gandhi said that 18,000 farmers have died by suicide under BJP's rule

Unable to repay loan, a 40-year-old farmer commits suicide in UP's Mahoba

Rakesh Sahu was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his house in Subhash Nagar locality under Panvadi township on Friday, police said

Farmers suicides not part of NCRB as data from states were untenable: Govt

Many states and Union territories reported "Nil" data on suicides by farmers or cultivators and agricultural labourers, the Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said in Rajya Sabha

Farmers, joblessness top agenda in Cong's Maharashtra, Haryana poll pitch

The opposition party claimed the government is on its way out due to "slowdown and lockdown"

Farmer suicides spiked after UPA's Rs 70k cr loan waiver: Parshottam Rupala

Supreme Court has stated that it will be for the Union Government to determine whether and if so what, course should be adopted for this purpose

Death in the farmlands: Suicides in agriculture sector decline 32% in 2016

Suicides by farm labourers increased 9% to 5,019 in 2016 (14 every day) from 4,595 in 2015 (13 every day)

A stress index may prevent farmer suicide in India: Here's how it'll help

PAU will create a 'stress index' (SI) for farmers

Another Madhya Pradesh farmer ends life, this time in CM Chouhan's district

Suicide came a day after Chouhan announced a slew of measures to end farmer woes in Madhya Pradesh

Letters: Farmers' plight

Clearly, no government in the country is doing much to improve the lot of farmers

Tell us plan to tackle farmers' suicide, Supreme Court asks Centre

Court said govt should come out with policy which deals with root causes of farmers taking such step

SC favours national policy over farmers' suicides

NGO sought a direction to state to pay compulsory financial aid of Rs 30,000 per hectare to farmers

Farm suicides up 2% in 2015

According to the data of NCRB, of the 12,602 persons, 8,007 were farmers or cultivators

Over 12,000 suicides in farm sector in 2014

In Punjab, compensation is enhanced from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 3 lakh, AP, Telangana also increased amount to Rs 5 lakh

Govt should act fast to check farmers' suicide in Maharashtra: K T S Tulsi

Said 3,000 farmers have committed suicide during the last three years in Maharashtra