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FARMER SUICIDES IN INDIA
Nana Patekar, despite Rs 80 crore net worth, once refused to buy Rs 1.5 crore car. Writer reveals why: ‘He gave Rs 15,000 cheques to grieving families of…’The film industry is busy mourning the demise of veteran actor Nana Patekar, who breathed his last at 75. In light of his death, the actor’...- Regulating crops doesn't guarantee better profitability for farmers: FSII Director GeneralRegulating crops is not an end in itself and does not guarantee better profitability for farmers, Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSI...
- How a tycoon's death in a river laid bare India's mounting debt crisisSiddhartha's suicide has put a spotlight on problems of corporate elite-wide cash crunch and slowing growth.
- View: Neither freebies nor loan waivers will reduce farmer suicidesThere is little evidence that farm loan waivers, or water, fertiliser and electricity subsidies reduce farmer suicide.
- 10% drop in farm suicides, 11,000 cases in 2016: GovtActivists punch holes in the provisional figures shared by the government saying the dip in numbers was due to a tweak in the categories.
- Technology means slower power growth in IndiaIncreased access to electricity is an infrastructure matter, but it is also a technological one -- and technology is both enabling electrif...
- Government increases MSP of pulses, oil-seeds and cotton to support farmers amid price fallCenter has increased the minimum support price (MSP) of pulses, oil-seeds and cotton for the 2017-18 crop year and asked states to procure ...
- Over 12,000 farmer suicides per year, Centre tells Supreme Court"A total of 12,602 persons involved in farming sector -- 8,007 farmers-cultivators and 4,595 agricultural labourers - committed suicide dur...
- Government conducting study on agrarian distressIt is an-all India coordinated study conducted in work plan 2016-17 period by Bengaluru-based Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC...
- Poke Me: Farmer suicides in the country is not just issue of debtFarmer suicides have fallen significantly over the last one decade, to less than 10% of all suicides. It remains, however, a politically em...
- Farmer suicide: All India Kisan Sabha asks government to provide Rs 10 lakh to kinTerming the death of as "heart breaking", AIKS expressed sympathy with Singh's family.
- Davos 2013: Kamal Nath's poser to debt-laden countriesHe made the comments in a lighter vein at a breakfast session here on the sidelines of WEF annual meeting, when asked about farmer suicides...
- Chhattisgarh eliminates farmer suicides by fudging death dataA ground investigation shows the claim of eliminating farmer suicides may be nothing more than a statistical feat.
- Climate change can lead to psychiatric illness: WHOEstablishing a link between climate change and mental health, the WHO has said extreme weather conditions like floods, droughts and natural...
- The poor must get access to financial services: YunusIt is time to redesign the laws governing the financial services in India, so that they allow the poor class to access the financial servic...
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