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Award-winning farmer ends life over debt in KeralaAn award-winning farmer, Ambattu Elias, aged 62, has reportedly died by suicide in Kannur, Kerala. He allegedly consumed pesticide due to m...
NCRB data shows 42,480 farmers and daily wagers committed suicide in 2019According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data on accidental deaths and suicides, 10,281 farmers committed suicide in 20...
Will teach Rahul Gandhi how to fight elections on ground in Wayanad: Left parties"We are fighting this polls to win", a senior CPI leader said, on the eve of Gandhi filing his nomination to fight the elections from the h...
Grim Reaper: Farmer suicides shake the flood-ravaged district of IdukkiWithout adequate revenue, flood-ravaged Idukki farmers are struggling to repay loans.
View: Farmer agitations reflect clout more than distressRising farmer agitations are not good indicators of distress. Rather, they reflect high returns to agitations, increasing the incentive to ...
CPI(M) peasants' wing plans nationwide protests on farmer suicidesThe peasants' organisation said more than 3.20 lakh farmers have killed themselves over the past two-and-a-half decades.
Farmer suicides: CPI(M) wing to stage two-day sit-inRelatives of around 200 farmers who committed suicide are expected to take part in the protest to be held at Jantar Mantar on August 10 and...
Over 800 farmers committed suicides in 2014: GovernmentMoS for Agriculture Mohanbhai Kundaria said Maharashtra government has reported 724 suicides by farmers up to October 2014 due to agrarian ...
Number of farmers' suicide decline in 2013 to 11,772: GovernmentHe quoted the data from the report on 'Accidental deaths and suicides in India' released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
Fewer number of farmers committed suicide in 2012Fewer number of farmers committed suicide in India in 2012 compared to the preceding year, though number of such incidents was higher in st...
More than 2,500 farmers committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh in 2012The farm suicides in AP have gone up from 2,206 in 2011 to 2,572 in 2012, Minister of State for Agriculture Tariq Anwar said "yes" in Rajya...
- 2.90 lakh farmers committed suicide during 1995-2011: Government
A total of 290,740 farmers have committed suicide during 1995-2001 due to various reasons.
- Farmer suicides: NHRC issues notices to states
NHRC has issued notice to Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala in the wake of news reports alleging cases of farmer suicides in these sta...
- Farmer suicides becomes a burning issue again in Kerala districts
Falling prices, crop failure and mounting debts have been identified as reasons behind the farmer suicides.
- 3,450 farmer suicides in 3 yrs: Govt
Maharashtra heads the death list.
- NREGS makes rural poor happy in Kerala
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is a dependable source of income for them, poor villagers in two districts of Kerala...
- Kerala banks keep word on loan write offs
While the rest of the country is still struggling with the issue of writing off loans taken by farmers who have since committed suicide und...
- State should learn from AP, K’taka
Inept handling of the farmers’ travails by the Maharashtra government has meant that suicides continue unabated in Vidarbha region.
- PM convenes meeting to finalise relief for farmers
Alarmed at the spurt in farmers’ suicides of late, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting of the agricultural coordination co...
- Centre extends relief to farmers in 30 districts
The centre is planning to offer a special assistance package for 30 distressed districts in four states of Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka a...