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 ...
08 Apr, 2018, 07.00 PM IST
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.
22 Mar, 2018, 11.38 AM IST
116 farmers committed suicide in last 3 monthsEven the Karnataka government reported drought impact on rabi (winter) crops in 22.33 lakh hectare and had sought a central assistance of R...
26 Apr, 2016, 04.24 PM IST
Sustainable Agro-commercial Finance not to charge interest from widows on loans upto Rs 5,000Finance company, Sustainable Agro-commercial Finance will provide interest free loans upto Rs 5000 to the widows of the farmers in the Vidh...
26 Feb, 2016, 08.29 PM IST
Home and the world: Why do farmers commit suicide? It's a man thing and moreIn contrast, wives of farmers rarely commit suicide. Sure, she does not negotiate with bank officials or the money lender.
10 Oct, 2015, 12.20 PM IST
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...
30 Jul, 2015, 06.04 PM IST
15 persons ended life every hour in India during 2014: NCRBMaharashtra saw 16,307 suicide cases in 2014 followed by Tamil Nadu (16,122) and West Bengal (14,310), the data said.
19 Jul, 2015, 04.40 PM IST
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis gets assurances of Israeli help in the state's farmersPeres on his part told Fadnavis that Maharashtra farmers could become 'as well off' as that of Israel' if they constantly do Research and D...
30 Apr, 2015, 10.38 AM IST
Lot more needs to be done to stop farmer suicides: Sudhir MungantiwarThe government is working towards increasing the agricultural productivity of farmers and some big measures will be announced in the state ...
08 Feb, 2015, 03.58 PM IST
Intelligence Bureau raises red flag on farmer suicides in its report to PMOIn a report to the Prime Minister's Office last week, the IB said farmer suicide is on a rise in Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka and Punj...
23 Dec, 2014, 03.22 AM IST
Economy in dire straits because of UPA, Narendra Modi only hope: BJPPiyush Goyal today said no farmer committed suicide in Gujarat during 2010-12 in comparison with Congress-ruled Maharashtra where the numbe...
30 Mar, 2014, 08.03 PM IST
- 3,450 farmer suicides in 3 yrs: Govt
Maharashtra heads the death list.
07 May, 2010, 07.05 PM IST
- 'State should lead 2nd Green Revolution'
The agriculture scenario in Maharashtra, as things stand today, can hardly be termed inspiring.
01 Sep, 2007, 02.41 AM IST
- 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.
17 Oct, 2006, 12.21 AM IST
- Farmers in rich states are more suicide-prone
Suicides trebled in Maharashtra to 44.1 per lakh from 14.7 per lakh between 1995 and ’01, while the rate remained unchanged in Bihar.
17 Jul, 2006, 01.16 AM IST
- Krishna wakes up to farmers’ plight, to visit Vidarbha before PM’s trip
Maharashtra governor SM Krishna will visit Yavatmal district in Vidarbha region on Thursday to meet the bereaved family members of farmers ...
22 Jun, 2006, 01.46 AM IST
- 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...
11 Apr, 2006, 12.46 AM IST