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FARMERS SUICIDE CRISIS
Supreme court seeks views on MSP PILThe Supreme Court is examining a petition demanding minimum support prices for crops be set using a weighted average cost of production acr...
SC seeks Centre’s response on plea over MSP linked to cost of cultivationThe Supreme Court is currently reviewing an appeal aimed at elevating the significance of state-led assessments of farming costs in the est...
808 Maharashtra farmer suicides in first four months of 2019The year 2018-19 has been challenging for farmers, with 42% of talukas in Maharashtra facing a severe drought.
Groom wanted: Trader, peon… anyone but a farmer"All the families and girls I approached said they would prefer a peon in private or government service over a farmer,” a farmer says.
Battleground Punjab: The story of the missing farmersFarmers' suicides are but one chilling symptom of the crisis gripping Punjab's agriculture, once thought of as a shining path for the rest ...
Fashion among farmers to commit suicide, says BJP MP Gopal ShettyThe remarks come at a time when Maharashtra is reeling under an agrarian crisis with 124 farmers committing suicide in the state since Janu...
Higher solatium not enough to stem the tide of suicidesAbout 25 farmers have committed suicide in Karnataka after the Congress government in the state enhanced the compensation from Rs 2 lakh to...
Farmers suicides, documentary delves into crisisNearly 550 farmers have committed suicides in the past six months in the state, bringing the spotlight on the crisis.
H D Deve Gowda to sit on hunger strike from Monday over farmers' crisisThe JD(S) leader will seek a special package for farmers and a thorough discussion in Parliament on the agrarian crisis.
Farmer suicides actually up if old methodology is usedA study of the data shows that farmer suicides -- if counted on the basis of victims' profession as was the case earlier — have actually in...
Two Maharashtra districts to be free of farmer suicides: Devendra FadnavisIn next two years, state's two districts -- Yavatmal and Osmanabad would be free of farmer suicides, said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devend...
Rahul Gandhi visit will boost confidence among Telangana farmers: CongressTelangana Opposition parties Congress, TDP, BJP and others alleged that hundreds of farmers have committed suicide due to agrarian crisis s...
Disappionted with PM Modi's, Home Minister Rajnath Singh's response of farmer's suicide: CongressCongress expressed disappointment over responses of PM Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Parliament in the wake of the suicide of a f...
Multiple factors responsible for farmers' suicide in country: ReportA book on farmer suicides in India reveals that they are caused by multiple factors that lead an individual to a state of helplessness.
BJP slams Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao over farmer suicides, power crisisState BJP President G Kishan Reddy accused Rao of ignoring the plight of farmers and sought to debunk his promise of building a "golden Tel...
- BJP: Suicide by farmers continue in Vidarbha
Nearly a year after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced his relief package for farmers to stem the tide of suicides, the BJP claimed, s...
- Guv wants price stabilisation fund for farmers
The Maharashtra governor, SM Krishna, has recommended setting up a price stabilisation fund to insulate farmers from distress sale resorted...