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On Camera, Cash Shower Around Him, Karnataka Minister Sits With Notes On Feet
A Karnataka minister who had linked an increase in farmer suicides with the rise in compensation has been caught on camera sitting on a sofa surrounded by currency notes - including some on his feet - as people around him throw money in the air.
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"No Way Left But...": Maharashtra Farmer Threatens Suicide In Letter To Chief Minister
A farmer from Hingoli in Maharashtra facing a debt of around Rs 20 lakh has written a letter to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seeking a compensation for his crop losses and said if he does not get it, he will have no option but to commit suicide.
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NDTV Impact: Telangana Minister KTR Vows Speedy Aid For Families Of Farmers Who Died By Suicide
Four years back, the K. Chandrashekar Rao government in Telangana had promised a compensation of Rs 6 lakh to the families of 200 farmers who had died by suicide.
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2 Years After Madhya Pradesh Farmer's Death, Family Awaits Compensation
Two years after he died by suicide, a farmer's family is yet to receive the full compensation as promised by the government in Madhya Pradesh.
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In Cyclone Gaja-Hit Areas, An Alarming Pattern Of Suicidal Tendencies
For coconut farmer KK Chinnayan in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur, the nightmare has just begun. After Cyclone Gaja uprooted nearly 1,500 of his coconut trees, he is left with a staggering loan of Rs. 40 lakh. The 56-year-old, once a wealthy landlord who had a monthly turnover of Rs. 5 lakh, is now left with almost nothing.
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Farmer Who Attempted Suicide At Maharashtra Secretariat Dies In Hospital
An 84-year-old farmer, who had consumed a poisonous chemical at the Maharashtra secretariat in Mumbai on January 22 seeking adequate compensation for land, died at the JJ Hospital on Sunday night, the police said.
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Her Husband Drank Pesticide. Now, She’s A Telangana Farmer, Needs Help
Yadadri, Telangana: Two years after her husband drank pesticide and killed himself unable to pay off farm debts, Manjula Karnala is a farmer herself. At her home in a village in the Yadadri district of Telangana, about 80 km from Hyderabad, there are no photos of her husband, Sridhar Karnalala. Manjula explains that’s because her young son was t...
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Stop Banks From Humiliating Farmers, Supreme Court Tells Tamil Nadu
The government's job is to prevent farmers from committing suicide and not distribute compensation after they have died, the Supreme Court told Tamil Nadu in strong words today, asking it to ensure that no coercive action is taken against farmers who default on loans by installing a process by which they can report misbehavior by bank officials try...
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6 Days After Suicide, Punjab Farmer's Family Refuses To Cremate Him
It's been six days since a farmer committed suicide in Punjab's Lehra Bega, a small village about 20km from Bathinda city. The body of 70-year-old Jaswant Singh lay in a freezer. His relatives and members of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) have refused to cremate him until his culprits are arrested. The protesting group wants the Punjab government ...
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Even After Compensation, Farmer's Family Still In Debt In Karnataka
One of those who died in Mandya was 62-year-old sugarcane, banana and vegetable farmer C Rajendra of Chinanahalli village.
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12 Farmer Suicides in 45 days in Punjab's Cotton Belt
15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repayment of Rs three lakh bank loan taken by the farmer.
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Now, Telangana Ropes in Sport Icons to Help Distressed Farmers
Telangana has roped in sports icons to help distressed farmers even as it announced on Sunday that it is hiking compensation for farmer suicide from one and a half lakh rupees to six lakh rupees.
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Farmer Suicides: Telangana Hikes Compensation from Rs 1.5 Lakh to Rs 6 Lakh
The Telangana government has decided to hike compensation for farmer suicide deaths from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 6 lakhs. The decision was taken after a five-hour cabinet meeting that discussed farmer suicide deaths and agriculture crisis in the Telangana districts this kharif season.
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Fear of Drought Makes Distressed Farmers Seek Permission to Die
Seven farmers from Maharashtra's Wardha district have written to the state government seeking permission to kill themselves. Deficient rainfall and hailstorms earlier this year had destroyed their crops, and they have not been given the promised compensation by the government since January this year.
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Madhya Pradesh Farmers, Crippled With Debt, are Selling Their Children
With no way to feed his family, Lal Singh felt he had only one choice: He sold his two sons to a shepherd for a year of labour, in exchange for Rs 35,000.
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On Camera, Cash Shower Around Him, Karnataka Minister Sits With Notes On Feet
A Karnataka minister who had linked an increase in farmer suicides with the rise in compensation has been caught on camera sitting on a sofa surrounded by currency notes - including some on his feet - as people around him throw money in the air.
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"No Way Left But...": Maharashtra Farmer Threatens Suicide In Letter To Chief Minister
A farmer from Hingoli in Maharashtra facing a debt of around Rs 20 lakh has written a letter to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seeking a compensation for his crop losses and said if he does not get it, he will have no option but to commit suicide.
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NDTV Impact: Telangana Minister KTR Vows Speedy Aid For Families Of Farmers Who Died By Suicide
Four years back, the K. Chandrashekar Rao government in Telangana had promised a compensation of Rs 6 lakh to the families of 200 farmers who had died by suicide.
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2 Years After Madhya Pradesh Farmer's Death, Family Awaits Compensation
Two years after he died by suicide, a farmer's family is yet to receive the full compensation as promised by the government in Madhya Pradesh.
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In Cyclone Gaja-Hit Areas, An Alarming Pattern Of Suicidal Tendencies
For coconut farmer KK Chinnayan in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur, the nightmare has just begun. After Cyclone Gaja uprooted nearly 1,500 of his coconut trees, he is left with a staggering loan of Rs. 40 lakh. The 56-year-old, once a wealthy landlord who had a monthly turnover of Rs. 5 lakh, is now left with almost nothing.
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Farmer Who Attempted Suicide At Maharashtra Secretariat Dies In Hospital
An 84-year-old farmer, who had consumed a poisonous chemical at the Maharashtra secretariat in Mumbai on January 22 seeking adequate compensation for land, died at the JJ Hospital on Sunday night, the police said.
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Her Husband Drank Pesticide. Now, She’s A Telangana Farmer, Needs Help
Yadadri, Telangana: Two years after her husband drank pesticide and killed himself unable to pay off farm debts, Manjula Karnala is a farmer herself. At her home in a village in the Yadadri district of Telangana, about 80 km from Hyderabad, there are no photos of her husband, Sridhar Karnalala. Manjula explains that’s because her young son was t...
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Stop Banks From Humiliating Farmers, Supreme Court Tells Tamil Nadu
The government's job is to prevent farmers from committing suicide and not distribute compensation after they have died, the Supreme Court told Tamil Nadu in strong words today, asking it to ensure that no coercive action is taken against farmers who default on loans by installing a process by which they can report misbehavior by bank officials try...
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6 Days After Suicide, Punjab Farmer's Family Refuses To Cremate Him
It's been six days since a farmer committed suicide in Punjab's Lehra Bega, a small village about 20km from Bathinda city. The body of 70-year-old Jaswant Singh lay in a freezer. His relatives and members of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) have refused to cremate him until his culprits are arrested. The protesting group wants the Punjab government ...
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Even After Compensation, Farmer's Family Still In Debt In Karnataka
One of those who died in Mandya was 62-year-old sugarcane, banana and vegetable farmer C Rajendra of Chinanahalli village.
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12 Farmer Suicides in 45 days in Punjab's Cotton Belt
15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repayment of Rs three lakh bank loan taken by the farmer.
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Now, Telangana Ropes in Sport Icons to Help Distressed Farmers
Telangana has roped in sports icons to help distressed farmers even as it announced on Sunday that it is hiking compensation for farmer suicide from one and a half lakh rupees to six lakh rupees.
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Farmer Suicides: Telangana Hikes Compensation from Rs 1.5 Lakh to Rs 6 Lakh
The Telangana government has decided to hike compensation for farmer suicide deaths from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 6 lakhs. The decision was taken after a five-hour cabinet meeting that discussed farmer suicide deaths and agriculture crisis in the Telangana districts this kharif season.
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Fear of Drought Makes Distressed Farmers Seek Permission to Die
Seven farmers from Maharashtra's Wardha district have written to the state government seeking permission to kill themselves. Deficient rainfall and hailstorms earlier this year had destroyed their crops, and they have not been given the promised compensation by the government since January this year.
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Madhya Pradesh Farmers, Crippled With Debt, are Selling Their Children
With no way to feed his family, Lal Singh felt he had only one choice: He sold his two sons to a shepherd for a year of labour, in exchange for Rs 35,000.
