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'Former PM Manmohan Singh Cared About Farmers, Nobody Is Bothered Now': Sharad Pawar
NCP president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said former prime minister Manmohan Singh was sensitive towards farmers and had visited Amravati in Maharashtra after learning about some deaths by suicide, but now nobody is bothered about their issues now.
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Another Farmer Dies Of Sunstroke In Maharashtra; 2nd Death In 2 Days
A 50-year-old farmer died due to sunstroke in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra, an official said on Friday. The farmer, Limbaraj Sukale, died when he took a break while working at a farm on Thursday, he said.
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Tiger Kills Farmer In Maharashtra's Chandrapur, 17th Death So Far
A farmer was killed by a tiger in Nagbhid tehsil of Chandrapur district on Saturday, an official said.
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How Bad Is Maharashtra Farmer Crisis? 8 Suicides Every Day For 4 Years
As many as 12,021 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra from 2015 to 2018 for reasons that included bank loans and crop failure, averaging eight deaths a day. This number is over double that of the preceding four-year period from January 2011 to December 2014, when 6,268 farmers killed themselves.
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Maharashtra Farmer Burned To Death While Trying To Douse Fire In Field
A farmer was Monday charred to death while trying to douse a fire in his sugarcane field in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district, the police said.
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639 Farmers Ended Lives In 3 Months In Maharashtra: State Government
In Maharashtra, 639 farmers committed suicide between March and May this year due to crop failure, debt and inability to repay bank loans, the state government has said.
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Walking 180 km, 35,000 Farmers Reach Mumbai For Debt Waiver, Fair Pay
After walking with blistered feet for about 180 km in the blazing sun over the last five days, at least 35,000 farmers from Maharashtra's Nashik district have entered the capital city. They camped at the Thane-Mumbai border this morning before heading for the KJ Somaiya Ground in Sion.
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At Event Organised by Pesticide Firm, 1 Farmer Dies Of 'Food Poisoning', 69 Others In Hospital
One farmer died due to suspected food poisoning and 69 others were admitted in hospitals after they had meal at a seminar organised by a pesticide producing company near Nashik in Maharashtra, a health official said.
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Blog: The Cotton Farmers Of Maharashtra Are Being Poisoned, Many Dead
The recent deaths of at least 20 farmers and agricultural labourers due to pesticide poisoning in this cotton-growing district has shocked the country and earned the government the wrath of the country's top human rights body, the NHRC.
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'Don't Have Money To Buy Protection Kits': Maharashtra Farmers On Pesticide Poisoning
At least 20 farmers have died of pesticide poisoning in the last few weeks in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, but the question now is how could the commonly used pesticides cause deaths? It will be clear only after the probe is completed, the government said.
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20 Farmers Die Of Pesticide Poisoning In Maharashtra, Some Critical
Over 600 farmers have been affected by pesticide inhalation in Maharashtra Vidarbha. With symptoms like blurred vision, nausea, skin rashes, headaches and dizziness, over 100 farmers are still recovering at the district hospital in Yavatmal. Some have lost their sight and others are in the intensive care unit
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Government Wants 'Freedom From Debt' For Farmers: Chandrakant Patil
Maharashtra government is preparing a scheme aiming to free the farmers of indebtedness permanently instead of granting one-time loan waivers, revenue minister Chandrakant Patil said in Mumbai today. This 'freedom from debt' scheme will cost Rs 10,000 crore instead of Rs 30,000 crore needed for loan-waiver (which opposition Congress and NCP are dem...
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Debt-Ridden Farmer Allegedly Commits Suicide In Maharashtra's Nashik
A debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at his residence in Khirdi village of Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said today.
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Maharashtra to Launch Mental Health Scheme to Curb Farmers Suicides
In the wake of rising cases of farmers' suicides, Maharashtra Government has decided to launch a mental health scheme aimed at bringing down the number of deaths due to the agrarian crisis.
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Nearly 70 Farmers Are Killing Themselves Every Month in Maharashtra's Marathwada
With less than 50 per cent rain this monsoon, the agrarian crisis in the drought-prone Marathwada region of Maharashtra has further deepened. At the heart of the crisis is a spurt in farmer suicides.
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'Former PM Manmohan Singh Cared About Farmers, Nobody Is Bothered Now': Sharad Pawar
NCP president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said former prime minister Manmohan Singh was sensitive towards farmers and had visited Amravati in Maharashtra after learning about some deaths by suicide, but now nobody is bothered about their issues now.
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Another Farmer Dies Of Sunstroke In Maharashtra; 2nd Death In 2 Days
A 50-year-old farmer died due to sunstroke in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra, an official said on Friday. The farmer, Limbaraj Sukale, died when he took a break while working at a farm on Thursday, he said.
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Tiger Kills Farmer In Maharashtra's Chandrapur, 17th Death So Far
A farmer was killed by a tiger in Nagbhid tehsil of Chandrapur district on Saturday, an official said.
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How Bad Is Maharashtra Farmer Crisis? 8 Suicides Every Day For 4 Years
As many as 12,021 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra from 2015 to 2018 for reasons that included bank loans and crop failure, averaging eight deaths a day. This number is over double that of the preceding four-year period from January 2011 to December 2014, when 6,268 farmers killed themselves.
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Maharashtra Farmer Burned To Death While Trying To Douse Fire In Field
A farmer was Monday charred to death while trying to douse a fire in his sugarcane field in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district, the police said.
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639 Farmers Ended Lives In 3 Months In Maharashtra: State Government
In Maharashtra, 639 farmers committed suicide between March and May this year due to crop failure, debt and inability to repay bank loans, the state government has said.
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Walking 180 km, 35,000 Farmers Reach Mumbai For Debt Waiver, Fair Pay
After walking with blistered feet for about 180 km in the blazing sun over the last five days, at least 35,000 farmers from Maharashtra's Nashik district have entered the capital city. They camped at the Thane-Mumbai border this morning before heading for the KJ Somaiya Ground in Sion.
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At Event Organised by Pesticide Firm, 1 Farmer Dies Of 'Food Poisoning', 69 Others In Hospital
One farmer died due to suspected food poisoning and 69 others were admitted in hospitals after they had meal at a seminar organised by a pesticide producing company near Nashik in Maharashtra, a health official said.
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Blog: The Cotton Farmers Of Maharashtra Are Being Poisoned, Many Dead
The recent deaths of at least 20 farmers and agricultural labourers due to pesticide poisoning in this cotton-growing district has shocked the country and earned the government the wrath of the country's top human rights body, the NHRC.
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'Don't Have Money To Buy Protection Kits': Maharashtra Farmers On Pesticide Poisoning
At least 20 farmers have died of pesticide poisoning in the last few weeks in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, but the question now is how could the commonly used pesticides cause deaths? It will be clear only after the probe is completed, the government said.
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20 Farmers Die Of Pesticide Poisoning In Maharashtra, Some Critical
Over 600 farmers have been affected by pesticide inhalation in Maharashtra Vidarbha. With symptoms like blurred vision, nausea, skin rashes, headaches and dizziness, over 100 farmers are still recovering at the district hospital in Yavatmal. Some have lost their sight and others are in the intensive care unit
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Government Wants 'Freedom From Debt' For Farmers: Chandrakant Patil
Maharashtra government is preparing a scheme aiming to free the farmers of indebtedness permanently instead of granting one-time loan waivers, revenue minister Chandrakant Patil said in Mumbai today. This 'freedom from debt' scheme will cost Rs 10,000 crore instead of Rs 30,000 crore needed for loan-waiver (which opposition Congress and NCP are dem...
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Debt-Ridden Farmer Allegedly Commits Suicide In Maharashtra's Nashik
A debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at his residence in Khirdi village of Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said today.
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Maharashtra to Launch Mental Health Scheme to Curb Farmers Suicides
In the wake of rising cases of farmers' suicides, Maharashtra Government has decided to launch a mental health scheme aimed at bringing down the number of deaths due to the agrarian crisis.
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Nearly 70 Farmers Are Killing Themselves Every Month in Maharashtra's Marathwada
With less than 50 per cent rain this monsoon, the agrarian crisis in the drought-prone Marathwada region of Maharashtra has further deepened. At the heart of the crisis is a spurt in farmer suicides.
