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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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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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Farmer Killed, Crops Damaged In Unseasonal Hailstorm in Maharashtra
Unseasonal hailstorm and heavy showers in parts of Maharashtra today claimed a life and damaged various crops, state government officials said.
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Families Of Maharashtra Farmers Who Committed Suicide To Get Help
A non-governmental organisation led by Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra will adopt 208 farmer families, whose only earning members have committed suicide, the NGO's top official said.
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Taking Lessons From Drought, Marthawada Farmers Turn To DIY Initiatives
Drought, crop failure and farmer suicides. Those are the headlines emerging from Maharashtra's rain shadow region of Marathwada.
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3 Farmers Commit Suicide Allegedly Over Crop Failure, Loans Near Maharashtra's Amravati
Three farmers of a family committed suicide after they were allegedly frustrated over crop failure and worried about the repayment of their bank loan. Police said The incident happened in Buldana district near Amravati in Maharashtra, police said today.
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What Pushes Farmers in Maharashtra to Kill Themselves Each Year
A few days before Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi visited Amravati on a 'padyatra', the bloated body of a 35-year-old farmer Ganjanam Khongal was recovered from a well located in his own fields. His crops had failed three years in a row.
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Maharashtra to Undertake 'Vulnerability Mapping' to Help Farmers
To keep a check on farmer suicides, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today unveiled a project for "vulnerability mapping" of agriculturists in the worst-hit Yavatmal and Osmanabad districts.
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Don't Rely on God or Government: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Tells Farmers
Advising farmers to stop relying on God or government, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said they need take charge of their own lives to improve the lot.
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Fresh Bout of March Rains Leave Farmers Distraught
With unseasonal rains wreaking havoc on crops ahead of harvest season, and no relief in sight, beleaguered farmers are contemplating selling off their land -- or suicide.
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Unseasonal Rains Lash Farmers' Spirits in Maharashtra
Another fresh spell of heavy unseasonal rains lashed large parts of Maharashtra on Sunday evening, again hitting the spirit of already-beleaguered farmers. Many districts in Vidarbha, Marathawada and western Maharashtra were hit by strong showers and hailstorms accompanied by gusty winds, damaging the standing rabi crop.
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Farmer in Drought-Hit Vidarbha Lights his Own Funeral Pyre
A 76-year-old soyabean farmer in Maharashtra performed his own last rites by building a pyre in the middle of his fields, climbing atop it and setting it ablaze on Friday last.
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Worst Impact of Poor Monsoon Likely to Be in West India: Agriculture Minister
A separate contingency plan will be worked out along with the state governments for drought-prone regions, such as Vidharbha in Maharashtra, to ensure there is no shortage of drinking water and fodder, he said. "Vidharbha region is drought-prone. We will think of all possible measures to help farmers so that they are not forced to commit suicides d...
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Don't commit suicide: Maharashtra Chief Minister appeals to farmers hit by crop loss
Jolted by reports of 22 farmer suicides in three weeks driven by massive crop failure, the Maharashtra government today appealed to farmers "not to take emotional steps" and wait for relief measures.
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Sugarcane price: Maharashtra farmers give ultimatum to government
The sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra have given an ultimatum to the state government for its failure to declare better prices for the crop, failing which the farmers have said they will organise a 48-hour bandh.
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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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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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Farmer Killed, Crops Damaged In Unseasonal Hailstorm in Maharashtra
Unseasonal hailstorm and heavy showers in parts of Maharashtra today claimed a life and damaged various crops, state government officials said.
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Families Of Maharashtra Farmers Who Committed Suicide To Get Help
A non-governmental organisation led by Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra will adopt 208 farmer families, whose only earning members have committed suicide, the NGO's top official said.
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Taking Lessons From Drought, Marthawada Farmers Turn To DIY Initiatives
Drought, crop failure and farmer suicides. Those are the headlines emerging from Maharashtra's rain shadow region of Marathwada.
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3 Farmers Commit Suicide Allegedly Over Crop Failure, Loans Near Maharashtra's Amravati
Three farmers of a family committed suicide after they were allegedly frustrated over crop failure and worried about the repayment of their bank loan. Police said The incident happened in Buldana district near Amravati in Maharashtra, police said today.
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What Pushes Farmers in Maharashtra to Kill Themselves Each Year
A few days before Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi visited Amravati on a 'padyatra', the bloated body of a 35-year-old farmer Ganjanam Khongal was recovered from a well located in his own fields. His crops had failed three years in a row.
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Maharashtra to Undertake 'Vulnerability Mapping' to Help Farmers
To keep a check on farmer suicides, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today unveiled a project for "vulnerability mapping" of agriculturists in the worst-hit Yavatmal and Osmanabad districts.
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Don't Rely on God or Government: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Tells Farmers
Advising farmers to stop relying on God or government, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said they need take charge of their own lives to improve the lot.
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Fresh Bout of March Rains Leave Farmers Distraught
With unseasonal rains wreaking havoc on crops ahead of harvest season, and no relief in sight, beleaguered farmers are contemplating selling off their land -- or suicide.
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Unseasonal Rains Lash Farmers' Spirits in Maharashtra
Another fresh spell of heavy unseasonal rains lashed large parts of Maharashtra on Sunday evening, again hitting the spirit of already-beleaguered farmers. Many districts in Vidarbha, Marathawada and western Maharashtra were hit by strong showers and hailstorms accompanied by gusty winds, damaging the standing rabi crop.
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Farmer in Drought-Hit Vidarbha Lights his Own Funeral Pyre
A 76-year-old soyabean farmer in Maharashtra performed his own last rites by building a pyre in the middle of his fields, climbing atop it and setting it ablaze on Friday last.
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Worst Impact of Poor Monsoon Likely to Be in West India: Agriculture Minister
A separate contingency plan will be worked out along with the state governments for drought-prone regions, such as Vidharbha in Maharashtra, to ensure there is no shortage of drinking water and fodder, he said. "Vidharbha region is drought-prone. We will think of all possible measures to help farmers so that they are not forced to commit suicides d...
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Don't commit suicide: Maharashtra Chief Minister appeals to farmers hit by crop loss
Jolted by reports of 22 farmer suicides in three weeks driven by massive crop failure, the Maharashtra government today appealed to farmers "not to take emotional steps" and wait for relief measures.
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Sugarcane price: Maharashtra farmers give ultimatum to government
The sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra have given an ultimatum to the state government for its failure to declare better prices for the crop, failing which the farmers have said they will organise a 48-hour bandh.
