725 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra during Jan-Oct’15

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

The number of suicides by farmers in Maharashtra due to various causes was 2,568 in 2014.
As many as 725 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra this year (till October 31) due to agrarian reasons, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Friday.

“Maharashtra has reported 725 number of suicides by farmers from January-October 2015 due to agrarian reasons,” Union Minister of State for Agriculture Mohanbhai Kundaria said in a written reply to the Upper House.

The minister said that as per the report of the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), the total number of suicides by farmers in Maharashtra under the category ‘self-employed persons (agriculture farmers)’ due to various causes was 2,568 in 2014.

“NCRB report for the year 2015 is not yet published,” Mr. Kundaria said.

Meanwhile, replying to another question, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that the Maharashtra Government has informed that drought was declared over 38.42 lakh hectares during kharif 2013, 112.46 lakh hectares during kharif 2014 and 53.11 lakh hectares during kharif 2015.

“A sum of Rs. 1,293.82 crore in 2013 and Rs. 3,973.94 crore in 2014 have already been released and paid as compensation to the farmers as per information received from the state government,” Mr. Singh said in the reply.

He also said that compensation for current year still has to be made and the Centre has received a memorandum for financial assistance under NDRF.


725 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra during Jan-Oct’15 - The Hindu

 

[jamahir]

@ranjeet @Soumitra @egodoc222

"sab ka saath sab ka vikas" at work here... cheers.

india needs more capitalism, india needs more protection of our traditional culture... to hell with human misery.

 

[Stannis Baratheon]

@ranjeet @Soumitra @egodoc222

"sab ka saath sab ka vikas" at work here... cheers.

india needs more capitalism, india needs more protection of our traditional culture... to hell with human misery.

You do know that capitalism promotes big organization coming and monopolizing the farming sector. Means a lot of farmers would go broke.

 

[jamahir]

You do know that capitalism promotes big organization coming and monopolizing the farming sector. Means a lot of farmers would go broke.

understood, but you didn't see the sarcasm in my post.

note the second sentence in my last line.

and the line in the quotes is one of bjp government's shiny jing-bang mottos and that one in particular means "support to all communities, progress of all communities"... hasn't quite worked... that line really is another "jumla", which in bjp context means that bjp has put out another fake line, another unmeaning set of words meant only as media sound-bite and as soothener for the ears of the bhakts ( supporters of bjp and modi ).

besides, in my 9000+ posts, have i ever promoted capitalism??

it is i who have been talking for months about 200,000 indian farmers/related-people having suicided just between 1997 and 2010, not to speak of other times in the last 68 years.

obviously, bjp government is busy in protecting cows and bajrang dal "activists".

 

[Stannis Baratheon]

understood, but you didn't see the sarcasm in my post.

note the second sentence in my last line.

and the line in the quotes is one of bjp government's shiny jing-bang mottos and that one in particular means "support to all communities, progress of all communities"... hasn't quite worked.

besides, in my 9000+ posts, have i ever promoted capitalism??

it is i who have been talking for months about 200,000 indian farmers/related-people having suicided just between 1997 and 2010, not to speak of other times in the last 68 years.

obviously, bjp government is busy in protecting cows and bajrang dal "activists".

Well, I don't know much about your internal affairs to understand the sarcasm. And besides I was bit of confused too, since you claimed to me that you are a "socialist".

There's a good chance for syndicates to monopolize the market and drive farmers out of the farming sector. Which is exactly capitalism is about.

 

[war&peace]

Blame it on ISI, LeT

 

[jamahir]

Blame it on ISI, LeT

there's nothing to laugh about this.

the entire subcontinent shares many kinds of problems.

 

[war&peace]

there's nothing to laugh about this.

the entire subcontinent shares many kinds of problems.

I agree with you that both nations have problems but India has developed the mentality of blaming Pakistan especially ISI for all its problems and both Indian govt and media do not let any such opportunity slip out of their hands.