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Denied Loan By Government Banks, UP Farmer Puts Up Kidney For Sale
Distressed over mounting debt, a 30-year-old farmer has put up posters here seeking buyers for one of his kidneys after government banks allegedly turned down his loan requests.
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'My Son Will Go To School,' Says 21-Year-Old Whose Husband Committed Suicide
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh: She married at 17 for love. Today, she is a widow, who is determined that her two-year-old son would not grow up to be a farmer like his father. He would go to school when he turns three and will complete his education. “I don’t know how I am going to manage,” said the 21-year-old who has no family, except a widowed mo...
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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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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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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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It is a Curse to be a Farmer in Marathawada
77 farmers killed themselves between January and March in this region. This year in the first quarter, the figure has jumped by 50% to 114. The vicious cycle simply doesn't seem to end even though the reasons are all well documented. In this rain shadow region the monsoon has largely been replaced by drought.
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Debt-Ridden Haryana Farmers Talk Suicide as Rains Destroy Crops and Banks Shame Them
Newbie Gohana farmer, Birender Mor, 27, killed himself on March 8, very soon after unseasonal rains destroyed the wheat crop on land he was tilling on contract. He knew he wouldn't be able to start repaying the more than 10 lakh rupee loan he had borrowed from banks and others. And he couldn't bear that shame.
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Farmers in Vidarbha pushed into debt traps
Big or small, cotton cultivators are still reeling under debt and though the support price for cotton is at Rs 4000 per quintal, farmers say it will barely cover their operating costs.
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Hunger in the bread basket
Punjab makes the largest contribution to the pool of wheat and rice and faces the high levels of debt that leads to high rate of suicide.
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Denied Loan By Government Banks, UP Farmer Puts Up Kidney For Sale
Distressed over mounting debt, a 30-year-old farmer has put up posters here seeking buyers for one of his kidneys after government banks allegedly turned down his loan requests.
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'My Son Will Go To School,' Says 21-Year-Old Whose Husband Committed Suicide
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh: She married at 17 for love. Today, she is a widow, who is determined that her two-year-old son would not grow up to be a farmer like his father. He would go to school when he turns three and will complete his education. “I don’t know how I am going to manage,” said the 21-year-old who has no family, except a widowed mo...
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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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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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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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It is a Curse to be a Farmer in Marathawada
77 farmers killed themselves between January and March in this region. This year in the first quarter, the figure has jumped by 50% to 114. The vicious cycle simply doesn't seem to end even though the reasons are all well documented. In this rain shadow region the monsoon has largely been replaced by drought.
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Debt-Ridden Haryana Farmers Talk Suicide as Rains Destroy Crops and Banks Shame Them
Newbie Gohana farmer, Birender Mor, 27, killed himself on March 8, very soon after unseasonal rains destroyed the wheat crop on land he was tilling on contract. He knew he wouldn't be able to start repaying the more than 10 lakh rupee loan he had borrowed from banks and others. And he couldn't bear that shame.
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Farmers in Vidarbha pushed into debt traps
Big or small, cotton cultivators are still reeling under debt and though the support price for cotton is at Rs 4000 per quintal, farmers say it will barely cover their operating costs.
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Hunger in the bread basket
Punjab makes the largest contribution to the pool of wheat and rice and faces the high levels of debt that leads to high rate of suicide.
