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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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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.
