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Rajasthan Officer Warns Farmer Seeking Compensation Not To Speak Much
Rubbing salt into their wounds, a district Collector in Rajasthan allegedly warned farmers against "speaking too much" when they approached him for compensation for damage to their crops by unseasonal rain and hailstorm.
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Unseasonal Rains Damaged Rabi Crops Worth Rs 20,000 Crore: Report
Farmers have lost more than 100 lakh tonnes of Rabi crops, valued over Rs 20,000 crore, due to unseasonal rainfall and hailstorm in February-April this year, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said in a report.
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In Uttar Pradesh, a Farmer's Crop is Destroyed, Then His Compensation Cheque Bounces
First, Satish Chand, a farmer from Chhata village in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, lost his entire wheat crop worth Rs 80,000, because of the unseasonal March rains and hailstorms. Then, to add insult to injury, the meagre Rs. 18,000 compensation cheque he got from the state government, bounced, yesterday, because the revenue officer's bank acc...
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This Year a Dull Baisakhi for Punjab Farmers
Unseasonal rains this year have dampened the spirits of Punjab farmers celebrating Baisakhi. As opposed to a heap of wheat crop - enough to run a community kitchen for months - this year the farmers are offering a more humble quantity of their produce, hitting hard a centuries old tradition.
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'We Are Not Suicide Country, Don't Want to Become Another Vidarbha,' Say Marathawada Farmers
There has been a 50 per cent increase in suicides in the January-March period in Maharashtra's Marathwada region, raising questions if it could go the Vidarbha way.
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Unable to Repay a Rs 1 Lakh Loan, Madhya Pradesh Farmer Allegedly Commits Suicide
Yet another farmer in Madhya Pradesh has committed suicide reportedly due to loss of crop and non-payment of compensation.
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Farmer in UP Allegedly Sets Himself Ablaze Over Crop Loss
A 40-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide by setting himself on fire after seeing his crops destroyed due to untimely rains in Tarauli village in Mathura district on Wednesday, police said.
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The Invisible Casualties of India's Agrarian Crisis
Unseasonal rain and hailstorm in March have brought Uttar Pradesh to the brink of an agrarian crisis, affecting 25 of the state's 80 districts. Crop losses have dealt a particularly severe blow to landless farmers, who are emerging the invisible casualties of the agrarian crisis.
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Rajasthan Officer Warns Farmer Seeking Compensation Not To Speak Much
Rubbing salt into their wounds, a district Collector in Rajasthan allegedly warned farmers against "speaking too much" when they approached him for compensation for damage to their crops by unseasonal rain and hailstorm.
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Unseasonal Rains Damaged Rabi Crops Worth Rs 20,000 Crore: Report
Farmers have lost more than 100 lakh tonnes of Rabi crops, valued over Rs 20,000 crore, due to unseasonal rainfall and hailstorm in February-April this year, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said in a report.
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In Uttar Pradesh, a Farmer's Crop is Destroyed, Then His Compensation Cheque Bounces
First, Satish Chand, a farmer from Chhata village in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, lost his entire wheat crop worth Rs 80,000, because of the unseasonal March rains and hailstorms. Then, to add insult to injury, the meagre Rs. 18,000 compensation cheque he got from the state government, bounced, yesterday, because the revenue officer's bank acc...
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This Year a Dull Baisakhi for Punjab Farmers
Unseasonal rains this year have dampened the spirits of Punjab farmers celebrating Baisakhi. As opposed to a heap of wheat crop - enough to run a community kitchen for months - this year the farmers are offering a more humble quantity of their produce, hitting hard a centuries old tradition.
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'We Are Not Suicide Country, Don't Want to Become Another Vidarbha,' Say Marathawada Farmers
There has been a 50 per cent increase in suicides in the January-March period in Maharashtra's Marathwada region, raising questions if it could go the Vidarbha way.
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Unable to Repay a Rs 1 Lakh Loan, Madhya Pradesh Farmer Allegedly Commits Suicide
Yet another farmer in Madhya Pradesh has committed suicide reportedly due to loss of crop and non-payment of compensation.
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Farmer in UP Allegedly Sets Himself Ablaze Over Crop Loss
A 40-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide by setting himself on fire after seeing his crops destroyed due to untimely rains in Tarauli village in Mathura district on Wednesday, police said.
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The Invisible Casualties of India's Agrarian Crisis
Unseasonal rain and hailstorm in March have brought Uttar Pradesh to the brink of an agrarian crisis, affecting 25 of the state's 80 districts. Crop losses have dealt a particularly severe blow to landless farmers, who are emerging the invisible casualties of the agrarian crisis.
