Sunday, December 7, 2014

Five farmers end life in three days (December 2, 2014)


Mounting debts take toll on villagers in Marathwada, Vidarbha.

The wave of farmer suicides continues unabated despite the new BJP government announcing relief measures to combat the agricultural crisis affecting more than 19000 villages in the state of Maharashtra.

I remember the days of Dr Manmohan Singh as PM visiting and promising the region for better treatment and salvation from this malady but he along with the state government failed miserably despite spending a few thousand crores of rupees.

Let us see how the BJP governments - both in the state and Centre tackle this issue.
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