Researchers study behavioural aspect of farmer suicides
One of the major causes behind suicidal intent is depression, experts find while studying cases in Punjab, Telangana and Maharashtra
Centre vs Punjab: Farmers miss out on incentive to not burn stubble
Thrice GoI has returned Punjab’s proposal of giving Rs 2,500 per acre to small, marginal farmers even as they demand Rs 6,000 per acre &…
Extreme rainfall damages nearly 4 million hectares of crops in Marathwada
Incessant rains through the month of August and September have affected 4.48 million farmers this season
Growth in agriculture is not remunerative to Indian farmers
Exceptional growth in agriculture and acreage in kharif season precipitate a crisis like never before for farmers
Water, Marathwada women’s woe: Weather vagaries force farmers to sell lands
Simultaneous droughts and floods have become an increasing concern and the instances have escalated in the past five decades
An agricultural labourer died by suicide every 2 hours in 2021: NCRB
Some 5,563 agricultural labourers died by suicide in 2021, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau
Farm distress: Crisis at large
High input cost, flawed MSP calculation and non-inclusive crop insurance scheme are problems perpetuating farm distress
Small loans: Microcredit means more people can borrow money — but more scrutiny is also needed
Developing countries should protect the interests of the poor by carefully scrutinising market-led financial inclusion efforts
Farm laws 2020: Who are they meant to serve?
In rushing the farm bills through Parliament on strength of numbers, the Union government seems to have handed short end of the stick to states …
For Rajasthan farmers, pest attacks mean loss of income, debt burden
Frequency of attacks, increased due to climate change, is severely affecting the yield and meteorically escalating production costs
Climate change escalates suicide rates among Marathwada farmers
Farmer suicides have increased significantly and doubled in some regions where weather extremities incurred heavy losses
Agrarian crisis one of the biggest challenges for new govt
Sustainability, more than anything else is agriculture’s biggest challenge. Whoever can manage water can claim to be Indian agriculture&…
Interim Budget 2019: Government's big farmer push falls short
The government’s 6,000 per year offer works out to Rs 3.30 a day, which can't even buy a cup of tea
Every day, 28 people dependent on farming die by suicide in India
People in the farm sector accounted for 7.4 per cent of the total suicides in India, according to the latest NCRB report
Andhra Pradesh, Haryana try to ease farmer distress with some cash
Jaganmohan Reddy govt fulfills electoral promise; ML Khattar govt announces cash assistance in run up to state polls
Why India's debut farm investment support scheme is leaving out many beneficiaries
The most expensive farmer welfare scheme in Telangana is providing land-owning farmers monetary assistance even before they plant the first …
Polls won, waivers announced, but govt has no data on farmer suicides
The last NCRB report published in 2016 said a farmer committed suicide every hour in the country
Why Punjab stands to lose from farmers’ produce trade and commerce ordinance
Instead of putting Punjab farmers at the mercy of big corporates and private players, there is a need to strengthen existing infrastructure
Telangana farmers pushed to suicide after pest attack destroys chilli crop
There has been no announcement on compensation to farmers who have lost their crops
As told to Parliament (November 30, 2021): 5,579 Indian farmers died by suicide in 2020
All that was discussed in the House through the day
2023 in a blink: How did PM Modi’s biggest 4 ‘castes’ — poor, youth, women and farmers — fare this year
PM Modi first made the statement on November 30, 2023 during Opposition calls for nationwide caste census
As told to Parliament (September 18, 2020): 10,281 Indian farmers died by suicide in 2019
