Farmers who die by suicide are cowards, claims Karnataka agriculture minister

Opposition leaders have demanded an apology from BC Patil for his ‘irresponsible statement’.

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· Dec 04, 2020 · 01:10 pm

Wayanad farmer suicide: Pinarayi Vijayan asks for report after Rahul Gandhi’s call for investigation

Gandhi, who represents Wayanad in Parliament, wrote to the Kerala chief minister on May 28 about a farmer who committed suicide after failing to repay loans.

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· Jun 01, 2019 · 03:02 pm

India has not published data on farmer suicides for the last two years

National Crime Records Bureau director Ish Kumar said that the data is under scrutiny and the report for 2016 is likely to be published later in June.

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· Jun 08, 2018 · 06:30 am

Maharashtra land acquisition: Farmer’s family refuses to accept his body until state meets demands

The family have also demanded a ‘martyred status’ for the farmer.

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· Jan 29, 2018 · 05:39 pm

Maharashtra: Farmer who attempted suicide at Mantralaya last week dies

Dharma Patil’s postmortem was conducted at Mumbai’s JJ Hospital.

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· Jan 29, 2018 · 07:23 am

Madhya Pradesh: Two farmers have committed suicide in the past 24 hours

The home minister said the men may have committed suicide because of personal reasons, not rising debts.

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· Jun 13, 2017 · 05:22 pm

Cremate me only after Maharashtra CM visits this village, says farmer in suicide note

After the incident, farmers’ organisations resorted to a road blockade and called for a bandh in Karmala tehsil.

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· Jun 08, 2017 · 05:36 pm

AAP extends support to drought-hit farmers, plans to hold nationwide protest on June 10

The National Executive, the second-highest decision-making body of the party, will also demand a loan waiver for the farmers.

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· Jun 05, 2017 · 01:16 pm

Farmer suicides are caused by lack of ‘spirituality’: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The Art of Living founder said yoga and pranayam would help farmers ease their ‘suicidal tendencies’.

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· Apr 29, 2017 · 06:59 pm

No Tamil Nadu farmer committed suicide because of drought, state tells Supreme Court

The Edappadi Palaniswami administration claimed the deaths were a result of ‘personal reasons’, age, illnesses and other reasons.

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· Apr 28, 2017 · 01:57 pm

Tamil Nadu farmers protest in the nude outside Prime Minister's Office, demand drought relief fund

The BJP said the Tamil Nadu state government was instigating the protestors.

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· Apr 10, 2017 · 02:20 pm

National policy needed to compensate farmers for crop failure and debt, says Supreme Court

Observing that farmer suicides held ‘larger public interest’, the bench sought data on schemes implemented by the central and state governments so far.

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· Jan 28, 2017 · 12:53 pm