40% rise in farmer suicides in Maharashtra

[Hindustani78]

Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 13:11
LIVE: Farmer Gajendra Singh cremated in Dausa; Delhi Police may question AAP leaders | Zee News

New Delhi: Live updates from the events unfolding in the wake of a farmer's suicide at Aam Aadmi Party's rally at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday:

• Farmer Gajendra's sister has revealed that her brother had no intention to commit suicide. “I had spoken to him at around 1.30 pm yesterday. He had told me that he will return home by evening. Also, the handwriting on the so-called suicide note is not Gajendra's.”
• A team of Delhi Police's Crime Branch is at the AAP rally venue where farmer Gajendra Singh had committed suicide.
• The farmer could have been stopped from committing suicide, AAP leaders should have been proactive, says BSP chief Mayawati.
• Sources say the Delhi Police, as part of its probe into Gajendra Singh's death case, will also focus on whether AAP leaders at the rally were aware of the farmer's intention to commit suicide. The leaders who were present on the dais during the rally may also be questioned.
• Political speech should have stopped when we heard that the farmer had passed away, says AAP leader Dharamvir Gandhi.
  
  

• Delhi Police uses water canons against BJP leaders protesting at Shaheedi Park in Delhi.
• We have submitted a report to the Home Ministry. We will look into the matter and whatever needs to be done will be done, says Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi on Gajendra Singh's suicide case.
  
  

• Govt’s come and go but the feeling of hopelessness that has surfaced in the minds of farmers must be tackled - Sachin Pilot
• We will offer all possible help. There is some failure in the system, says Sachin Pilot.
• The government should come right away and offer compensation to farmers affected by crop damage - Gehlot
• We had warned the BJP government in state earlier as well. This crop damage is not a normal occurrence. But the state government is not paying heed, says Ashok Gehlot after meeting Gajendra's family.
• "Gajendra ka balidaan yaad karega Hindustan", "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan" slogans are raised during the deceased farmer's funeral.
  
  Meanwhile, deceased farmer Gajendra Singh has been cremated in his native village of Nangal Jhamarwada, in Rajasthan's Dausa district.
  
  

• PM Narendra Modi and weather have killed this farmer (Gajendra Singh), says Congress' Randeep Surjewala. “We have never seen a more inhuman and more cruel person than Arvind Kejriwal. For political benefit if Kejriwal can climb up an electrical pole, why not a tree?” asks Surjewala.
• Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi and Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung this morning met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and briefed him on the Gajendra Singh suicide case.
• This was a motivated murder, an FIR should be lodged for murder, says Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting with senior ministers over the farmer suicide case. Union ministers Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Venkaiah Naidu are present at the meet.
  
  BJP workers are holding protest against Kejriwal over farmer suicide case at ITO.
  
  Youth Congress workers protest outside Arvind Kejriwal's residence over farmer's suicide case. Protesters raise slogans against Kejriwal and burn posters bearing his photo.
  
  

• Home Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to make a statement in Parliament today on the Gajendra Singh suicide case.
• Mortal remains of farmer Gajendra Singh are now being taken for final rites at his native village Nangal.

• Meanwhile, an AAP meeting is underway at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s residence. Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh, Gopal Rai, Pankaj Gupta and Kumar Vishwas are among those who are attending the meeting.
• Former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and ex-Dausa MP Sachin Pilot (both of the Congress) have arrived at Gajendra Singh’s residence. “It's a very sad incident,” says Sachin Pilot.
• Lokendra Singh Kalvi, president of Rajput Karni Sena, says this is an administrative failure of the Delhi government. “We will file an FIR against the crowd at the rally as well as the organisers,” says Kalvi.
• The issue of Gajendra Singh's suicide is expected to figure in Parliament as well today. Several opposition parties, including JD(U) and SP, have moved an adjournment motion demanding discussion on the matter.
• A team of Delhi Police is heading to Dausa to further investigate the matter of farmer's suicide. It may be recalled that the Delhi Police Commissioner had ordered an investigation into the matter after being instructed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
• It is being reported that the Delhi Police had advised the AAP to hold rally against Land Ordinance at Ramlila Maidan instead of Jantar Mantar.
• Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has issued a statement on the farmer's suicide at his party's Jantar Mantar rally. It says: “Loss of life of this farmer in distress is an extremely sad incident. Delhi government does not wish to engage in any blame game on this terrible tragedy and no words can fulfill the irreparable loss caused to Gajendra’s family. We will do everything to find out how such an incident took place in full public view.”
  
  

“The Delhi government is committed to the well being of farmers and will continue to strive for their betterment. District Magistrate of the area has already begun his probe into the entire incident and the government will await the inquiry report before any further reaction.”

Satish Kumar Jain, tehsildar of Nangal, says crop damage in the region was below 24%. “We had sent the report to the government. The limit for disbursing compensation is 33%.” Jain adds that Gajendra Singh was financially sound.

• Mortal remains of deceased farmer Gajendra Singh arrive at his residence in Nangal, Jhamarwada, in Rajasthan's Dausa.
• Gajendra's farmer faints while waiting for his son's mortal remains.
• Workers of both the BJP and Congress will today hold protest against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over farmer Gajendra's suicide at AAP rally.
• He had gone with a hope to get help. We had given him the chit to read it out at the rally, but he did not get an opportunity, says Jaiveer Singh on the suicide note recovered at the rally site.
• Jaiveer Singh, Gajendra's uncle, also reiterates that the deceased farmer was in contact with Manish Sisodia.
• We don’t know what speech was given. We don’t know how he was provoked at the rally and ended up doing this (committing suicide), adds Rajender Singh.
• We have come to know that Gajendra had gone to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's house at around 11 am yesterday, before the rally, says Gajendra's cousin Rajender Singh.
  
  

• He was not distressed. He had gone to Delhi to represent us over the crop damage that we had suffered due to unseasonal rains, says Girdhari Singh.
• Was it a jungle where Gajendra committed suicide? Wasn't there anyone who could have saved him? asks Girdhari Singh, a relative of Gajendra Singh.

What happened on Wednesday

An AAP rally attended by thousands against the Land Ordinance on Wednesday turned tragic when a Rajasthan farmer, his crops ruined by untimely rains, hanged himself from a tree in the heart of the capital, shocking India and sparking an ugly political blame game.

"Gajendra (Singh)'s death has saddened the nation," Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office said, referring to the father of three who climbed a neem tree at the Jantar Mantar protest site and died after tying his scarf around his neck to a stout branch.

The statement came hours after the dramatic death when Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas, addressing the mass gathering, suddenly spotted the man on the tree, seemingly precariously perched, and asked police and AAP activists to bring him down.

Three party activists clambered up the tree and untied the scarf. But before they could take a good grip of him, the limp body slipped from their hands and fell with a thud, only to cause chaos at the rally.

Shouting anti-police slogans, some volunteers rushed the man to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, around two kilometers away, where doctors declared him dead.

A hand-written 'suicide note' in Hindi found at the spot said the man was taking his life because rains had destroyed his crops. He ended the note with "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Rajasthan".

In no time, a political war erupted.

Taken aback by the suicide, AAP leaders blamed Delhi Police, saying police did not even respond to their appeals to bring the man down from the tree.

"Police didn't play their role properly. They should have made efforts to save Gajendra Singh. It were AAP activists who put their lives at risk and brought him down and took him to hospital," said Kumar Vishwas.

Asked why the rally was not halted after the incident, AAP leader Sanjay Singh said: "If we had stopped the rally, there would have been a stampede or other law and order problems."

Police denied AAP's charges and said an inquiry was on to find out what happened. The investigation was ordered by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, to whom Delhi Police reports.

The Bharatiya Janata Party hit out at the AAP. Its spokesman Sambit Patra asked: "Why didn't AAP leaders stop the farmer from committing suicide?"

The first to reach the hospital was Congress leader Ajay Maken, who blamed both police and the AAP for the suicide. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi came calling later.

In Rajasthan, the family of the deceased farmer said Gajendra was shaken after losing his entire wheat crop to untimely rains.

Gopal Singh, an uncle of Gajendra Singh, said that the man was not compensated by the state government.

"He had around 25 bighas (around 2.5 hectare) of land and grew wheat. His crop was destroyed by rains and hailstorm... So far no compensation has been given to us."

The Congress announced Rs 2 lakh as compensation to the dead man's family.

Kejriwal was told of the incident -- it wasn't clear then whether the man was alive or dead -- by some volunteers on the dais. Thinking that the man was probably alive, he said he would call on him after the rally.

In his speech, Kejriwal accused the Narendra Modi government of trying to snatch farmers' land to give it to the "super rich".

"Today farmers have realised that this is not a government of farmers, it is a government of anti-farmers," he said to loud cheers. "This is 'super amiron ki sarkar (a government of the super rich)."

Kejriwal questioned the need to enact an Ordinance to make land takeover easy.

"What is the urgency? Is there a big emergency? What is the compulsion? Is some major project stalled? Our farmers want to know."

(With IANS inputs)

 

[Hindustani78]

Mohammed Akhef & Prasad Joshi,TNN | May 12, 2015, 03.02 AM IST
300 farmer suicides in Marathwada since January - The Times of India

AURANGABAD: With the worsening drought situation in the region, farmer suicides continue unabated this year. About 300 farmers have taken their lives since January this year.

The highest number (83) of farmer suicides has been reported from Beed district, followed by Nanded with 55 deaths and Osmanabad with 50 cases. Last year, a total of 569 farmers in the region had taken their lives.

Osmanabad is one of the two districts selected by the state government to study the cause of farmer suicides and suggest measures to curb the phenomenon. A team of top IAS officials has been specially deputed in Osmanabad and Yavatmal to study farmer suicides and suggest steps to be taken.

Beed district collector Naval Kishor Ram said, "In 2001, cultivation of the cash crop of cotton brought many changes in rural economy. It has very high input costs. If there is a good harvest, the farmers earn good returns. However, if the crop fails, the farmers suffer huge losses and at times it becomes unbearable for them.

He added that though only 23% soil is conducive for cotton cultivation, majority of the farmers are still opting for it.

State revenue minister Eknath Khadse on Monday said he had sought an explanation from chief secretary regarding the alleged under-reporting of farmer suicide cases in the state to the Centre. "I have asked the chief secretary to find out how incorrect information was sent to the Centre. Instructions have been issued that such incidents should not recur," he said.

Khadse was in eye of storm after Union agricultural minister Radha Mohan Singh's revelation in Parliament that only three farmers in Maharashtra had ended their lives due to recent hailstorm and unseasonal rain. He said the data submitted to the Centre was based on suicide notes.

He appealed to farmers to take inspiration from tribals in Nandurbar and Melghat areas. "Farmers should keep their morale high. They should look at tribal population in Nandurbar and Melghat regions, who lead life despite being surrounded by all adversities," he said.

Khadse took stock of the situation in Marathwada ahead of this year's kharif season. He said the state government was committed to reconstituting farm loans at low interest rate of six per cent. "Discussions are on with Nabard and RBI to accept our proposal. If these banks show reluctance to our proposal, the government will pitch in with necessary financial aid," he said.

The minister said licences of traders hoarding seeds and fertilizers would be suspended immediately and criminal proceedings would be initiated against them. Among other decisions, needy farmers can opt for different machinery needed for ploughing and sowing at nominal rates from central facilities at taluka and regional level.

 

[Hindustani78]

Modi's one year in power saw 1,306 farmer suicides in Maharashtra

A record 1,306 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra during the one-year period of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in office - between May 20, 2014, to May 25, 2015, a farmers' watchdog body said here on Monday.
This figure is around 40 percent higher than the same period between May 2013-May 2014, said Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti chief Kishore Tiwari. While there are various views about Modi's one year in power, most of them being optimistic, it is not true of the Maharashtra farmers, particularly in Vidarbha - which is the epicentre of Indian farmland suicides in the past 10 years, said Tiwari.

"Official statistics say 1,306 farmers ended their lives as the NDA-II marks its first year in power. In fact, the trend has been increasing and the first 140 days of 2015 (from January 1) recorded the highest ever 448 suicides, indicating serious distress prevailing in the five million agrarian community of the state," Tiwari told IANS.

He said last year's crises, including extensive damage to Kharif and Rabi crops, severe climatic changes resulting in bouts of droughts and floods coupled with hailstorms, and market recessions, have spurred the suicide rates in the state.

"There is no interest among farmers in the ongoing celebrations of PM Modi's first anniversary in the dying fields of Vidarbha and other parts of the state where over three million cotton farmers and two million tribal families continue to battle starvation," he said.
In the past 10 years, he pointed out, Vidarbha has hit international headlines with more than 11,000 debt-trapped cotton farmers' suicides and now Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has sought help from Israel to arrest the trend.

The state farmers had celebrated with joy when Modi was swept to power and he assured a solution to their (farmers') problems within 100 days of taking office by proposing some revolutionary formulae.

"Now it is already a year, but the NDA-II seems to have forgotten all its promises on the basis of which the farmers voted for them en masse. The healing touch never came, there was no waiver of old loans or sanction of new loans," Tiwari lamented.

Though the Maharashtra government has declared that 23,811 of the state's 39,453 villages, or around 60 percent, are affected by drought with more than 12 million hectares of farmlands damaged, little is being done to address the situation.

The last union budget spoke of mega investments for infrastructure, but failed to tackle the core issue of direct relief packages to the farmers, especially the cotton cultivators who were throttled by the global open market economy and mismatched demand-supply situation, Tiwari said.

"Most other promises of the government for farmers turned out to be a 'kisan jhumla' and farmers continue to end their lives. On the eve of Modi's one year in office being celebrated, at least 10 farmers have committed suicide in the past three days alone," Tiwari said.

 

[jamahir]

@SrNair

let's continue that discussion here... read above post and then from op.

 

[SrNair]

@SrNair

let's continue that discussion here... read above post and then from op.

Dont have any interest.
I am talking about my state.
BJP didnt rule these state since 1956 after its creation.
But its entire achievements is revolved around on remittance from Gulf.
Withouy that Kerala is a big zero with highlevel of suicide rate both farmers and others .There is no jobs in this state even for IITians.

Marathas have at least a large industrial base and their educated folks dont have to wander for jobs

 

[Hindustani78]

@SrNair

let's continue that discussion here... read above post and then from op.

Maharashtra mulls cloud seeding for artificial rains - The Hindu

Maharashtra State Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Eknath Khadse said the government has been approached by specialists in the field of cloud seeding to generate artificial rainfall in drier parts of the State.

“We have asked them [the specialists] to give us a demonstration either at Jalgaon, some villages of Vidarbha or Marathwada region, which are dry areas. If the trial is successful, the government is open to trying it,” Mr. Khadse said.

Director of International School of Professional Studies trustee Abdul Rehman Vanoo, who had recently made a presentation to Mr. Khadse, said the technology has been tested in areas like Sindhudurg and Sangli.

“Sugar acts as a propeller and Silver Iodine, which is at the tip of the rocket, is burst in the clouds according to our calculations. This causes a chemical reaction in clouds which causes rain within 40-60 minutes,” Mr. Vanoo said.

“Silver Iodine of 47 per cent purity is required in the process which is to be imported from Argentina. For its import, we need an ‘End User Certificate’ from the State government. Once we get the certificate, we will be ready to import iodine and generate artificial rainfall,” he added.

He also said the technology could be used to shift a cloud to a distance of 80 km from its original position.

Dont have any interest.
I am talking about my state.
BJP didnt rule these state since 1956 after its creation.
But its entire achievements is revolved around on remittance from Gulf.
Withouy that Kerala is a big zero with highlevel of suicide rate both farmers and others .There is no jobs in this state even for IITians.

Marathas have at least a large industrial base and their educated folks dont have to wander for jobs

Punjab farmer commits suicide - The Hindu
A debt-stressed farmer, who recently met Rahul Gandhi and told him about agrarian problems, on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by consuming poisonous substance.

The family of the 60-year-old Surjit Singh, a resident of Dadumajra village, claimed that his debt was mounting and he was unable to pay back the loan from bank and others.

Surjit Singh had taken a loan of Rs.10 lakh from bank and other persons but could not repay, the family claimed.

He also could not get good yield from his crop due to unseasonal rains in March and April this year.

The farmer had cultivated his land taken on lease.

Singh had met Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi during his Sirhind grain market visit in April this year.

According to State Congress leaders, Surjit Singh had briefed Rahul Gandhi about the problems faced by Punjab farmers that included selling their paddy and farmers committing suicide.

Rahul had later raised the issue in Lok Sabha.

When contacted, Fatehgarh Sahib SSP Gurmeet Singh Randhawa said the police registered a case under Section 174 (suspicious death) of CrPC in farmer’s suicide case.

Randhawa said that the family of the farmer had told the police that he was under “depression”.

Congress’ Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Amarinder Singh said “the situation calls for agriculture emergency to tackle the agrarian crisis lest it is too late”.

 

[jamahir]

Maharashtra mulls cloud seeding for artificial rains - The Hindu

Maharashtra State Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Eknath Khadse said the government has been approached by specialists in the field of cloud seeding to generate artificial rainfall in drier parts of the State.

“We have asked them [the specialists] to give us a demonstration either at Jalgaon, some villages of Vidarbha or Marathwada region, which are dry areas. If the trial is successful, the government is open to trying it,” Mr. Khadse said.

Director of International School of Professional Studies trustee Abdul Rehman Vanoo, who had recently made a presentation to Mr. Khadse, said the technology has been tested in areas like Sindhudurg and Sangli.

“Sugar acts as a propeller and Silver Iodine, which is at the tip of the rocket, is burst in the clouds according to our calculations. This causes a chemical reaction in clouds which causes rain within 40-60 minutes,” Mr. Vanoo said.

“Silver Iodine of 47 per cent purity is required in the process which is to be imported from Argentina. For its import, we need an ‘End User Certificate’ from the State government. Once we get the certificate, we will be ready to import iodine and generate artificial rainfall,” he added.

He also said the technology could be used to shift a cloud to a distance of 80 km from its original position.

i don't think cloud seeding can be done for the entire rainy season or compensate for low ground water, that too in many parts of maharashtra, and this can't be the permanent solution... the problem is economic... the farmers have two kinds of expenses, (a). necessary ones, including farm upkeep and schooling and basic colleging, (b). entirely avoidable expenses like weddings, festivals, pilgrimages and mba-type college courses.

the political system should have removed from the farmers the burden of both types of expense ( for example, court weddings )... further, the political system should have removed the interest-based economics entirely... not having disconnected economic burdens from the farmers ( or anyone in fact ) produces problems described by your second section of the post...

Punjab farmer commits suicide - The Hindu
A debt-stressed farmer, who recently met Rahul Gandhi and told him about agrarian problems, on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by consuming poisonous substance.

The family of the 60-year-old Surjit Singh, a resident of Dadumajra village, claimed that his debt was mounting and he was unable to pay back the loan from bank and others.

Surjit Singh had taken a loan of Rs.10 lakh from bank and other persons but could not repay, the family claimed.

Marathas have at least a large industrial base and their educated folks dont have to wander for jobs

above is people suiciding in "the industrialized maharashtra"... do you choose to ignore this or will you agree to sensible solutions??

 

[SrNair]

i don't think cloud seeding can be done for the entire rainy season or compensate for low ground water, that too in many parts of maharashtra... the problem is economic... the farmers have two kinds of expenses, (a). necessary ones, including farm upkeep and schooling and basic colleging, (b). entirely avoidable expenses like weddings, festivals, pilgrimages and mba type college courses.

the political system should have removed from the farmers the burden of both types of expense ( for example, court weddings )... further, the political system should have removed the interest-based economics entirely... not having disconnected economic burdens from the farmers ( or anyone in fact ) produces problems described by your second section of the post...




above is people suiciding in "the industrialized maharashtra"... do you choose to ignore this or will you agree to sensible solutions??

AFAIK sudden climatic changes is not under the control of GoI .
Perhaps Gaddafi in hell can notify you about climatic changes .
At least their educated folks have a future and hope .In our state both farmers and educated guys are fed up.

 

[jamahir]

AFAIK sudden climatic changes is not under the control of GoI .

this is not because of sudden climate change... this has been going on for a long time.

Perhaps Gaddafi in hell can notify you about climatic changes .

where ever he is, he can certainly tell of these...

Should Libyans want to take up farming career, they would receive farming land, a farming house, equipments, seeds and livestock to kickstart their farms are all for free.

Gaddafi carried out the world’s largest irrigation project, known as the Great Manmade River project, to make water readily available throughout the desert country.

and these...

1. There is no electricity bill in Libya; electricity is free for all its citizens.
2. There is no interest on loans, banks in Libya are state-owned and loans given to all its citizens at zero percent interest by law.
3. Having a home considered a human right in Libya.
4. All newlyweds in Libya receive $60,000 dinar (U.S.$50,000) by the government to buy their first apartment so to help start up the family.
5. Education and medical treatments are free in Libya. Before Gaddafi only 25 percent of Libyans were literate. Today, the figure is 83 percent.
6. Should Libyans want to take up farming career, they would receive farming land, a farming house, equipments, seeds and livestock to kickstart their farms are all for free.
7. If Libyans cannot find the education or medical facilities they need, the government funds them to go abroad, for it is not only paid for, but they get a U.S.$2,300/month for accommodation and car allowance.
8. If a Libyan buys a car, the government subsidizes 50 percent of the price.
9. The price of petrol in Libya is $0.14 per liter.
10. Libya has no external debt and its reserves amounting to $150 billion are now frozen globally.
11. If a Libyan is unable to get employment after graduation the state would pay the average salary of the profession, as if he or she is employed, until employment is found.
12. A portion of every Libyan oil sale is credited directly to the bank accounts of all Libyan citizens.
13. A mother who gives birth to a child receive U.S.$5,000.
14. 40 loaves of bread in Libya costs $0.15.
15. 25 percent of Libyans have a university degree.
16. Gaddafi carried out the world’s largest irrigation project, known as the Great Manmade River project, to make water readily available throughout the desert country.

source - 16 Things Libya Will Never See Again | Libyan Free Press

meaning that the former libyan political system ensured that no economic burdens were endured by the citizens.

At least their educated folks have a future and hope .In our state both farmers and educated guys are fed up.

the post that hindustani78 made about maharashtra is about this year, while modi was doing his foreign darshans.

 

[Hindustani78]

Centre to give interest-free loans to farmers: Paswan | Zee News

Patna: The Centre has decided to raise Rs 6,000 crore to provide interest-free loans to farmers so that they do not have to go to moneylenders and fall into debt traps, Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan on Thursday said.

Under the proposed farm loan disbursal mechanism, the farmers will get loan without paying interest which will be borne by the central government, the Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister said here.

Paswan was addressing a press conference to showcase the NDA government's achievements in its one year in office.

Defending the controversial Land Acquisition Bill, he said the proposed legislation was a boon for the people.

The landowners and the people at large stood to gain from the bill as those selling the land will get payment four times more than its market value and the land will be put to use for setting up industrial units for generating employment, he said.

On absence of a consent clause in the bill, he said it was not a new thing as the bill passed during the UPA rule too did not have such a provision.

Rubbishing the allegation of the Narendra Modi-government being 'anti-poor' and 'pro-corporate', he said pro-poor schemes like the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Jan Dhan Yojana, Mudra Bank and Atal Pension Yojana were launched for the poor people of the country.

The prices of essential goods like rice, wheat and sugar were also under control, the Union Minister said.

While the rate of pulses and edible oil has seen sharp increase of late, efforts will be made to check hike of prices of the two commodities by importing them, he said.

On the charge that minorities were under constant attack from the majority ever since the NDA government came to power last year, he said "no communal riots have been reported in the country and the minorities feel safer than ever."

Non-NDA parties were using communal card to attack the NDA government, he added.

He said the NDA government has also succeeded in reining in price rise and inflation during its first year in office in addition to providing a corruption-free and transparent governance and taking steady steps to bring back black money from foreign shores.

On Centre-state relations, he said the government believed in 'cooperative federalism' and it accepted the 14th Finance Commission's recommendation to raise the states' share to 42 per cent of taxes under divisible pool as against 32 per cent earlier.

PTI

 

[jamahir]

Centre to give interest-free loans to farmers: Paswan | Zee News

Patna: The Centre has decided to raise Rs 6,000 crore to provide interest-free loans to farmers so that they do not have to go to moneylenders and fall into debt traps, Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan on Thursday said.

oho... so the right-wing government is looking at left-wing economics.

@SrNair @Mr.Nair

People under socialism were poor and without hope, the lucky ones got a few crimps from the govt.

see above.

Under the proposed farm loan disbursal mechanism, the farmers will get loan without paying interest which will be borne by the central government, the Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister said here.

"borne by the central government"... umm...

1. are there clauses, for farmers to become eligible for interest-free loans??

2. why not remove the interest system entirely??

 

[Hindustani78]

i don't think cloud seeding can be done for the entire rainy season or compensate for low ground water, that too in many parts of maharashtra, and this can't be the permanent solution... the problem is economic... the farmers have two kinds of expenses, (a). necessary ones, including farm upkeep and schooling and basic colleging, (b). entirely avoidable expenses like weddings, festivals, pilgrimages and mba-type college courses.

the political system should have removed from the farmers the burden of both types of expense ( for example, court weddings )... further, the political system should have removed the interest-based economics entirely... not having disconnected economic burdens from the farmers ( or anyone in fact ) produces problems described by your second section of the post...




above is people suiciding in "the industrialized maharashtra"... do you choose to ignore this or will you agree to sensible solutions??

It can be done because by cloud seeding for artificial rains the cloud can be moved 80 kms , Wardha and Wainganga rivers flows over there and this can help out the farmers.

"borne by the central government"... umm...

1. are there clauses, for farmers to become eligible for interest-free loans??

2. why not remove the interest system entirely??

Behind majority of suicides the high interest rates are the reason and this micro finiancing is really not working as the private money lenders takes too much high interest.

if Government provides interest free loans from the state owned banks then this will not be burden on the farmers and i think there would be some sort of mechanism in which the bank officials would do regular check ups.

 

[jamahir]

It can be done because by cloud seeding for artificial rains the cloud can be moved 80 kms , Wardha and Wainganga rivers flows over there and this can help out the farmers.

i did not understand the context of the map, and has the cloud-moving-to-80-kms-away ever been demonstrated in actual use because they are giving a specific number ( 80 kms )??

Behind majority of suicides the high interest rates are the reason

no doubt.

and this micro finiancing is really not working as the private money lenders takes too much high interest.

micro-finance was a foolish proposition from the start, because it is easily understood that little sums of money will never bring someone out of poverty, and adding interest to these little sums will drive people to desperation.

muhammad yunus, the bangladeshi who got nobel peace prize for developing this concept, should be taken to task and his prize withdrawn because his capitalist idea has caused deaths of people... and the capitalist lender companies like "sks microfinance" which have made money on the dead bodies of farmers and other poor, should be banned.

if Government provides interest free loans from the state owned banks then this will not be burden on the farmers

banks should only be state-owned... there cannot be private banks which go and have gone out of control while collecting debts.

@Sky lord ^^^

 

[Hindustani78]

i did not understand the context of the map, and has the cloud-moving-to-80-kms-away ever been demonstrated in actual use because they are giving a specific number ( 80 kms )??

Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) tried cloud seeding in 1992 and just a few years ago over Vaitarna and Tansa lakes that supply water to Mumbai.

micro-finance was a foolish proposition from the start, because it is easily understood that little sums of money will never bring someone out of poverty, and adding interest to these little sums will drive people to desperation.

Micro financing was like to inject money from aboard under NGO's and it worked in other states were there was good rainfall and even good water resources but it failed to in those states where farmers have to be dependable on rainfalls and Vidharba, Telangana did saw the increase of suicides as the farmers were not able to pay the private loans and in state owned banks taking loans was like hard and even WTO mechanism was the reason because of the subsidies issue.

muhammad yunus, the bangladeshi who got nobel peace prize for developing this concept, should be taken to task and his prize withdrawn because his capitalist idea has caused deaths of people... and the capitalist lender companies like "sks microfinance" which have made money on the dead bodies of farmers and other poor, should be banned.

I cant say the situation of micro financing in bangladesh but i think it worked out there because of the water resources and quite plenty of rivers there.

banks should only be state-owned... there cannot be private banks which go and have gone out of control while collecting debts.

Private banks will work in urban areas and they wont do business in rural areas and majority of agriculture is done in rural areas.

 

[SrNair]

You dont know anything about this communist ridden state.
So dont quote me again you moron

this is not because of sudden climate change... this has been going on for a long time.



where ever he is, he can certainly tell of these...


and these...


source - 16 Things Libya Will Never See Again | Libyan Free Press

meaning that the former libyan political system ensured that no economic burdens were endured by the citizens.



the post that hindustani78 made about maharashtra is about this year, while modi was doing his foreign darshans.