'Farmer Suicides' news in 'Suicides' topic for user leigh

Highlighting a human tragedy (Cached)	16.3.2006	Hindu: Kerala
KOZHIKODE: K.K.N. Kurup, historian, who has been conducting studies on problems in Wayanad's farm sector, has said that the district deserves special attention from planners, the Government and social activists in view of a crisis in agriculture ...
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Package for debt-hit ryots (Cached)	15.3.2006	Deccan Herald
Package for debt-hit ryots
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Debt-ridden farmer commit suicide (Cached)	15.3.2006	New Indian Express
Debt-ridden farmer commit suicide
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Vidharbha, sometimes grim (Cached)	13.3.2006	Rediff: News
Some farmers escape debt by killing themselves, though that just means their families must take on the debt, now without the dead man to help.
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Poultry farmer suicide (Cached)	13.3.2006	Telegraph: Front Page
The bird flu scare in Bengal claimed its first human victim today with the death of a 45-year-old poultry farmer who had drunk poison on Friday after his business collapsed.
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Poultry farmer suicide (Cached)	13.3.2006	Telegraph: Front Page
The bird flu scare in Bengal claimed its first human victim today with the death of a 45-year-old poultry farmer who had drunk poison on Friday after his business collapsed.
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Maharashtra budget session likely to witness stormy scene (Cached)	13.3.2006	New Kerala: Maharashtra
Mumbai (Maharashtra): The budget session of the Maharashtra Legislature which is to begin today is likely to witness a stormy scene as the Opposition is all set to raise certain issues and put the Congress-led Government in a difficult situation.
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Globalisation major reason for farmers??? suicide: Expert (Cached)	12.3.2006	Deccan Herald
Globalisation major reason for farmers??? suicide: Expert
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Farmer commits suicide in Bengal after crop failure (Cached)	11.3.2006	New Indian Express
Farmer commits suicide in Bengal after crop failure
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AP chilly farmer's suicide in a distant land (Cached)	10.3.2006	India Together
In Vidarbha, where over a thousand cotton farmers have taken their own lives in last the four years over unabated distress, Venkanna Ramayya Rayee's suicide has an unusual edge. A chilly farmer from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, his name won't figure as an entry in the suicide ledger in either state. Jaideep Hardikar has more.
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350, and counting (Cached)	10.3.2006	India Together
Inexplicably, Maharashtra's bosses have gone into hiding after announcing a "bailout package" for Vidarbha's beleaguered farmers. Not a single pie has been distributed yet, two months after the chief minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh, announced it. Farmers' suicides are failing to move a heartless government, reports Jaideep Hardikar.
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Briefly (Cached)	10.3.2006	Hindu: Andhra Pradesh
The Ministry of Environment and Forest has accorded site clearance to the Mahatma Gandhi Lift Irrigation Scheme (Kalwakurthy) in Mahabubnagar district. Andhra Pradesh Government special representative Mallu Ravi announced this here on ...
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Two Pune farmers injured in police firing (Cached)	10.3.2006	New Kerala: Maharashtra
Pune: Two farmers were injured in police firing at Maan village near Pune on Thursday.
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Farmer commits suicide in Bengal after crop failure (Cached)	10.3.2006	New Kerala: West Bengal
Kolkata: Heavily under debt, a farmer in West Bengal committed suicide after failure of potato cultivation in his field, raising the spectre of similar incidents in Andhra Pradesh some years ago.
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Congress adopts new strategy to bridle DIC(K) (Cached)	9.3.2006	Hindu: Kerala
Bid to accommodate some former DIC(K) MLAs
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Quality of spending matters a lot, says ex-Union Secretary (Cached)	8.3.2006	Hindu: Andhra Pradesh
Difficult to checkmate inflationary trends: Sarma
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Lock-up death of ryot in Nizamabad (Cached)	8.3.2006	Hindu: Andhra Pradesh
Villagers allege torture; police say it is suicide
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A poor yield for the farmer (Cached)	8.3.2006	HBL: Opinion
The Government has committed itself to raising the rate of growth of the agricultural sector to 4 per cent. But it has no concrete plans for achieving this. An effective solution would be to develop a land market where farmers on the brink can d ispose of their land, taking advantage of the boom in the real estate market.
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Farmers seek better deal (Cached)	7.3.2006	Hindu: Kerala
Pro-CPI(M) forum holds `Karshaka Sangamam'
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Farmers to get loans up to Rs 2 lakh at 7% interest (Cached)	6.3.2006	Sify Finance
Expressing concern over a spate of suicides by debt-ridden farmers in Maharashtra and other states, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said the farmers would be provided with crop loan up to Rs 2 lakh at an interest rate of 7 per cent.
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