User: leigh Topic: Suicides
Category: Suicides By Region :: Maharashtra
Last updated: Jun 17 2013 07:29 IST RSS 2.0
 
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Farmer hangs himself in APMC office compound 17.6.2013 deccanherald.com
Farmer hangs himself in APMC office compound
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Great cricketer Pawar (Cached) 4.6.2013 Projects Monitor
Great cricketer Pawar
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मुलक ने दिए किसानों को टिप्स कहा कृषि पूरक व्यवसाय आवश्यक (Cached) 3.6.2013 दैनिक भास्कर
मुलक ने दिए किसानों को टिप्स कहा कृषि पूरक व्यवसाय आवश्यक
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Vidarbha farmers unhappy with minimum support price for cash crops (Cached) 28.5.2013 Down to Earth

Agriculture ministry overlooked increased input and labour costs, ignored state government recommendations

imagePhoto: Aparna Pallavi

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Mandi House Players (Cached) 28.5.2013 Indian Express: Delhi
In NSD Repertory Company''s latest play, Virasat, the audience sits on four sides of the stage, so close to the action that they can almost dip their legs in a pool of water that''s central to the storyline.
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Kota Neelima (Cached) 27.5.2013 Outlook Magazine
The journalist-author Kota Neelima on her third novel, farmer suicides and dynastic politics
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Who killed Namdeo? 25.5.2013 Latest News
The latest suicide in Vidarbha underlines the need for flexible loan repayment norms for farmers
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India inside out 24.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
India inside out
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India inside out 24.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
India inside out
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Illegal GM cotton spreads across India (Cached) 22.5.2013 Down to Earth
In a replay of Bt cotton saga, Monsanto's Roundup Ready Flex is being grown in at least three states without clearance GM cotton has proved to be a grim experience for farmers as erratic rains and high costs of cultivation have resulted in poor returns. This appears to be a prime cause of the wave of farmer suicides that have touched nearly 9,000 since 2005 (Photo by Amit Shanker) No alternate text on picture! - define alternate text in image properties Homepage Teaser: In a replay of Bt cotton saga, Monsanto's Roundup Ready Flex is being grown in at least three states without clearance ...
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Credit crunch hits Vidarbha farmers 22.5.2013 Nagpur News, Nagpur City News | Cities News - Times of India
Credit crunch hits Vidarbha farmers
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India inside out 20.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
India inside out
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Farmers’ suicide rates soar above the rest 18.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
Farmers’ suicide rates soar above the rest
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Farmers’ suicide rates soar above the rest 18.5.2013 Hindu: News
Suicide rates among Indian farmers were a chilling 47 per cent higher than they were for the rest of the population in 2011. In some of the States worst hit by the agrarian crisis, they were well...
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3 farmers end lives as CM applies Rs 2,000crore balm 16.5.2013 DNA: Top News
Vidarbha farmer suicide toll this year mounts to 264.
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M'rashtra farm widows, activists to oppose GM crops 13.5.2013 deccanherald.com
Widows of farmers who committed suicide in the Bt-cotton fields of Maharashtra-Vidarbha, along with tribal and agriculturists, are gearing up to intensify their agitation against the introduction of GM (genetically-modified) seeds into the food crops. A series of state-wide protests, including hunger strikes and night-long torch marches from the farmland suicide epicentre-Maregaon (Sonbardi) in Yavatmal district, is being planned in the coming weeks. Last week, a state-appointed committee headed by Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) -Member-Dr Anil Kakodkar quietly met at the Central Institute for Cotton Research (CCIR), Nagpur, deliberating over proposals submitted by 29 seed companies seeking no-objection certificate for carrying out field tests of GM food crops in Maharashtra. The secrecy-filled meeting with members of the committee refusing to furnish details has invited wrath from environmentalists, ecologists and farmland activists. Talking over phone from Nagpur, farm-land activist ...
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Region-wide stir to be staged for drought-hit areas (Cached) 10.5.2013 TOI: All Headlines
Region-wide stir to be staged for drought-hit areas
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Muttemwar seeks Rs 5000cr relief for Vidarbha farmers 9.5.2013 Nagpur News, Nagpur City News | Cities News - Times of India
Muttemwar seeks Rs 5000cr relief for Vidarbha farmers
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28-year-old woman commits suicide along with two daughters (Cached) 8.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
Kolhapur, May 8 : A twentyeight-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping into a river along with her two daughters last night at Hirlage village Gadhinglaj Tehsil of the District.
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State reaps a Mahaarashtra farmer harvest (Cached) 7.5.2013 TOI: India
State reaps a Mahaarashtra farmer harvest
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