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Abdul Alim Jafri
Agriculture Distress, Govt Apathy, and Huge Debt Burden Forcing Bundelkhand Farmers to End Lives
17 Mar 2022
Across Bundelkhand, farm suicides are becoming commonplace as farmers fail to repay loans. Many farmers in the region have sold their land and become labourers.
Ravi Kaushal
Punjab Elections: Even After Historic Struggle, No Poll Campaign on Farmers’ Issues
19 Feb 2022
Parties across the spectrum are silent on the deep agrarian crisis afflicting Punjab. We speak with experts to understand the underlying causes of this apathy of mainstream political parties.
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP Elections: Never Ending Saga of Farmer Suicides in Bundelkhand
09 Feb 2022
Loans via Kisan Credit Cards, with compounded interest rates, are said to be a big reason for mounting debts at a time when crop failures or damage are leading to losses.
Ishita Mukhopadhyay
Historic Farmer’s Protest, Participation of Women Farmers And Women’s Question in India
27 Dec 2021
Thousands and thousands of women farmers gathered at the borders from the northern states and each day their numbers increased. The implication of their participation needs to be recognised in all…
PTI
India Recorded 1.53 Lakh Suicides in 2020, Over 10,000 in Farm Sector Alone
29 Oct 2021
A total of 10,677 persons involved in farming sector (5,579 farmers or cultivators and 5,098 agricultural labourers) died by suicide during 2020, accounting for 7% of total suicides, says latest NCRB…
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Kisan Mazdoor Ekta Diwas: Why Has Centre Failed to Address Farmer Suicides, Ask Telangana Unions
27 Feb 2021
As many as 5,912 farmers died by suicide between 2014 and 2019 in Telangana, of which 1,478 were tenant farmers.
Tarique Anwar
Farmers’ Protest: A Great Unifier for Thousands of Agitators
30 Dec 2020
NewsClick spoke to many protesters who are taking part in any agitation for the first time to understand the changes it made to their lives.
Meena Menon
A Coup De Grâce for Farmers and Agriculture
23 Sep 2020
The perplexing new bills become clear once you realise they are not meant to help farmers but private players with money to invest in contract farming.
Newsclick Report
60% Vidarbha Farmers Suffer From Mental Health Issues, Says Study
11 Feb 2020
The cases of anxiety and depression are highest among the farmers who have agricultural loans more than Rs 25,000, according to the study published by the International Institute of Population…
PTI
Women Are Single Largest Exclusion in India's Farmer Suicides Data: Sainath
01 Feb 2020
Terming NCRB statistics for female farmer suicides as "complete rubbish", the senior journalist said “even before the males committed suicides”, women were doing 60% of the work on the farm.