farmer suicides

12 farmer suicides in 45 days in Punjab

On: October 6, 2015

Chandigarh — 15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repaymentContinue Reading

Modi’s foreign trips, expenditure in crores and sufferings of the poor

By: Matters India

On: August 14, 2015

In: Analysis

There are variety of problems that the government needs to address, especially poverty and the increasing number of suicides by farmers who are not able to repay the debts and finding it difficult to meet daily needs. According to the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal (MGD) programme, 270 millions orContinue Reading