Widows, Sisters & Mothers of Farmers, Who Died by Suicide Due to Debt Issues, Join Protest at Tikri Border
4 years, 3 months ago

Widows, Sisters & Mothers of Farmers, Who Died by Suicide Due to Debt Issues, Join Protest at Tikri Border

News 18  

Several family members, including widows, mothers and sisters, of Punjab farmers who committed suicide due to rising debt, joined the protesters at Tikri border on Wednesday. Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and elsewhere have been protesting near various border points of Delhi, including Singhu and Tikri, for over a fortnight demanding that the Centre repeal three new farm laws. Around 700-800 women whose family members had ended their lives due to farm debt took part in the protest, Bhartiya Kisan Union vice president Harinder Kaur Bindu said. Paramjit Kaur, who hails from Patiala district said, The new farm laws brought by the central government will further push farmers into debt trap.

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The Farmers Who Refused to Leave: A Year of Protest, Survival, and Hope
3 weeks, 6 days ago

The Farmers Who Refused to Leave: A Year of Protest, Survival, and Hope

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 23, 2025 09:31 IST - 8 MINS READ What does a farmer look like? Over the year that followed the arrival of the farmers at Delhi’s borders and until the farm laws were finally repealed, the protest burgeoned. Amongst the many photographers who recorded the protest was the Delhi-based Gauri Gill, whose exhibition “The Village on the …

Farmers’ Protest | Jagjit Dallewal’s Fast-Unto-Death and Protesters’ Suicides Unite Farmers
2 months, 1 week ago

Farmers’ Protest | Jagjit Dallewal’s Fast-Unto-Death and Protesters’ Suicides Unite Farmers

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 11, 2025 15:12 IST - 9 MINS READ Farmers agitating on the border of Punjab and Haryana at Khanauri and Shambhu for a legally guaranteed minimum support price for all crops have once again become a talking point. Unlike the farmers’ agitation of 2020-21, which was led by more than 500 farmer and peasant fronts across the …

Farmer who attempted suicide at Shambhu border dies at Patiala hospital: Report
3 months ago

Farmer who attempted suicide at Shambhu border dies at Patiala hospital: Report

Hindustan Times  

A 57-year-old farmer, who allegedly attempted suicide at the Shambhu border during the farmers' protest on December 14, died at the Government Rajindra Hospital on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI. Ranjodh Singh reportedly took his own life as he was troubled by the deteriorating health of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal. Ranjodh Singh, who hails from Ratanheri village in Ludhiana …

Protesting farmers from Punjab break police barricades in Noida
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Protesting farmers from Punjab break police barricades in Noida

Deccan Chronicle  

Sagar Singh Kalsi, Additional Commissioner of Police, stated that the police had reinforced barricades at all major and minor borders, coordinating with traffic authorities to manage the situation without affecting the public. The farmers' action came shortly after the Supreme Court urged Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast-unto-death at the Khanauri border, to avoid blocking …

Day after his death, speculation abounds over suicide of farmer in Telangana
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Day after his death, speculation abounds over suicide of farmer in Telangana

New Indian Express  

KHAMMAM : There are several doubts circulating on social media regarding the suicide of farmer Bogedla Prabhakar. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vkramarka on Wednesday assured people that the government will not spare anyone responsible for the farmer’s suicide. Family members of the farmer on Wednesday staged a protest before Mandal Revenue Officer K Ramesh at the water tank …

Punjab: A day after Sangrur clash, 53 farmers booked for murder bid
1 year, 6 months ago

Punjab: A day after Sangrur clash, 53 farmers booked for murder bid

Hindustan Times  

A day after a farmer died during a protest in Sangrur, the police arrested two farmers and booked 53 on the charge of attempt to murder. Meanwhile, members of Bhartiya Kisan Union continued to protest near the Longowal police station demanding registration of a case of murder against the police for using force in chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s home district …

50,000 farmers stage a peaceful protest at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, say they will accept farm laws with some changes
2 years, 3 months ago

50,000 farmers stage a peaceful protest at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, say they will accept farm laws with some changes

Op India  

On Monday, December 19, around 50,000 farmers gathered at central Delhi Ramlila Maidan. The farmers participating in the “Kisan Garjana Rally” made it clear that they don’t want to cause any disruption and just want that their demands to be met. ‘Farmers are being fooled by politically motivated persons like Rakesh Tikait’, says a farmer at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan The …

Welfare schemes should cover tenant farmers: Uttam
2 years, 7 months ago

Welfare schemes should cover tenant farmers: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Demanding that the welfare schemes should cover tenant farmers, Congress MP and former PCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy accused both the Telangana government and the BJP-led Union government of neglecting tenant farmers. The state Congress leader claimed that Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar responded to a question he asked in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with a …

Two farmers die in Hisar in accident while returning home from Tikri protest sites
3 years, 3 months ago

Two farmers die in Hisar in accident while returning home from Tikri protest sites

Firstpost  

Farmers are returning home on Saturday after their year-long agitation against the Centre’s farm laws came to an end Chandigarh: Two Punjab farmers were killed when the tractor-trailer on which they were travelling was hit by a truck in Haryana’s Hisar while they were returning home from a protest site near the Delhi’s Tikri border on Saturday. The farmers belonged …

Hisar: Two Punjab Farmers Killed in Accident While Returning Home from Tikri Protest Site
3 years, 3 months ago

Hisar: Two Punjab Farmers Killed in Accident While Returning Home from Tikri Protest Site

News 18  

Two Punjab farmers were killed when the tractor-trailer on which they were travelling was hit by a truck in Haryana’s Hisar while they were returning home from a protest site near the Delhi’s Tikri border on Saturday. The farmers belonged to Punjab’s Muktsar district and were returning home after their year-long agitation against the Centre’s farm laws came to an …

Kin of 11 Farmers Who Died During Protests Given Jobs by Punjab Govt
3 years, 3 months ago

Kin of 11 Farmers Who Died During Protests Given Jobs by Punjab Govt

News 18  

The kin of 11 farmers who lost their lives during the stir against the Centre’s farm laws were given appointment letters for government jobs in Punjab on Saturday. Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Randeep Singh Nabha handed over the letters of appointment as clerk to the next of kin of the deceased farmers, according …

No farmer died due to police action during farmers' protests: Centre in Rajya Sabha
3 years, 3 months ago

No farmer died due to police action during farmers' protests: Centre in Rajya Sabha

India TV News  

Highlights No farmer died due to police action during the year-long protests by farmers: Centre Centre accepted farmers demands, including MSP and withdrawal of cases against the protesters The year-long protest at Delhi borders was suspended by SK on Thursday The Union government on Friday said that no farmer died due to police action during the year-long protests by farmers. …

Rakesh Tikait shares space with Khalistani sympathizers Mo Dhaliwal and Pieter Friedrich in an international webinar aimed at ‘continuing the protests’
3 years, 3 months ago

Rakesh Tikait shares space with Khalistani sympathizers Mo Dhaliwal and Pieter Friedrich in an international webinar aimed at ‘continuing the protests’

Op India  

An organization named ‘Kaur Farmers’ organized a webinar on November 22 to discuss the announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on repealing the three Agriculture Laws. In the online meeting, Bharatiya Kisan Union’s leader Rakesh Tikait, Khalistani sympathizer Mo Dhaliwal and associate of ISI operative Pieter Friedrich were some of the speakers. ‘Farmer commits suicide as they do not …

Peasant women from Punjab and Haryana stand shoulder to shoulder in year-long farmers' protests
3 years, 3 months ago

Peasant women from Punjab and Haryana stand shoulder to shoulder in year-long farmers' protests

The Hindu  

“I am only tenth pass, you know,” says soft-spoken Harinder Bindu, president of the women’s wing of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, a prominent peasant organisation in Punjab. Gradually, the organisation trained 22 women leaders who, Harinder Bindu said, “could speak on the stage”. There was one particular village where the women took charge and declared that each family should send …

Rapes, murders, business losses: The sordid legacy of farmers' protests
3 years, 3 months ago

Rapes, murders, business losses: The sordid legacy of farmers' protests

Op India  

The months-long farmers’ protests that were started in November 2020 is drawing close to an end after the bill to cancel the three farm laws was passed in both houses of the parliament on Monday. From business losses to the tunes of Rs 60,000 crores to the egregious subversion of the elected government, to the insidious resurgence and manifestation of …

The human cost of India’s yearlong farmers’ protest
3 years, 3 months ago

The human cost of India’s yearlong farmers’ protest

Al Jazeera  

Farmers’ unions say at least nine farmers died by suicide among a total of nearly 700 deaths, leaving families distraught and in debt. Fatehgarh Sahib, India – On the morning of November 10, the tall body of Gurpreet Singh was found hanging from a tree at Singhu outside Indian capital New Delhi, where thousands of farmers have been camping for …

Farmers in hundreds descend at protest sites to mark anniversary
3 years, 3 months ago

Farmers in hundreds descend at protest sites to mark anniversary

The Hindu  

Hundreds of tractors bedecked with lights and posters rolled through the Singhu border protest site as loud Punjabi and Haryanvi songs filled the air on Friday to mark one year of the protest against the three farm laws that the government is set to formally withdraw. Thousands of them have flocked to the site over the last few days, buoyed …

Farmer linked with BKU faction found hanging at Singhu border
3 years, 4 months ago

Farmer linked with BKU faction found hanging at Singhu border

Op India  

One protesting farmer said to be associated with the Bhartiya Kisan Union was found hanging from a tree at the Singhu border farmer protest site on Wednesday. Dead body brought to Civil Hospital:Pradeep Kumar, Investigating officer,Kundali Police Stn pic.twitter.com/R2KAyz0KvP — ANI November 10, 2021 As per an Indian Express report, BKU’s Ekta Sidhupur district convener Gurjinder Singh informed that Gurpreet …

Hundreds of deaths in India’s farmers’ protests leave families struggling to cope
3 years, 4 months ago

Hundreds of deaths in India’s farmers’ protests leave families struggling to cope

The Independent  

Happy Singh, 23, was a “natural farmer”, his mother recalls, and represented a bright future for this family living off the land in northern India’s Punjab state. open image in gallery Baljinder Kaur, 45, is grappling with the loss of her only son, Happy, who died in the Indian farmers’ protests at the age of 23 “My husband has depression, …

Three dead, two injured after truck rams into group of women farmers in Haryana
3 years, 4 months ago

Three dead, two injured after truck rams into group of women farmers in Haryana

Firstpost  

The accident took place at Pakoda chowk, where the women were waiting for an autorickshaw to go to Bahadurgarh railway station. Bahadurgarh: Three women farmers were killed and two others injured after a truck hit them near the Tikri border in Haryana’s Bahadurgarh early Thursday, police said. Waseem Akram, superintendent of police, Jhajjar, told Indian Express, “A tipper, carrying dust, …

India farmers killed after violence erupts during protest
3 years, 5 months ago

India farmers killed after violence erupts during protest

Al Jazeera  

At least eight people, including four farmers, killed after violence erupted during a protest against farm laws. At least eight people, including four farmers, have been killed when violence broke out in India’s Uttar Pradesh state after a convoy of cars linked to a federal minister’s son ran over a group of farmers protesting against farm laws, according to local …

More 'farmers' head to Tikri and Singhu borders to join protests
3 years, 9 months ago

More 'farmers' head to Tikri and Singhu borders to join protests

Op India  

More anti-farm law protesters are joining the ongoing protest at the Delhi-Haryana protest site in Tikri to strengthen their campaign against the farm laws. Every week we'll take people from 1 district to the protest site to maintain gathering: Gurnam Singh, BKU Pres pic.twitter.com/XPNUp2VH0Y — ANI May 23, 2021 The famer union leaders intend to carry people from one district …

Four months on, the farmers’ protest continues unabated
3 years, 11 months ago

Four months on, the farmers’ protest continues unabated

The Hindu  

On March 26, the all-India farmers’ protest against three contentious farm laws of the National Democratic Alliance government completed four months. On January 28, when a heavily armed police contingent, capitalising on the deflated morale of the protesters, tried to arrest farmer leaders and vacate the Ghazipur site, Rakesh Tikait went live on national television in a teary-eyed emotional speech …

100 days and 248 deaths later, Indian farmers remain determined
4 years ago

100 days and 248 deaths later, Indian farmers remain determined

Al Jazeera  

As protest against farm laws enters its 100th day, at least 248 farmers have died on New Delhi’s borders, organisers say. “He did not have a phone of his own,” Sandeep says, sitting in his dimly-lit room in the village of Manpura in Haryana’s Karnal district, 260km away from Singhu. As the protest enters its 100th day on Friday, at …

Farmers' Protest | One farmer suicide at Delhi’s border, says Home Ministry
4 years, 1 month ago

Farmers' Protest | One farmer suicide at Delhi’s border, says Home Ministry

The Hindu  

The Centre informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that 39 cases were registered against farmers protesting against the three agriculture laws at Delhi’s borders between September and December of 2020. In a written reply, Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy said that the farmers were tear-gassed and lathi-charged as “large convoys of protesting farmers in tractor trolleys …

Punjab village to fine families if they don't send people to Delhi border for protests
4 years, 1 month ago

Punjab village to fine families if they don't send people to Delhi border for protests

Op India  

Adding to the high political drama going on around the ‘farmer protests’ following the Republic Day violence, the Sarpanch Virk Khurd gram panchayat in Bathinda, Punjab has passed a Tughlaqi Farmaan. The Sarpanch named Manjit Kaur has ordered that at one member from each family in the village will be sent to the protests going on at Delhi borders for …

How volunteers in Punjab are keeping Indian farmers protest alive
4 years, 1 month ago

How volunteers in Punjab are keeping Indian farmers protest alive

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera visits village in the state at the forefront of two-month-old stir to see an organised network of people helping the farmers. Behind the continuing protests is a well-organised network of volunteers from villages in Punjab and the neighbouring Haryana state, supplying the agitators with “whatever is required”. “With empty barrels in a truck, we passed by homes and …

Punjab Govt Gives Rs 5 Lakh Each to Families of 4 Farmers Who Died During Protest Against Farm Laws
4 years, 2 months ago

Punjab Govt Gives Rs 5 Lakh Each to Families of 4 Farmers Who Died During Protest Against Farm Laws

News 18  

A compensation of Rs 5 lakh each has been given to the families of four farmers from Ludhiana who lost their lives while participating in the ongoing protest against the Centre’s agricultural reforms, a senior officer said on Thursday. Braving cold weather conditions and rain, thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, are protesting at various …

Delegation of 500 Kerala Farmers Leave for Delhi to Join Protests Against Agri Laws
4 years, 2 months ago

Delegation of 500 Kerala Farmers Leave for Delhi to Join Protests Against Agri Laws

News 18  

A delegation of 500 farmers from Kerala left for Delhi on Monday by bus from here to join their counterparts at the borders of Delhi, who have been protesting against the contentious farm laws since November 26 last year. The farmers, belonging to ‘Kerala Karshaka Sangham’, the state chapter of All India Kisan Sabha, one of the organisations at the …

40-year-old Punjab farmer ends life at Singhu border, says Haryana Police
4 years, 2 months ago

40-year-old Punjab farmer ends life at Singhu border, says Haryana Police

India TV News  

A 40-year-old Punjab farmer, who was taking part in the protest at the Singhu border against the Central farm laws, allegedly took his own life by consuming some poisonous substance on Saturday evening, police said. Farmers from various parts of the country, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, have been camping at different border points of Delhi for over a month …

Protesting farmer dies at Delhi-Ghaziabad border, suicide suspected
4 years, 2 months ago

Protesting farmer dies at Delhi-Ghaziabad border, suicide suspected

Live Mint  

A 75-year-old farmer, protesting against the government's newly-enacted farm laws at the Delhi-Ghaziabad, was found dead on Saturday. As per reports, Kashmir Singh left a suicide note, in which he has expressed his frustration over the stalemate in talks with the central government over the farm laws. Akhilesh Yadav accuses BJP of being 'heartless' Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav …

UP Farmer Dies by Suicide Near Protest Site at Delhi-Ghazipur Border
4 years, 2 months ago

UP Farmer Dies by Suicide Near Protest Site at Delhi-Ghazipur Border

News 18  

While farmers continued their agitation against the Centre’s farm reform bills amid freezing temperatures in Delhi and adjoining areas, a middle-aged farmer allegedly died by suicide after he hanged himself in a toilet near the protest site at Ghazipur border. Expressing grief over the incident, Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said such incidents are taking place because the government …

Farmers refuse to yield in the face of governmental ridicule and harassment
4 years, 2 months ago

Farmers refuse to yield in the face of governmental ridicule and harassment

The Hindu  

They have been branded leftists and separatists and called all sorts of names. “We are not going anywhere,” says a farmer at the Singhu border, one of the main protest sites on National Highway One which links Delhi and Punjab, determined to stay put. We are aware that for the fight to win, farmers’ issues will have to take precedence.” …

Dozens die during India farmers’ protests; Modi offers more talks
4 years, 3 months ago

Dozens die during India farmers’ protests; Modi offers more talks

Al Jazeera  

Police say at least 25 protesters have died in three weeks as the prime minister offers to ‘very humbly’ hold further talks to break the impasse. At least 25 people have died, several of them due to the biting cold weather, during the three-week protest by farmers on the Indian capital’s borders, police said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers …

Farmer Protesting Against Agri Reforms Dies at Tikri Border Amid Cold Wave, Heart Attack Suspected
4 years, 3 months ago

Farmer Protesting Against Agri Reforms Dies at Tikri Border Amid Cold Wave, Heart Attack Suspected

News 18  

A 38-year-old farmer from Punjab was found dead at a protest site near the Tikri border on Thursday morning, police said. Jai Singh, a resident of Tungwali village in Bathinda district, and his brother had been part of the farmers’ protest at the Haryana-Delhi border against the Centre’s three farm laws for the last several days, according to Bharatiya Kisan …

How women farmers are the backbone of the anti-farm law protests: In conversation with Jasbeer Kaur of Punjab Kisan Union
4 years, 3 months ago

How women farmers are the backbone of the anti-farm law protests: In conversation with Jasbeer Kaur of Punjab Kisan Union

Firstpost  

Protesting for nearly a fortnight now, Jasbeer states that it takes a certain amount of work to provide for the protestors, as well as manage all the farming work back home. The lack of numerous women at the protest sites is simply a marker of the fact that they are ensuring things continue running smoothly back home even as the …

Angry farmers in India clash with police to protest new laws
4 years, 3 months ago

Angry farmers in India clash with police to protest new laws

The Independent  

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Angry farmers in India clash with police to protest new laws
4 years, 3 months ago

Angry farmers in India clash with police to protest new laws

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Thousands of Indian farmers clashed with police in northern Haryana state on Thursday during a protest demanding that the government abolish new farming laws that they fear will reduce their earnings and give more power to corporations. The farmers, who were traveling toward the capital, New Delhi, on tractors and motorbikes, flung police barricades into a river …

Farmers’ anger
6 years, 3 months ago

Farmers’ anger

The Hindu  

T he farmers of Pipliya Bujurg village, 80 kilometres south of Indore in Khargone district, seldom smile, unlike the farmers on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s hoardings that read “ khushaal kisan, samriddha rashtra ”. Between 2004 and 2016, Madhya Pradesh saw nearly 17,000 farmer suicides,” said former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, highlighting the injustices done to farmers, while addressing a …

Farmers' march in New Delhi: A cultivator from Telangana highlights need to protest to secure children's future
6 years, 3 months ago

Farmers' march in New Delhi: A cultivator from Telangana highlights need to protest to secure children's future

Firstpost  

Through the march, farmers are seeking their dignity of life. It was four in the morning and she was narrating her story as we made our way from the Nizamuddin railway station to a gurudwara where a large number of farmers are gathering for the march scheduled to take place on Thursday. Today, she’s not merely fighting to end farmer …

Farmers' suicides in Telangana: Kisan Mitra helpline proves lifeline even as KCR govt continues to disappoint
6 years, 6 months ago

Farmers' suicides in Telangana: Kisan Mitra helpline proves lifeline even as KCR govt continues to disappoint

Firstpost  

World Suicide Prevention Day has come and gone but the question of how to prevent farmers’ suicides continues to loom large in Telangana World Suicide Prevention Day has come and gone but the question of how to prevent farmers’ suicides continues to loom large in every state, particularly Telangana, which recorded the second highest number of suicides by cultivators. They …

Punjab farmers' grim legacy: Despite govt compensation for suicides, inherited debt continues to claim lives
7 years, 3 months ago

Punjab farmers' grim legacy: Despite govt compensation for suicides, inherited debt continues to claim lives

Firstpost  

In Punjab’s Mansa district, hundreds of farmers’ families have minors who have inherited the debt of their deceased fathers. Though the state government’s compensation policy promises Rs three lakh to the families of farmers who commit suicide, Veerpal is yet to receive any financial assistance. Inspired by Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar’s initiative to help families of martyrs from the armed …

Debt-ridden farmer in Chattisgarh commits suicide, Congress says 12 dead in a month
7 years, 8 months ago

Debt-ridden farmer in Chattisgarh commits suicide, Congress says 12 dead in a month

Firstpost  

A 36-year-old farmer of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh apparently distressed over his mounting debt, allegedly committed suicide. The main opposition party Congress claimed at least 12 farmers have ended their lives in the state in the 10 days and accused the ruling BJP of being “insensitive” to the peasants’ welfare. As per the National Crime Records Bureau, 854 farmers committed …

Madhya Pradesh farmers' unrest: Five commit suicide over financial problems since Sunday
7 years, 8 months ago

Madhya Pradesh farmers' unrest: Five commit suicide over financial problems since Sunday

Firstpost  

Five farmers committed suicide in different parts of Madhya Pradesh reportedly due to debt and other problems since Sunday evening, taking the total number of such farmer deaths to 27 in over a fortnight. Bhopal: Five farmers committed suicide in different parts of Madhya Pradesh reportedly due to debt and other problems since Sunday evening, taking the total number of …

Uttarakhand: Farmer commits suicide in Udham Singh Nagar district; CM Trivendra Rawat orders probe
7 years, 8 months ago

Uttarakhand: Farmer commits suicide in Udham Singh Nagar district; CM Trivendra Rawat orders probe

Firstpost  

A debt-ridden farmer on Sunday allegedly committed suicide by hanging at Haldi Pachpera village of Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district Dehradun: A debt-ridden farmer on Sunday allegedly committed suicide by hanging at Haldi Pachpera village of Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district. Congress alleged that the farmer, Ram Awtar, committed suicide as banks were pressuring him to repay a loan and …

Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide, fourth in two days, Maharashtra strike may intensify
7 years, 9 months ago

Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide, fourth in two days, Maharashtra strike may intensify

Hindustan Times  

Farmer Dhanaji Jadhav committed suicide on Wednesday evening at Karmala in Solapur district, making him the fourth to have killed himself in two days. He also requested his family not to conduct funeral rites until farmers’ loans were waived and chief minister Devendra Fadnavis met them personally. As the farmers’ strike enters its eighth day, the Kisan Kranti Morcha — …

Punjab’s sorrow
8 years, 7 months ago

Punjab’s sorrow

The Hindu  

There have been many studies on agrarian distress and farmer suicides in different parts of India in the last decade, including in Punjab. The objectives are to ascertain the causes of agrarian distress, examine the purpose, sources and uses of farm credit, identify factors in indebtedness and suicide, and compare suicide cases with those from the control group, besides suggesting …

Farmers' suicide: Govt denies ex-gratia to 2,240 affected families
9 years, 10 months ago

Farmers' suicide: Govt denies ex-gratia to 2,240 affected families

Hindustan Times  

Even though the Punjab government has announced fresh ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh to the families of debt-ridden farmers who have committed suicides, it has failed to compensate 2,240 such families whose names were found in the government survey. The government, which earlier had promised to give compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the families of the deceased farmers recorded …

Farmer’s suicide triggers protests in India
9 years, 10 months ago

Farmer’s suicide triggers protests in India

Al Jazeera  

Police launch probe into death of farmer who hanged himself from tree during rally against land acquisition law. India’s rival political parties have staged mass protests in the capital, New Delhi, as a row over the suicide of a farmer at a rally against a controversial land reform bill snowballed into a major controversy. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and …

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