Farmers Suicide- A revelation
It seems a new 'fad' has spread among India's primary occupation.
This bizarre trend was first noticed in the early 1990s by an empathic journalist 'P Sainath' and was quickly silenced by the often loved and sporadically hated government of the upcoming and self-titled superpower of the world- 'India' because of its emotive nature. Perhaps our all-knowing and little fearing leaders shook in their knees and wet their Dhotis in mock anguish at seeing Indians becoming aware of their fellow Indian's pitiful conditions?
As this worry gained momentum, the government finally relented and released its underplayed statistics which after being studied by experts conveyed that more than 17,500 farmers a year killed themselves between the years 2002 and 2006.
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh account for over 2/3rd of total farmer suicides in the country.
With at least 16,196 farmers' suicides in India in 2008, the total since 1997 has tallied to 199,132, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
According to another study by the Bureau, while the number of farmer suicides increased since 2001, the number of farmers has fallen, as thousands abandoned agriculture in distress, mainly from debt and crop failure.
The economic plight of a farmer might be better illustrated with the fact that a farmer having as much as 15 acres (61,000 m2) of land, and hence considered a well-off farmer, had an income of just a little more than what he would have earned were he to merely get the legal minimum wage for all of the 365 days of the year.
The problems of the farmers were quite comprehensive. There was little credit available. What was available was very costly. There was no advice on how best to conduct agriculture operations. Income through farming was not enough to meet even the minimum needs of a farming family.
More detailed research by various experts identified a variety of causes that essentially boiled down to this: India was transforming rapidly into a primarily urban, industrial society with industry as its main source of income; the government and society had begun to be unconcerned about the condition of the countryside.
In a nutshell- More and more farmers are dying because they are helpless because the Government doesn't actually care because now it gets all of its money from Industries, and it doesn't want you to care either as it hides this kind of stuff from you.
This bizarre trend was first noticed in the early 1990s by an empathic journalist 'P Sainath' and was quickly silenced by the often loved and sporadically hated government of the upcoming and self-titled superpower of the world- 'India' because of its emotive nature. Perhaps our all-knowing and little fearing leaders shook in their knees and wet their Dhotis in mock anguish at seeing Indians becoming aware of their fellow Indian's pitiful conditions?
As this worry gained momentum, the government finally relented and released its underplayed statistics which after being studied by experts conveyed that more than 17,500 farmers a year killed themselves between the years 2002 and 2006.
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh account for over 2/3rd of total farmer suicides in the country.
With at least 16,196 farmers' suicides in India in 2008, the total since 1997 has tallied to 199,132, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
According to another study by the Bureau, while the number of farmer suicides increased since 2001, the number of farmers has fallen, as thousands abandoned agriculture in distress, mainly from debt and crop failure.
The economic plight of a farmer might be better illustrated with the fact that a farmer having as much as 15 acres (61,000 m2) of land, and hence considered a well-off farmer, had an income of just a little more than what he would have earned were he to merely get the legal minimum wage for all of the 365 days of the year.
The problems of the farmers were quite comprehensive. There was little credit available. What was available was very costly. There was no advice on how best to conduct agriculture operations. Income through farming was not enough to meet even the minimum needs of a farming family.
More detailed research by various experts identified a variety of causes that essentially boiled down to this: India was transforming rapidly into a primarily urban, industrial society with industry as its main source of income; the government and society had begun to be unconcerned about the condition of the countryside.
In a nutshell- More and more farmers are dying because they are helpless because the Government doesn't actually care because now it gets all of its money from Industries, and it doesn't want you to care either as it hides this kind of stuff from you.
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