Wadaich
Prime Minister (20k+ posts)
It has come to the stage where hundreds of farmers are committing suicide due to the pressure of not being able to repay these loans, yet our prime minister is doing very little. We are here to demand Modi help us and write-off these debts.
It was not, though, verified if the skulls on display at the protest in Delhis city center belonged to farmers who had committed suicide. Tens of thousands of Indian farmers have killed themselves over the last decade by drinking pesticides or hanging themselves from trees as unseasonal rains and drought combined with lower global commodity prices have hurt farm incomes.
More than 12,600 farmers and agricultural laborers committed suicide in 2015 alone making up almost 10 percent of all suicides in India, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Almost 60 percent of the suicides were caused by bankruptcy and indebtedness or farming-related issues, said the NCRB and almost three-quarters of victims were farmers cultivating land plots of less than two hectares (five acres).
It was not, though, verified if the skulls on display at the protest in Delhis city center belonged to farmers who had committed suicide. Tens of thousands of Indian farmers have killed themselves over the last decade by drinking pesticides or hanging themselves from trees as unseasonal rains and drought combined with lower global commodity prices have hurt farm incomes.
More than 12,600 farmers and agricultural laborers committed suicide in 2015 alone making up almost 10 percent of all suicides in India, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Almost 60 percent of the suicides were caused by bankruptcy and indebtedness or farming-related issues, said the NCRB and almost three-quarters of victims were farmers cultivating land plots of less than two hectares (five acres).
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