UP has recorded a bumper crop this year. But most of the farmers are still in debt. There is little that is procured. Jasoda Bal of Mahoba village may have to sell her wheat produce cheap to a private trader ultimately. Read More - www.downtoearth.org.in
The Kisan Credit Card allows a loan upto one lakh without mortgage. Something that is not followed.Son of Basant Lal shows his fathers Kisan Credit Card which helped him mortgage land. Fearing it would go, he killed himself.Read More - www.downtoearth.o
Rathiba's father committed suicide on the day of his harvest. The seasons produce would not have allowed him to repay his loans. Read More - www.downtoearth.org.in/content/death-mounds-bumper-crop
Rathiba's father committed suicide on the day of his harvest. The seasons produce would not have allowed him to repay his loans. Read More - www.downtoearth.org.in/content/death-mounds-bumper-crop
Rathiba's father committed suicide on the day of his harvest. The seasons produce would not have allowed him to repay his loans. Read More - www.downtoearth.org.in/content/death-mounds-bumper-crop
Uttam majumdar sits next to 330 quintals of unsold paddy. he has over 2 lakhs in debts. Burdened with bumper crop - Faulty procurement, rising farm inputs force West Bengal farmers to commit suicide.Read More - www.downtoearth.org.in/content/burdened-bum