FARMERS PACKAGE AN EYE WASH: IT'S ALL TIME HIGH 124 FARMERS SUICIDE IN SEPTEMBER IN VIDABHA:

VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI

REGD. OFFICE: 11, TRISARAN SOCIETY, KHAMLA, NAGPUR - 440 025.
PH. 2282447/457 MOBILE-9422108846.

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REF: - FARMERS SUICIDES VERY-URGENT- PRESS-NOTE DATED- 1^ST OCTOBER, 2006

FARMERS PACKAGE AN EYE WASH: IT'S ALL TIME HIGH 124 FARMERS SUICIDE IN SEPTEMBER IN VIDABHA:

PACKAGE RESULT-325 SUICIDES -JULY-99 -AUGUST-111 AND NOW-124 IT'S "HORRIBLE"

"COMPLETE LOAN WAIVER AND COTTON PRICE RS.2700/- PER QUINTAL CAN ONLY STOP THESE SUICIDES"-KISHOR TIWARI

NAGPUR-1^ST OCTOBER -2006,

THE RS 16,978 CRORE REHABILITATION PACKAGE APPROVED BY THE UNION CABINET, YESTERDAY TO MITIGATE FARMERS SUICIDES IN FOUR STATES, COVERING 31 DISTRICTS WAS AN EYE-WASH, AS IT’S RESULTS AFTER THREE MONTHS IN VIDARBHA FAILED TO SLOW DOWN SUICIDE SPREE IN SIX DISTRICTS OF VIDARBHA OBSERVED VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI FARM ACTIVIST KISHOR TIWARI.

AS PER PRESS RELEASE ISSUED TODAY AFTER INDIAN PRIME MINISTER DR.MAN MOHAN SINGH VISITED VIDARBHA HE DECLARED THE PACKAGE OF RS.3759 CRORE ON 1^ST JULY 2006 MORE THAN 325 FARMERS COMMITTED SUICIDES AS MAIN COMPONENTS OF THAT INTEREST WAIVER AND ALL INDIRECT RELIEF FAILED TO STOP THESE SUICIDES.

KISHOR TIWARI SAID THIS PACKAGE CAN NOT HELP TO CHECK FARMERS' SUICIDES. THEY RECALLED THAT AFTER PRIME MINISTER MAN MOHAN SINGH IN HIS VISIT ANNOUNCED A VIDARBHA PACKAGE IN MAHARASTRA, THREE MONTHS AGO. BUT THAT FAILED TO STOP SUICIDES AND SINCE THEN ALMOST EVERY DAY SUICIDES ARE BEING REPORTED.

THIS PACKAGE IS MARE EYE WASH AS KISHOR TIWARI RECALLED IN RS 16,978 CRORE PACKAGE ALMOST RS 7,000 CRORE WAS LOAN AND THE REMAINING AMOUNT WOULD BE ADJUSTED FROM THE ONGOING SCHEMES. NO SPECIAL FINANCIAL ALLOTMENT WAS MAKE AND NO SPECIAL PROGRAMME WAS ANNOUNCED, TIWARI ADDED..

FARM LEADERS AND FARMERS PRESSURE GROUPS INCLUDING NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR FARMERS CHAIRMAN DR.M.S.SWAMINATHAN MADE SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS, BUT NONE OF SUCH SUGGESTION WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHILE ANNOUNCING THE PACKAGE.

WHILE LACK OF CREDIT FACILITY AND REMUNERATE PRICES WERE FOUND BASIC REASONS TO FARMERS' SUICIDES, THERE IS NO STEP TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES WITH THIS PACKAGE.

IN VIDARBHA RS.710 CRORE GIVEN TO BANKERS COULD MANAGE TO GIVE FRESH CREDIT TO ONLY 2LACS ADDITIONAL FARMERS OUT OF 3 MILLION FARMERS EVEN THOUGH MAIN DEMAND WAIVER OF SMALL AND MARGINAL FARMERS CROP LOANS HAS BEEN TILL IGNORED , HEY SAID A MERE WAIVER OF INTEREST MAY NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT. RECALLING THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ARE MEETING ONLY 10 PER CENT OF FARMERS’ CREDIT NEEDS, ONLY LOAN WAIVER CAN INCREASE CREDIT FLOW TO SUICIDE PORN FARMERS..

THE COMPLETE LOAN WAIVER AND RESTORATION OF COTTON PRICE @ RS.2700/- PER QUINTAL IS ONLY SOLUTION TO STOP THESE ON GOING FARMERS SUICIDES IN VIDARBHA BUT ADMINISTRATION HAS DIVERTING ECONOMIC ISSUES OF AGRARIAN CRISIS TO SOCIAL ISSUES AND SPENDING MORE THAN RS.3 MILLION ON SPIRITUAL GURUS PARVACHAN-KRITANS WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY OF RURAL PROBLEMS OF RURAL VIDARBHA.

AS EXISTING PACKAGES SPECIALLY ANNOUNCED FOR 31 DISTRICTS OF INDIA WEST VIDARBHA IN ORDER TO CONTROL THESE ON GOING FARMERS SUICIDES ARE NOT TARGETED TO THE REASONS OF DISTRESS IN THE RURAL AREA OF COTTON GROWING REGION MASS SUICIDES OF FARMERS ARE LIKELY TO BE REPORTED IN NEAR FUTURE AS THERE IS NO ADMINISTRATION TO SEE THESES HELPLESS FARMERS AND THERE COMPLETE CURIOS AND HOSTILE CORRUPTION INCREASING DISTRESS AMONG FARMERS,WARNED KISHOR TIWARI. PLIGHTS OF THE FARMERS ARE KNOWN TO EVERYBODY BUT NOBODY IS KEEN TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. GOVT SHOULD ANNOUNCE COMPLETE LOAN WAIVER AND COTTON RATE @ RS.2700/- PER QUINTAL IMMEDIATELY AS FIRST STEP TO STOP THESE SUICIDE, KISHOR TIWARI DEMANDED.

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