VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI
REGD. OFFICE: 11, TRISARAN SOCIETY, KHAMALA, NAGPUR - 440 025.
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REF: - FARMER'S SUICIDES URGENT-PRESS NOTE DATED-24th MAY,2007
SIX MORE VIDARBHA FARMERS SUICIDES A DAY: MAXIMUM DISTRESS AND FARM SUICIDES AT ITS PEAK BUT NO RELIEF AT SIGHT
NAGPUR-24THMAY 2007
SIX FARM SUICIDES IN DAY ON 23RD OF MAY REPORTED DAY AFTER PRIME MINISTER OFFICE HAS GIVEN CERTIFICATE TO MAHARASHTRA GOVT. THAT RELIEF PACKAGE GIVEN BY INDIAN PRIME MINISTER ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY AND FARMERS SUICIDES IN WEST VIDARBHA DRASTICALLY REDUCED, KISHOR TIWARI OF VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI.
1.SANJAY TUKARAM KHARAT OF TISOLI IN BULDHANA DISTRICT.
2.JAGO RAMA UIAKE OF SINDHI IN WARDHA
3.RAMRAO SURYABHAN AWATHALE OF PIMPRI IN BULDHANA
4.RAMESHWAR LAXMAN MENDALE OF NAKHEGOAN IN AKOLA
5.RAVINDRA RAMDAS GAWANDE OF DHADA IN WARDHA
6.MAHADEOGHANBA GHARPURE IN MANIKWAD IN WARDHA
ARE SIX FARMERS THREE FROM WARDHA DISTRICT, TWO FROM BULDHANA AND ONE FROM AKOLA HAVE KILLED THEMSELVES DUE TO ECONOMIC CRISIS AS THEY WERE UNDER HUGE DEBT FROM DIFFERENT BANKS AND PRIVATE MONEY LENDERS. EARLIER ON 22ND AND 23RD MAY IN VIDARBHA FIVE MORE SUICIDES WERE REPORTED, THEY HAVE BEEN ALREADY REPORTED IN OUR YESTERDAYS PRESS REALEASE, KISHOR TIWARI INFORMED, THEY WERE
7.SANTOSH CHINAJI DALMAL OF VILLAGE ADEGOAN KHURD IN WASHIM
8.KISAN KHANDAR SURPAM OF SHRIRAMPUR IN YAVATMAL
9.BALIRAM MATHU GAJBHIYE OF ADAGOAN IN AMARAVATI
10.KIRAN KRISHANNA SOLAV OF RAMPUR IN AMARAVATI
11.SURESH GANPAT KHANDARE IN KOPAMADVI IN YAVATMAL
ARE THE ELEVEN FARMERS IN VIDARBHA WHO COMMITTED SUICIDES IN LAST TWO DAYS IN DIFFERENT PART OF VIDARBHA TAKING TOLL OF SUICIDE IN MAY TO 47.FARMERS WHO ARE SMALL AND MARGINAL BELONGING DALIT AND TRIBAL COMMUNITY ARE IN DEEP DISTRESS AND COMMITTING SUICIDES DUE TO FRESH CREDIT CRUNCH AS MOST OF THEM WHO BARROWED THE CROP LOAN FROM THE BANK AFTER INTEREST WAIVER AND RECONSTRUCTION OF PENDING FAILED TO REPAY DUE COTTON CROP FAILURE AND POOR PRICES FOR RAW COTTON, INFORMED KISHOR TIWARI OF VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI.
IN YEAR 2007 RECORD 397 VIDARBHA FARMERS SUICIDES REPORTED (JAN-70, FEB-88, MARCH -97 APRIL 95 ,MAY-47) THAT HAS EXPOSED LOCAL ADMINISTRATION THAT PACKAGE IMPLEMENTATION HAS DROPPED DOWN THE FARM SUICIDES IN VIDARBHA BY 50% AS FARM SUICIDE FIGURE OF THIS YEAR SINCE JAN TO APRIL IS ALL MOST DOUBLE AND FARM SUICIDES IN VIDARBHA ARE DAILY INCREASING BUT ADMINISTRATION IS USING OFFICIAL MEDIA TO MISLEAD THE WORLD THAT VIDARBHA FARM SUICIDES ARE ON DECLINE .DR. MAN MOHAN SINGH INDIAN PRIME MINISTER VISITED VIDARBHA ON 1ST JULY 2006 AND ANNOUNCED RS.3750 PACKAGE TO THE COTTON FARMERS OF SIX DISTRICTS BUT OFFICIAL RECORD SAYS THAT THERE RECORD INCREASE IN COTTON FARMERS SUICIDES AFTER THIS PACKAGE ANNOUNCEMENT AS GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA HAS OFFICIALLY ADMITTED 1564 FARMERS SUICIDES AFTER 1 ST JULY 2007 AS THIS SUICIDE FIGURE IS ALL MOST EQUAL TO SUICIDE FIGURE OF LAST DECADE AND THIS FACT IS KNOWN TO GOVT. OFFICIALS VERY WELL TILL THEY ARE SAYING THAT SUICIDE ARE DECLINE AND AFTER PACKAGE SUICIDE RATE HAS COME DOWN THIS IS MATTER OF SHAME KISHOR TIWARI ADDED. NOW PMO HAS ALSO JOINED THE WITH STATE ADMINISTRATION CLAIM THAT THERE IS REDUCTION IN SUICIDES OF FARMERS OF VIDARBHA AS PER NEWS AGENCY REPORT.
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REDUCTION IN INCIDENCE OF FARMERS' SUICIDES IN VIDARBHA
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MUMBAI, MAY 21: THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (PMO) HAS EXPRESSED SATISFACTION OVER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIAL FINANCIAL PACKAGE TO DISTRICTS IN VIDARBHA THAT ARE PRONE TO SUICIDES BY FARMERS.
THE PMO RECENTLY REVIEWED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PACKAGE, AN OFFICIAL RELEASE ISSUED HERE TODAY SAID.
IT SAID DUE TO EFFECTIVE STEPS TAKEN BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT, THE NUMBER OF SUICIDES DUE TO AGRICULTURE-RELATED PROBLEMS, THAT WERE AROUND 60 A MONTH, HAS COME DOWN TO 20.
PMO ALSO NOTED THAT CHIEF MINISTER VILASRAO DESHMUKH WAS PERSONALLY MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PACKAGE.
OF THE TOTAL PACKAGE FO RS 3,650 CRORE, ABOUT 40 PER CENT (RS 1,526 CR) HAVE BEEN SPENT IN THE LAST NINE MONTHS. THE PMO HAS SAID THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PACKAGE IN THE FIRST YEAR HAS BEEN SATISFACTORY. THE STATE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT WILL ACHIEVE THE TARGET OF 75 PER CENT IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THE OBJECTIVE OF WAIVER OF INTEREST RATE ON PENDING LOANS HAS EXCEEDED RS 712 CRORE TO RS 825 CRORE. ABOUT 10 LAKH FARMERS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE AGRICULTURE CREDIT. THE LOAN DISBURSEMENT HAS DOUBLED DURING 2005-06.
AN ADDITIONAL 34,000 HECTARE IRRIGATION CAPACITY HAS BEEN CREATED DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PM'S PACKAGE SO FAR. AS MANY AS 11 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN SANCTIONED AND RS 615 CRORE HAVE BEEN SPENT.
DURING THE RABI SEASON OF 2005-06, 1.25 LAKH QUINTAL SEEDS WERE DISTRIBUTED. DURING THE KHARIF SEASON OF 2007, ADDITIONAL FOUR LAKH SEEDS HAVE BEEN KEPT READY, THE RELEASE ADDED.
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MAHARASHTRA GOVT. CLARIFICATION IS MISLEADING AS RS.1526 CRORE OF PRIME MINISTER PACKAGE RS.712 CRORE WENT TO THE BANK AND REMAINING AMOUNT RS.800 CRORE WERE GIVEN TO IRRIGATION CONTRACTOR AFTER TAKING 20 % COMMISSION FROM THEM,KISHOR TIWARI OF VJAS INFORMED.
MAHARASHTRA GOVT. CLAIM OF CREATING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY OF 34,000 HECTOR FOR IRRIGATION IS ONLY ON PAPER AND 1.25 LACS QUINTAL SEED DISTRIBUTED IN LAST RABI SEASON HAS NOT EVEN INCREASED 1.25 LAC QUINTAL OF ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION IN RABI SEASON DUE WRONG SELECTION OF SEED AND MASSIVE CORRUPTION IN DISTRIBUTION OF SEED AND SAME WILL HAPPEN TO FOUR LAC QUINTAL SEED BEING DISTRIBUTED IN THIS YEAR AS THESE SEED ARE GIVEN ON 50% SUBSIDY NOT FREE AND COST FIX BY THE GOVT. IS 100% LOADED THAN MARKET PRICE OF THE SAME SEED MORE OVER IT IS BEING GIVEN ONE POCKET PER FARMER WHICH HARDLY COVER LESS THAN ACRE OF SOWING HENCE IT IS ONLY PAPER CLAIM NOT RELIEF, KISHOR TIWARI ADDED.
TOTAL FAILURE OF RURAL HEALTH CARE SUPPORT SYSTEM, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL CUM CIVIL ADMINISTRATION ARE THE MAIN REASONS OF FARMER'S SUICIDES IN WEST VIDARBHA AND DR.SUDHIR GOYAL WHO IS RELIEF COMMISSIONER AND IMPLEMENTING PRIME MINISTER PACKAGE HIMSELF HAS ASKED INDIAN GOVT. THAT LOW COST SUSTAINABLE FARMING IS ONLY SOLUTION OF STOP THESE SUICIDES. BAN ON BT. COTTON AND CHEMICAL FARMING IS NEED OF HOUR AND COTTON FARMERS SHOULD CULTIVATE THERE THAN COTTON SHOULD THE PROGRAMME OF THE STATE THE OFFICIAL FURTHER DEMANDS. RESTORATION SECONDARY SYSTEMS LIKE RURAL EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH IS ALSO NEEDED TO STOP THESE ON GOING SUICIDES BUT NOBODY IS ACTING IN THIS DIRECTION MORE OVER MISLEADING PRESS RELEASES ARE ADDING FUEL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL SITUATION IN VIDARBHA ,KISHOR TIWARI ADDED.
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Yours faithfully
Kishor Tiwari
President
Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti
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