VIDARBHA AGRARIAN CRISIS CLAIMS 110 SUICIDES IN AUGUST-MPCC SAYS NO RELIEF TO THE VIDARBHA FARMERS YET.

VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI

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

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REF: - FARMERS AGITATION URGENT TED- 1st September , 2006

TO,
DR.MAN MOHANSINGHJI,
PRIME MINISTER,
7,RC ROAD,
NEW DELHI-110011

REF: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Impact of Vidarbha package soon'

SUB- 110 FARMERS SUICIDES AND HT REPORT-Vidarbha's death run & 807 in the current kharif season.as many as 205 farmers, disappointed with the relief package rolled out by the PM, have taken the drastic step after his visit to Vidarbha.

RESPECTED SIR,

WE ARE HAPPY TO KNOW TO SEE THE REPORT PUBLISHED IN THE NATIONAL DAILY TIMES OF INDIA THAT


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Impact of Vidarbha package soon'

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday expressed confidence that his economic package for debt burdened Vidarbha farmers would make an impact within the next few months.
"I am sure the situation will change within 2-3 months,'' the PM said at his residence.
Concerned over the spurt in farmers' suicides in the distressed region even after his announcement of a massive package in July, the PM said it would take some time for the impact of his intervention to be felt. "The committee I set up is working to alleviate the farmers' plight,'' he said. The news of more than 100 suicides in August came as a shock to the PMO.

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Vidarbha's death run

Pradip Kumar Maitra

Nagpur, September 1, 2006

FIVE MORE cases of farmer suicide were reported from Vidarbha in the last 24 hours.

No amount of relief measures seem to stem the tide of suicides in Vidarbha. Five more farmers have taken their lives in the last 24 hours.

According to reports reaching here on Thursday, two farmers ended their lives in Buldhana district while one each died in Yavatmal, Akola, Washim and Nagpur districts. The reasons are uncannily similar. They didn't have the money to sow seeds after saplings were washed away by rain that lashed the region last month.

The farmers who have committed suicides were: Baburao Gore of Hitoda, Ramdas Jadhav of Kolwad (both in Buldhana district), Premdas Domaji Bagde of Mangrul (Yavatmal), Kalim Sheikh of Khetri (Akola) and Damodar Ramkrishna Kudamati of Bhorgarh in Nagpur district.

With this, the suicide toll has risen from 41 in 2001 to 807 in the current kharif season. The recent torrential rains has worsened the situation, with crops being washed away in many places.

Kishore Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti, said as many as 205 farmers, disappointed with the relief package rolled out by the PM, have taken the drastic step after his visit to Vidarbha.
With these deaths, the toll has now reached 807 in the current kharif season.

The situation was further aggravated by the recent torrential rains that not only killed several but also damaged fields, washing away the first sowing at many places in the region.


Kishore Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti, who has been documenting farmer suicides in the region, said that as many as 205 farmers have taken the drastic step since Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh visited Vidarbha on July 1 this year. Singh had announced an economic package of Rs 3,750 crore to bail out the debt-ridden farmers. However, with the aid package failing to solve the most pressing problems of debt-ridden farmers, more suicides are taking place, Tiwari said.

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WE ARE VERY MUCH DISTURBED HAVING SEEN THE REPORT PUBLISHED BY DAILY LOKMAT NAGPUR THAT ACCORDING SMT.PRABHA RAU MPCC PRESIDENT,S LETTER GIVEN TO YOU THAT SINGLE PAISE HAS BEEN SPENT AS ON TODAY AND VIDARBHA FARMERS ARE DIALY COMMITTING SUICIDES AWAITING THE RELIEF AID.

PRAYER

HON,BLE PRIME MINISTERJI YOU ARE KINDLY REQUESTED REVISIT VIDARBHA AND SEE THE PRESENT SITUATION OF FARMERS AS MORE THAN 200 FARMERS COMMITTED IN LAST 60 DAYS WHICH HIGHEST IN THIS AGRARIAN CRISIS SINCE 2001.

THANKING YOU ,
YOURS FAITH FULLY,


KISHOR TIWARI
VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI
contact-0922108846

Indian Farm Suicides Rise as Costs Fuel Debt Despair-bloomberg reports

bloomberg.com reports on vidarbh agrarian crisis as farmers suicide in august 2006 crosses 110 mark govt. of mahrashtra admits more than 800 farmers suicides in six distrcit of vidarbha since 1 jan.2006 that's after the announcement of packages started,informed vidarbha jan andolan samiti.
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Indian Farm Suicides Rise as Costs Fuel Debt Despair

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1.Maharashtra is one of five states to report an increase in suicides this year. More than 17,100 Indian farmers and their families died by their own hands in 2003, the latest government figures show.

``Incomes of farmers have fallen, while expenses have risen,'' said Kishor Tiwari, head of Vidarbha Jan Aandolan Samiti, a Maharashtra-based farmers' lobby group. ``You can't turn a loss-making crop into a money-earner for the family.''

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2.``This is economic desperation,'' said M.S. Swaminathan, the architect of India's Green Revolution, a project in the late 1960s to import high-yielding wheat seed. ``Agriculture is becoming a gamble both in the monsoon and the market.''

3.Debt pressures have been mounting for 20 years, said Sharma of New Delhi-based Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security. Rising costs of cultivation and the reduction of tariffs on imported agricultural products are adding to rural despair, he said.
Cotton farmers are among the hardest hit by the surge in suicides as crop yields remain static while costs rise. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in July pledged about $1 billion over three years for the six hardest-hit cotton-growing districts of Maharashtra, where about 600 suicides have been reported since January.

By Pratik Parija

Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Rajendra Patil, a 40-year-old farmer in western India, killed himself in April by drinking pesticide, after unseasonable rains destroyed his cotton crop and left him with 50,000 rupees ($1,075) in debt he couldn't repay.

``I have no choice but to work now, even when I'm ill,'' said his wife, Rekha, 35, who lives with her two sons in a thatched hut in Sonegaon, a village in the state of Maharashtra. Patil's debt was three times his annual income.

The number of suicides among India's 235 million farmers is rising as seed and pesticide costs increase and the rural economy provides few other job opportunities. More than 18,000 farmers may kill themselves this year, the most ever recorded by the government, said Devinder Sharma, chairman of the farm lobby group Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security.

The deaths show the plight of India's farmers, whose destitution is overshadowed by the country's booming software and pharmaceutical industries. About 27 percent of India's rural population, or almost 200 million people, live below the poverty line, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

``This is economic desperation,'' said M.S. Swaminathan, the architect of India's Green Revolution, a project in the late 1960s to import high-yielding wheat seed. ``Agriculture is becoming a gamble both in the monsoon and the market.''

Debt pressures have been mounting for 20 years, said Sharma of New Delhi-based Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security. Rising costs of cultivation and the reduction of tariffs on imported agricultural products are adding to rural despair, he said.

`Terrible Crisis'

``Suicides are a reflection of the terrible crisis that exists on the farm front,'' Sharma said.

The suicide rate among Indian farmers is about 7.7 per 100,000, according the Sharma's estimates.

India's suicide rate for all men is 12.2 per 100,000, less than the European Union average of 18.5, according to statistics from the World Health Organization. Latvia has the highest suicide rate in the EU at 43.9 per 100,000 men.

About 70 percent of India's 1.1 billion people live in the country's 638,000 villages, relying primarily on agriculture for their livelihoods. While India's economy expanded an average of 8.1 percent annually in the past three years -- helped by a boom in software services at Bangalore's Infosys Technologies Ltd. and Wipro Ltd. -- the growth has bypassed many farming communities.

Small Farms

Small, inefficient farms are unable to compete in global markets. India produces 473 kilograms (1,043 pounds) of cotton per hectare (2.5 acres), less than the 1,127 kilograms in China and 931 kilograms in the U.S., according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Web site.

New laws that have opened agriculture to market forces are locking farmers into a cycle of debt, Vandana Shiva, a physicist and social activist, wrote in a report.

Private companies are replacing state-regulated wholesale markets. The companies sell seeds and fertilizer through ``landlords and moneylenders,'' who extend credit to illiterate farmers, exacerbating debts, she said.

``Corporate feudalism is leading to an epidemic of suicides,'' said Shiva, who runs the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in Uttaranchal state.

Cotton farmers are among the hardest hit by the surge in suicides as crop yields remain static while costs rise. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in July pledged about $1 billion over three years for the six hardest-hit cotton-growing districts of Maharashtra, where about 600 suicides have been reported since January.

Five States

Maharashtra is one of five states to report an increase in suicides this year. More than 17,100 Indian farmers and their families died by their own hands in 2003, the latest government figures show.

``Incomes of farmers have fallen, while expenses have risen,'' said Kishor Tiwari, head of Vidarbha Jan Aandolan Samiti, a Maharashtra-based farmers' lobby group. ``You can't turn a loss-making crop into a money-earner for the family.''

Prices of seeds and pesticides in India have surged 30 percent since 2001, said K.K. Milmile, who has sold farm supplies at Maharashtra's Agro Service Centre for 30 years.

By contrast, the Agriculture Ministry has raised its minimum guaranteed price for rice 17 percent since 2001. Wheat has been raised 13 percent and cotton 5.7 percent.

Nine Reasons

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar listed nine reasons for the deaths in a May speech to Parliament. They included natural calamities, uncertain monsoons and population pressure on land. Radha Singh, India's agriculture secretary, didn't respond to faxed questions on the rising number of suicides.

Genetically modified seeds also are pushing costs beyond farmers' means, said Biotechnology Forum's Sharma. The seeds don't regenerate, preventing farmers from using a part of their harvest to sow the following year's crop -- a practice they have followed for centuries.

St. Louis-based Monsanto Co., the world's biggest developer of genetically modified crops, was ordered to cut technology fees on cotton seeds by India's Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission in May.

The company charges 880 rupees per 450 grams (1 pound) in India. In China, it charges the equivalent of 100 rupees for the same seeds, said a spokesman at Monsanto's China unit, who gave only his family name, Meng.

Monsanto has appealed the commission ruling in India's Supreme Court, according to the Business Standard newspaper. Monsanto spokeswoman Camille Gonsalves in Mumbai declined to comment on the case. The company's fiscal third-quarter net income soared sevenfold to $334 million.

Meanwhile, in Maharashtra, cotton farmer Chandrabhan Gurnule burned himself to death over a 105,000-rupee debt. Dasru Goma, 50, a cotton and lentil farmer, hanged himself over the 33,998 rupees he owed. And Rajendra Patil's widow, Rekha, said she's struggling to make ends meet.

``Some days, we sleep without having a meal,'' she said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Pratik Parija in New Delhi at pparija@bloomberg.net

105 farmer suicides in August-Maharashtra Govt Puts Toll Since January At 803

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105 farmer suicides in August

Maharashtra Govt Puts Toll Since January At 803

Ramu Bhagwat | TNN

Nagpur: The Vidarbha farmers' suicide figure has crossed the hundred mark this month. With 17 more suicides reported in last three days, 105 farmers have ended their lives, the highest in a single month so far as the unprecedented agrarian crisis shows no signs of receding. The toll since June 2005 has reached 799.

The Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti, which is keeping a close watch on the rural distress that is driving farmers in the cotton belt to desperation and death, has said the previous high of suicide cases was in July when 90 farmers died.

That was after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited the suicide-affected Vidarbha and announced a special relief package for the worst hit six cotton-growing districts of the region on July 1.

What is inexplicable is the large number of suicides in these two months which are usually the most busy time for farmers in the kharif season.


So while 195 farmers have committed suicide after the Rs 3,750-crore PM's package was announced, over 600 have ended lives after the state government started implementing its Rs 1,075-crore relief package. More shockingly, there was big surge in last 14 days when 63 farmers committed suicide.


Samiti president Kishore Tiwari, who has squarely blamed the flawed policies of the state as well as the Central government for the surging suicides, said help, if any, reaching the distressed farmers was too late and too little to make any difference. According to a report that the Samiti has compiled, 68 farmers committed suicide in January, 54 in February, 77 in March, 65 in April, 62 in May, 68 in June, and 90 in July.


The Samiti has moved the high court seeking urgent intervention and action against the government and bureaucrats for their alleged failure to stop the suicides. Responding to the seriousness of the matter, the HC had asked the government to post all details of the implementation of the relief packages on a website.

The government has come out with the details on www.maharashtra.gov.in. Interestingly, the government has put the suicide toll since January this year at 803, much more than reported by farm activists or in the media.


Amravati divisional commissioner Sudhir Kumar Goyal, who is implementing the relief packages in the six districts, firmly denied any tardiness in the relief operations. "This year an additional Rs 500 crore has been disbursed as farm loans,'' he said.


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FARMER ENDS LIFE IN FRONT OF BANK =FARMER WHICH HIS WIFE AND 2 YEAR SON ALONG WITH 10 OTHER FARMERS SUICIDES REPORTED

VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI

REGD. OFFICE: 11, TRISARAN SOCIETY, KHAMLA, NAGPUR- 440 025.
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REF: - FARMERS SUICIDES PRESS-NOTE DATED- 22 TH AUGUST, 2006

FARMER ENDS LIFE IN FRONT OF BANK ;

FARMER WHICH HIS WIFE AND 2 YEAR SON ALONG WITH 10 OTHER FARMERS SUICIDES REPORTED WHEN CHIEF MINISTER TWO DAYS VIDARBHA REVIEW MEETING :BY NOW CHIEF MINISTER SAYS IT’ BANKERS THEY KILLING THE FARMERS

HITAVADA REPORTED TODAY

NAGPUR-22TH AUGUST-2006,

FARMER ENDS LIFE IN FRONT OF BANK AUG. 22ND, 2006

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HINGANGHAT: SENSATION PREVAILED AT KANGAON IN TEHSIL ON MONDAY WHEN A FARMER ENDED HIS LIFE IN FRONT OF WARDHA DISTRICT CENTRAL COOPERATIVE BANK’S BRANCH FOLLOWING AN ALTERCATION WITH THE BANK STAFFERS.

NARESH NANOBA FARTADE, THE FARMER WHO HAILED FROM ROHANKHEDA, HAD GONE TO THE BANK TO WITHDRAW LOAN AMOUNT SANCTIONED BY A COOPERATIVE SOCIETY THAT HAD ITS ACCOUNT WITH THE BANK. WHILE SUBMITTING A WITHDRAWAL SLIP FOR RS 14,500, HE HAD HEATED EXCHANGES WITH THE BANK STAFFERS OVER DELAY IN PAYMENT. ENRAGED, HE CONSUMED INSECTICIDE IN FRONT OF THE BANK. FARTADE WAS RUSHED TO A WARDHA HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED AT AROUND 7.30 PM. POLICE HAVE REGISTERED A CASE UNDER RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IPC. FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS ON.

IN ADDDITION TO THIS SUICIDE AS THE MAHARASHTRA WAS REVIEWING THE PROGRESS OF RS.5000 CRORE PACKAGES ANNOUNCED TO STOP ON GOING SUICIDES OF COTTON GROWERS IN VIDARBHA ,SHOCKING REPORTS OF ONE WHOLE FAMILY OF SMALL FARMER MAHADEV NINAN DANE(26) COMMITTED SUICIDE WITH HIS WIFE SANGITA(22) AND 2 YEAR OLD SON MAYOR

COMMITTED SUICIDE IN THE VILLAGE PARMBI IN MUKTAINAGAR TALUKA OF JALGOAN DITRICT FORCED CHIEF MINISTER VILASRAO DESHMUKH TO ADMIT THAT THE NON-COOPERATION OF BANKERS AND HOSTILE FUNCTIONING OF ADMINISTRATION IS THE REASON OF SUICIDES .10 FARMERS WHICH ARE IDENTIFIED AS-

1. RAMESH PUNDLIK DHALE R/O LEHANI TALUKA RISOD DISTRICT WASHIM

2. DILIP KOLSURAM BHAGE R/O SAWARGOAN TALUKA

MANGULPIR DISTRICT WASHIM

3. SHEWANTA MAHADEV SURPAM R/O KINWAT TALUKA KALABM DISTRICT YAVATMAL

4. BABARAO JUNAJI RATHODE R/O MARDI TALUKA TIWASI DISTRICT AMARAVATI

5. UDHAO TRIBAK WAGH R/O JALGOAN TALUKA

SINDHKHEDRAJA DISTRICT BULDHANA

6. SITIRAM GONVIDA DALMAL R/O DHARGADA TALUKA CHIMUR DISTRICT CHANDRAPUR

7. DAYRATH GANPAT BHUJADE R/O WAGHAPUR TALUKA YAVATMAL DISTRICT YAVATMAL

8. SUDARSHAN RAMSAJI BANSOD R/O JAMGONA-KHADKA TALUKA

AMARAVATI DISTRICT AMRAVATI

9. TAIBAI SUKHADEV THOKAL R/O ANBHORA TALUKA

MURTIJAPUR DISTRICT AKOLA

10. SANTABAI PARASRAM CHAVAN R/O GRAMBHIL DONGAR TALUKA WASHIM DISTRICT WASHIM

HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDES IN VIDARBHA IN LAST 48 HOURS DURING VISIT OF CHIEF MINISTER OF MAHRASHTRA IN VIDARBHA. HENCE 760 FARMERS COMMITTED SUICIDES IN VIDARBHA SINCE JUNE-2005

VIDARBHA FARMERS DISTRESS HAS TAKEN IT’S PEAK WHEN LAST 80 DAYS SINCE JUNE-2006 216 FARMERS SUICIDE HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR 40 SUICIDES OF THIS PERIOD WHICH IS HIGHEST IN LAST TEN YEAR SINCE WE ARE KEEPING SUICIDE RECORD, KISHOR TIWARI ACTIVIST OF LOCAL PRESSURE GROUP VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI REPORTED TODAY. VJAS ALSO ISSUED THE LIST OF THE FARMERS WHO HAVE COMMITTED AFTER 1^ST OF JULY, THE DAY ON WHICH PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA DR.MANMOHAN SINGH HAS ANNOUNCED THE SPECIAL PACKAGE FOR SIX DISTRICT OF VIDARBHA AMOUNTING RS.3750 CRORE.

WHAT WENT WRONG IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF PACKAGE SO THAT FARMER’S SUICIDE HAS BEEN INCREASED MUCH MORE THAN EXPECTED ASKED BY VJAS TOO!

QUESTION LARGELY ASKED BY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA TO US A KISHOR TIWARI REPORTS, WE ARE VERY MUCH SURPRISED WHEN MEDIA PERSONS STARTED ASKING US RS.3750 CRORE PACKAGE IS BEING DISTRIBUTED OR NOT AFTER 1^ST OF JULY 2006, IT WAS THEN WE INFORMED THE WORLD THAT OUT OF RS.3750 CRORE, FARMERS DISTRESS WILL NOT GET SINGLE PAISA ONLY WIDOWS OF FARMERS WHO COMMITTED WILL GET SOME RELIEF AT THE MERCY OF DISTRICT COLLECTOR AND THAT AMOUNT IS ONLY RS. 3 CRORE.

WHAT ABOUT RS.3747 CRORE THAT’S REMAINING AMOUNT OF THAT PACKAGE ,VJAS HAS INFORMED FACT THAT RS.2200 CRORE IS OF PENDING IRRIGATION PROJECTS BACKLOG FUND ALREADY ALLOTTED BY STATE TO VIDARBHA, REMAINING MONEY MAIN CHUNK OF RS.710 CRORE IS GIVING TO THE BANK AS INTEREST WAIVER AMOUNT AND THAT IS BANK REHABILITATION MONEY NOT FARMER REHABILITATION PACKAGE AND REMAINING AMOUNT OF PACKAGE IS LONG TERM NATIONAL HORTICULTURE PROGRAMME IN WHICH GRAND SON FARMERS WILL HAVE SOME FINANCIAL HELP ,VJAS LEADER KISHOR TIWARI ADDED.

THEN WHAT IMMEDIATE SOLUTION TO THIS VIDARBHA AGRARIAN CRISIS ,WHEN EVERY BODY ASKED US ,AS IT’S PROBLEM RELATED TO 70% POPULATION OF INDIA THE PACKAGES FORMULA WILL NOT WORKED, GOVT. OF INDIA HAS TO CHANGE THE POLICIES WHICH ARE WORKING AGAINST OF FARMERS AT LARGE COTTON GROWERS IN PARTICULAR .WE HAVE BEEN DEMANDING FRESH CREDIT TO ALL FARMERS ,HIKE IN PROCUREMENT PRICE OF RAW COTTON IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE THEN COMPLETE BAN ON IMPORTED COTTON SEED, PESTICIDE ,FERTILIZER AND RAW COTTON BELLS. BUT NON POLITICAL PARTIES IN INDIA ARE PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON GOVT. ON THESE DEMANDS MORE OVER UPA GOVT. IS RUNNING THE SAME AGENDA OF OLD NDA GOVT. WHEN PRIME MINISTER VISITED VIDARBHA,VJAS SUBMITTED "INTEGRATED FARMERS SUICIDE
CONTROL PROGRAMME" WHICH WAS COVERING FOLLOWING DEMANDS

1. AS MORE THAN 90% ARE TAKING CROP-LOAN FROM PRIVATE MONEY LENDERS AS THEY DEFAULTER OF BANK DUE TO VERY OLD DUES HENCE CENTRAL GOVT. SHOULD GIVE RS.5000/- CRORE FOR FARMERS' OLD DEBT ADJUSTMENTS AND FOR FRESH CROP LOAN TO EVERY FARMER IN ORDER TO STOP THEIR EXPLOITATION.

2. CENTRAL GOVT. SHOULD GIVE AT LEAST RS.3000/- CAPITAL MOBILIZATION FUND TO MAHARASHTRA GOVT. AND DIRECT THEM TO PROCURE RAW COTTON @ RS.3000/- PER QUINTAL UNDER MONOPOLY PROCUREMENT SCHEME.

3. HIKE IN IMPORT DUTY OF COTTON UP TO 60% WITH LISTING OF COTTON UNDER NON-OGL ITEM.

4. SPECIAL SUBSIDY TO ALL FOOD GRAIN CROP FARMING @ RS.5000/-PER ACRES.

5. VIDARBHA RURAL HEALTH, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY COLLAPSED HENCE CENTRAL HELP OF RS.3000/- FOR RESTORATION OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE IN RURAL VIDARBHA.

6. IN VIDARBHA ONLY 7% FARMERS ARE COVERED UNDER IRRIGATION AND THERE IS RS.5000/- BACKLOG THAT SHOULD BE RELEASED IN THIS SPECIAL PACKAGE.

AS ALL DEMANDS WERE SHOWN DUSTBIN THE RESULT IS BEFORE US THAT IN LAST FORTNIGHT MAXIMUM SUICIDE HAVE BEEN REPORTED, KISHOR TIWARI INFORMED.

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HT REPORT TODAY AS FARMERS SUICIDES TOUCHES-743 MARK-Red tape strangling state farmers

HT REPORT TODAY AS FARMERS SUICIDES TOUCHES-743 MARK-

Red tape strangling state farmers

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CHIEF MINISTER Vilasrao Deshmukh has admitted that despite two packages ― one from the Prime Minister and another from the state ― farmers' suicides show no signs of abating.

The reasons: tardy implementation of these packages by bureaucrats. Fresh flow of credit is not reaching the farmers at all.

Take the case of Maroti Sonba Nehre, a cotton grower of Jhamkola in Yavatmal, who hanged himself on July 16, just 15 days after the prime minister announced his package.

The debt-ridden Maroti had applied for a loan of Rs 25,000 in the local cooperative society. But the bank sanctioned only Rs 9,000. When his crops were washed away by the rain, Maroti hanged himself.

"My father was worried about the first sowing being washed away. He was also worried about my marriage. Moneylenders were after him for defaulting on the loan," said Prachi, Maroti's 20-year-old daughter.

"Now, we are leading a hand-tomouth existence," she sobbed.

Kishore Tiwari of Vidarbha Jandolan Samiti said the problem could not be solved by covering only 10 per cent of farmers under institutional finance. A majority are at the mercy of private moneylenders.

"First, cover all farmers using bank credit so that the majority do not need to go to private moneylenders. The problem won't be solved by slashing interest rates," said Tiwari.

"How can you distribute a meagre credit flow of Rs 1,275 crore among 20 lakh farmers in the region?" he asked, alleging that local banks and cooperative societies had distributed only Rs 951 crore so far. This has shown that the majority was not getting credit from banks.

The spate of suicides points to the complete collapse of cheap government credit to farmers. "The sowing season has ended and it is too late for the chief minister to instruct officials to expedite the packages," he said.

The PM's relief package is largely meant for projects that will take 3-5 years to complete. The farmers need immediate relief, Tiwari insisted.

V ijay Jawandhia, former president of Shetkari Sanghatana says, the package does not speak of raising import duties on cotton to pro tect the local market even though the glut of cotton imports has led to a crash in cotton prices.

According to him, the crisis did not develop overnight. It is the result of policies of the past few years. In the state, the IMF and World Bank used neo-liberal ideas to justify shifting lakhs of cotton growers from the traditional methods of farming into a mechanised, market-based agricul AGRARIAN AGONY 740 farmers have committed suicide this kharif season 2,795 farmers in the region have taken their lives since 2001 Many consumed pesticide, while others jumped into wells or immolated themselves 133 farmers have taken the drastic step, after the prime minister visited the region and announced an economic package of Rs 3,750 cr on June 1 to bail out distressed farmers ture industry. Most farmers found they had to pay far more for their seeds, fertilisers and pesticides.

Mohan Jadhav, sarpanch of Shivni village in Yavatmal, said, "The government had cracked down on moneylenders, but failed to make alternative credit arrangements. Now moneylenders don't want to provide fresh loans to anyone." No banks, no moneylenders. Where does the farmer go?

PM package fails to save this farmer from noose

PM package fails to save this farmer from noose

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S Balakrishnan | TNN

Mumbai: Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was addressing the nation the ramparts of Red Fort on Independence Day, an activist-farmer from Yavatmal, Manohar Kelkar (45), committed suicide, convener of the Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti Kishore Tiwari said.
In his suicide note, Kelkar wrote that after his daughter’s marriage he was facing starvation since his debt was rising and Central Bank of India’s branch at village Wadki had refused to reconstruct his crop loan following a Rs 34,000 default. Also, pressure from the private moneylender was becoming too much.
Kelkar hanged himself at Dahegaon village leaving behind his wife and four children. His funeral was covered by a South Korean TV crew. This was the second suicide by a farmer in the village. Last year, farmer Madhukar Katkar ended his life. In Yavatmal district alone, 194 farmers have killed themselves since June 2005. Kelkar’s suicide is the 738th since then.
The Samiti said this year more than 500 farmers, mostly cotton growers, had committed suicide because of the ongoing agrarian crisis. The break up is as follows: January-68, February-54, March-77, April-65, May-62, June-68, July-90 and in the first 14 days of August-38.
Tiwari said the only way to stop the spate of suicides was to implement the recommendations of Dr M S Swaminathan who had suggested restoration of the monopoly procurement scheme, fresh credit to cotton growers in the debt trap of private lenders, and hike in import duty of raw cotton mainly sold by US farmers enjoying very high export subsidy.
The state’s Rs 1070 crore special package was followed by more suicides since the relief was not targeted at farmers in distress. When Singh toured Vidarbha on June 30 and July 1, he came out with a Rs 3,750 crore package. But he was silent about restoring the advance bonus and hike in import duty of US cotton.
Officials claim not all suicides can be linked to the agrarian crisis. Anup Kumar, director general of the Vasantrao Naik Sheti Swavalamban Mission tasked with relief implementation, said “Relief implementation and containing suicides are entirely different things.’’ Admitting that 1,864 suicides were recorded in the last five years in the six-worst affected cotton growing districts of Vidarbha, he said, “Every suicide is not related to the agrarian crisis. There are a other social and personal problems too.’’


THE I-DAY TRAGEDY: Farmer Manohar Kelkar’s inconsolable widow Indira (30) with daughters Donu(16), Vijaya(13), sons Prakash (10) and Vinod (8) after he committed suicide by hanging himself at Dahegaon village in Yavatmal district



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We cannot grudge better incomes-prime minister says after 737 farmers suicides in vidarbha

We cannot grudge better incomes

for farmers: PM

1. I see that our farmers in many parts are in a crisis, not managing to eke out a decent living from their land. When I visited Vidarbha, the plight of the farmers there made a deep impact on me,' he said.
2. We need to understand if we want better prices for farmers so that they earn a better livelihood, the prices of what they produce and sell will have to go up,' the prime minister said in his Independence Day address from the Red Fort here.
3. We need to understand if we want better prices for farmers so that they earn a better livelihood, the prices of what they produce and sell will have to go up,' the prime minister said in his Independence Day address from the Red Fort here.
4. 'The agricultural crisis that is forcing them to take the desperate step of committing suicide needs to be resolved. We need to think about how we can provide a decent livelihood to our farmers.'
   
5. We certainly cannot grudge our farmers better incomes when incomes of other sections of society are rising.'

By Indo Asian News Service

New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Distressed by a spate of suicides, poverty and hunger among Indian farmers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday assured them of remunerative prices for farm produce and every possible assistance to redress their distress.

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We need to understand if we want better prices for farmers so that they earn a better livelihood, the prices of what they produce and sell will have to go up,' the prime minister said in his Independence Day address from the Red Fort here.

'In order to ensure that the needy and the poor do not get adversely affected, our government is committed to ensuring adequate availability of essential commodities at affordable prices to them,' he added.

'We certainly cannot grudge our farmers better incomes when incomes of other sections of society are rising.'

The prime minister said he was aware of the acute distress the Indian farmer was facing on account of heavy debt burden, adding that an expert group had recently been constituted to look into this issue.

'I see that our farmers in many parts are in a crisis, not managing to eke out a decent living from their land. When I visited Vidarbha, the plight of the farmers there made a deep impact on me,' he said.

'The agricultural crisis that is forcing them to take the desperate step of committing suicide needs to be resolved. We need to think about how we can provide a decent livelihood to our farmers.'

'I am confident that in a few months, we will take concrete measures to help our farmers overcome the burden of crushing debt,' the prime minister asserted.

Reiterating his promise in his Independence Day address two years ago of a new deal for rural India, he said while much had been done in this regard such as doubling of farm credit, much more remained to be accomplished.

'Importantly, we must ensure that more people get employment in manufacturing and services so that the disproportionate burden on agriculture in providing a livelihood to two-thirds of our population gets reduced.'

The prime minister said the government was also reviving the cooperative banking system and would pay special attention to horticulture, animal husbandry, cotton, sugarcane and other crops.

'We are trying to reach institutional credit to each and every farmer so that they are out of the clutches of moneylenders,' he said.

'A National Fisheries Development Board has been set up to increase the livelihood of fishermen. Agricultural research is being improved and Krishi Vigyan Kendras will soon be functioning in every district of the country by the yearend.'

Copyright Indo-Asian News Service
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earlier VJAS urged Idian prime minister that

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VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI

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

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REF: - FARMERS AGITATION URGENT DATED- 15^TH AUGUST, 2006

VIDARBHA AGRARIAN CRISIS AT ITS PEAK-

600 FARMER'S SUICIDES IN 2006 –ALL TIME HIGH

NAGPUR-15^TH AUGUST, 2006

ON THE INDIA'S 60^TH INDEPENDENCE DAY, FARM ACTIVIST ORGANIZATION VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI REPORTED THAT IN THE YEAR 2006 SIX 600 COTTON GROWERS COMMITTED SUICIDES IN WEST VIDARBHA IN ON GOING AGRARIAN CRISIS. VJAS REPORTED THAT IN LAST 225 DAYS OF 2006 IN VIDARBHA 602 FARMERS COMMITTED SUICIDES THAT RECORD MORE THAN 3 SUICIDES A DAY. VJAS IS KEEPING THE TRACK OF SUICIDES INFORMED TODAY THAT IN JAN.-68, FEB.-54, MAR-77, APRIL-65, MAY-62, JUNE-68, JULY-90 AND FIRST 14 DAYS OF AUGUST-37 FARMERS COMMITTED SUICIDES." THIS IS RESULT OF WRONG POLICIES OF GOVT. WHICH HAS RUINED THE RURAL ECONOMY OF VIDARBHA. THESE ARE NOT SUICIDES, ARE CULPABLE HOMICIDE BY THE STATE" KISHOR TIWARI QUOTED TODAY AND TILL POLICIES OF FREE INDIA ARE NOT CHANGED IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE RURAL ECONOMY OF INDIA, SUICIDES WILL CONTINUE, TIWARI ADDED.

VJAS URGED INDIAN TO ANNOUNCE TO THE TARGETED RELIEF POLICY CHANGES ON THE 60^TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDIAN INDEPENDENCE IN ORDER TO SAVE INDIAN FARMERS AT LARGE.

GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA PRESENTLY ON RECORD ADMITTED THAT 1800 FARMERS HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDES DUE TO DISTRESS PREVAILING IN THE RURAL SECTOR OF VIDARBHA. THE ISSUE OF COTTON GROWERS HAS HIT HARD WHEN DR.M.S.SWAMINATHAN, CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR FARMERS (NCF) TOURED VIDARBHA IN LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER-2005 TO STUDY THE FACT BEHIND THE FARMER'S DISTRESS RESULTING IN SUICIDES. DR.M.S.SWAMINATHAN HAS SUGGESTED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS MAINLY

1. RESTORATION OF ADVANCE BONUS & PROCUREMENT OF COTTON UNDER COTTON MONOPOLY SCHEME WITH OUT IN FURTHER DELAY I.E. IN NOVEMBER, 2005.

2. FRESH CREDIT TO ALL COTTON GROWERS WHO ARE IN DEBT TRAP OF PRIVATE MONEY LENDERS.

3. HIKE IN IMPORT DUTY OF RAW COTTON MAINLY SOLD BY AMERICAN FARMERS WITH VERY HIGH EXPORT SUBSIDY.

HAVING IGNORED ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, MAHARASHTRA GOVT. ANNOUNCED RS.1070 CRORE SPECIAL PACKAGES BUT THAT TRIGGERED FURTHER 500 COTTON GROWERS SUICIDE AS RELIEF WAS NOT TARGETED TO THE FARMERS WHO ARE IN DISTRESS. WHEN SUICIDES NUMBERS CROSSED 600 AND HIGH COURT AND MEDIA BECOME CRITICAL ON INVENTIVENESS' OF GOVT. IN MAHARASHTRA AND AT THE CENTRE, INDIAN PRIME MINISTER DR.MAMOHANSINGHJI TOURED VIDARBHA ON 30^TH JUNE & 1^ST JULY OF THIS MONTH AND ONCE AGAIN HE COME OUT WITH PACKAGE OF RS.3750 CRORE IN THIS PACKAGE ALSO CENTRAL GOVT. FAILED DUE TO TAKE OUT FROM DEBT TRAP AS WHOLE PACKAGE WAS VERY SALIENT OF PENDING LOAN OF THE FARMERS MORE OVER PRIME MINISTER HAS NOT SPOKEN SINGLE WORD ON THE COTTON ADVANCE BONUS AND HIKE IMPORT DUTY OF AMERICAN SUBSIDIES COTTON THAT HAS TRIGGERED THE SUICIDES

AS MAIN DEMANDS OF COTTON GROWERS OF VIDARBHA ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND CHIEF MINISTER OF INDIA WHICH ARE
1. AS MORE THAN 90% ARE TAKING CROP-LOAN FROM PRIVATE MONEY LENDERS AS THEY DEFAULTER OF BANK DUE TO VERY OLD DUES HENCE CENTRAL GOVT. SHOULD GIVE RS.5000/- CRORE FOR FARMERS' OLD DEBT ADJUSTMENTS AND FOR FRESH CROP LOAN TO EVERY FARMER IN ORDER TO STOP THEIR EXPLOITATION.

2. CENTRAL GOVT. SHOULD GIVE AT LEAST RS.3000/- CRORE CAPITAL MOBILIZATION FUND TO MAHARASHTRA GOVT. AND DIRECT THEM TO PROCURE RAW COTTON @ RS.3000/- PER QUINTAL UNDER MONOPOLY PROCUREMENT SCHEME.

3. HIKE IN IMPORT DUTY OF COTTON UP TO 60% WITH LISTING OF COTTON UNDER NON-OGL ITEM.

4. SPECIAL SUBSIDY TO ALL FOOD GRAIN CROP FARMING @ RS.1000/-PER ACRES.

VJAS HOPED THAT GOVT. OF INDIA WILL TAKE 600 FARMERS SUICIDE OF SERIOUSLY AND INTRODUCE THE REFORMS TO STOP FARMERS SUICIDES.

THANKING YOU,
YOURS TRULY,


KISHOR TIWARI

PRESIDENT

VIDARBHA JANADOLAN SAMITI
CONTACT-MOBILE-09422108846

cry of widows of the farmers who committed suicides in vidarbha

VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI

Regd. Office : 11, Trisaran Society, Khamla, Nagpur – 440 025. Ph. 2282447/457 Mobile-9422108846.

Ref:Farmers Widows Cry Urgent-Urgent Dated-13^th August 2006

TO,

HON’BLE PRIME MINISTER,

GOVT. OF INDIA,

NEW DELHI-110 011

Ref-cry of widows of the farmers who committed suicides in vidarbha

SUB-SUICIDE TOLL CROSSED 732 MARK-HEALING TOUCH IS FAR AWAY FROM DISTRESS FAMILIES.

Respected sir,

After you visited vidarbha since 1^st July more than 125 farmers committed suicide which is record of his own but his not due to your visit and announcement of Rs.3750 crore package, it’s failure local administration when p.sainath wrote last week in Hindu that creditability of Maharashtra is at lowest then answer for maximum suicide after your visit to vidarbha become more clear.

Highly corrupt officials and irresponsible political leaders have added fuel, in vidarbha agrarian crisis none local administration will take help of recent flood as cause of distress to hide it’s on going failure. Total farmers committed suicide since June 2005 has reached 732 mark is all time high in India comparing all states where suicides are being reported, please note.

You have visited vidarbha and told at the meeting with local administration that we want to give sense of healing to the distress families and you arranged to Rs.50 Lacs to each collector of six district of west vidarbha in order to redress hardship of families whose bread earner lost life in vidarbha agrarian crisis, I am reproducing the version as the told us regarding the present hostile condition of these families

1.SARASHAWATI RAMDAS AMBARWAR

AT-POST-TELENG TAKLI

TALUKA-KELAPUR

DISTT-YAVATMAL

MY HUSBAND RAMDAS CHINAYYA AMBARWAR COMMITTED SUICIDE IN 1999 AND HE IS THE FIRST VICTIM OF COTTON GROWERS AGRARIAN CRISIS .WHEN ISSUE OF HUSBAND’S SUICIDE WAS REPORTED BY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA THEN THAT CHIEF MINISTER SHRI NARAYAN RANE

VISITED MY HOME AND GAVE ME RS.50,000/- CHEQUE BUT THAT AMOUNT WAS ADJUSTED IN THE PENDING LOAN AMOUNT OF HUSBAND. WHEN MY HUSBAND COMMITTED ,I HAD FOUR DAUGHTERS AGED 14,12,10 AND 8 IT WAS PROMISED THAT THE PENDING LOAN WOULD BE WRITTEN OFF,GOVT. WOULD ARRANGE FOR FREE EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS BUT NOTHING HAPPENED AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT. I LOST ONE MY DAUGHTER FOR WANT OF TREATMENT LAST YEAR .BANKER ARE GIVING REGULAR NOTICES FOR RECOVERY OF PENDING LOAN OF HUSBAND. IT HAS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO FARMING AT THIS STAGE ,ONE OF DAUGHTER HAS DONE XII STANDARD .WE ARE TILL AWAITING THE GOVT. HELP AT LEAST GOVT. SHOULD WRITE OFF LOAN AND ARRANGE JOB FOR MY DAUGHTER AS PROMISED.

2.NIRMALA ATMARAM SHENDE

AT-POST-PADA

TALUKA-KELAPUR

DISTT-YAVATMAL

MY HUSBAND COMMITTED SUICIDE YEAR BEFORE LAST IN JUNE-2004 DUE DEBT OF PRIVATE MONEY LEANDER.

I HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS V.I.Z. SUREKHA(20),SUVARNA(15),SUMITRA(13) AND SON SUNIL-17 .AFTER MY HUSBAND SUICIDE

I AM DOING FARMING OF MY OWN GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA HAS NOT GIVEN ANY HELP MORE OVER TILL WE ARE IN THE DEBT TRAP OF PRIVATE MONEY LENDERS. I FINDING TO VERY DIFFICULT TO LIVE WITH THREE MARRIAGEABLE DAUGHTERS .WE ARE ALWAYS INFORMED THAT GOVT. AID IS COMING BUT TILL DATE NOT SINGLE OFFICER HAS EVEN VISITED MY HOME MORE BANKER RECOVERY IS FORCIBLY CONTINUED. MAY KINDLY REQUEST YOU TO HELP US BEFORE WE ALSO COMMITTEE SUICIDE.

3.LATA LOKESHWAR BHOYAR

AT-POST-KOSARA

TALUKA-ZARI

DISTT-YAVATMAL

MY HUSBAND COMMITTED SUICIDE IN THE MONTH OF JULY-2005 WHEN B.T. COTTON WAS COMPLETELY LOST AND DEBT OF MONEY LEANDER HAS INCREASED TO IT’S PEAK.

IN OUR FARM .WE ARE PROGRESSIVE FARMERS OF VILLAGE BUT COTTON FARMING HAS CRATED LOT OF ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN THE CROP MANAGEMENT. NOW MY AGE IS ONLY 26 YEARS ,I HAVE TWO KID NAMELY SURBHA AND BANTI OF AGE 7 AND 4.

I HAVE OLD AGE FATHER AND MOTHER IN LAWS. TILL DATE GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA HAS NOT GIVEN US SINGLE PAISA AID MORE OVER OUR CLAIMS WITH LOCAL ADMINISTRATION WAS REJECTED AS THERE IS BANK LOAN IN THE NEME OF HUSBAND BUT THERE IS HUGE LOAN OF PRIVATE MONEY LENDERS IS TILL PENDING . SUICIDE CASE OF MY HUSBAND BEING REJECTED BY COLLECTOR WITHOUT VISITING OUR HOUSE TILL DATE HAS PUT US IN A VERY VENERABLE CONDITION, PRESENTLY IN THE FAMILY NO ONE IS EARNING MEMBER LEFT. OUR COTTON FIELD THERE WAS SOWING THIS YEAR, WE ARE ON STARVATION AND WHEN WE DEMAND FOOD UNDER PDS SCHEME ,WE ARE TOLD THAT WE ARE FARMERS SO WE ARE NOT ILLEGIBLE FOR THE SCHEME .HON’BLE PRIME MINISTER PLEASE HELP US.

4.JYOTI SANJAY JIDDEWAR

AT-POST SUNNA

TALUKA-KELAPUR

DISTT.-YAVATMAL

MY HUSBAND SANJAY JIDDEWAR COMMITTED SUICIDE IN THE MONTH SEPTEMBER.2005 DUE TO B.T. COTTON CROP FAILURE .I AM AGE -22 WITH ONE SON SAURBHA AGE-3YEARS AND DAUGHTER 14 MONTHS ,THERE ARE OLD AGE FATHER AND MOTHER IN-LAWS COUPLED WITH WIDOWS OF HUSBAND BROTHER WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE IN JUNE-2003.AFTER SUICIDE OF HUSBAND LOT OF REPORTERS VISITED INCLUDING LEADER OF APPOSITION IN LOKSABHA SHRI L.KADVANI TO MY HOUSE BUT DISTRICT COLLECTOR HAS NOT VISITED TILL DATE. WE HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDE ANY HELP AS ON TODAY BY STATE ADMINISTRATION .MY OLD AGE IN-LAWS ARE IN DYING STAGE BUT I NO MONEY FOR THEIR HEALTH CARE.

WE ARE APPROACHING BANKER FOR HELP BUT NOBODY IS GIVING US ANY HELP. DEAR PRIME MINISTER HOW CAN WOMEN BEING WIDOW AT THE AGE OF 22 CAN FACE SOCIETY, WE MAY HAVE ANSWERS ,PLEASE ARRANGE TO GIVE.

5.SUMAN AYYA ATRAM

AT-DUBHATI,POST-MATHEZUNE

TALUKA-ZARI

DISTT.-YAVATMAL

I AM SUMAN AYYA ATRAM AGE-25 ,WE ARE SMALL FARMER FAMILY AND BELONG TO KOLAM TRIBAL COMMUNITY , MY HUSBAND COMMITTED SUICIDE IN JANUARY THIS YEAR WHEN MONEY LEANDER HAS FORCIBLY SOLD OUR TUR AND RECOVERED HIS DEBT AS THERE WAS NO COTTON CROP ,

IT WAS ONLY CROP THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN MONEY .AS LOCAL BANK CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA HAS NEVER GIVEN LOAN ,THE MONEY LENDER IS GIVING LOAN TO WHOLE VILLAGE DUBHATI WHICH SMALL KOLAM POD .AFTER SUICIDE LOCAL POLICE FROM PATAN POLICE STATION ASKED NOT NAME THE MONEY LEANDER IN F.I.R. AND TILL DATE I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY HELP FROM GOVT. I HAVE TWO KIDS ONE DAUGHTER SUNADA-7YEAR AND SON-CHARANDAS-4YEARS.IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO LIVE AFTER DEATH OF MY HUSBAND AND FINDING VERY DIFFICULT TO SURVIVE IN THIS CRISIS, PLEASE HELP US, SIR.

6.SUHSILA TULSIRAM ASWALE

AT-POST-KOSARA

TALUKA-ZARI

DISTT-YAVATMAL

MY HUSBAND COMMITTED SUICIDE LAST YEAR IN JULY,2005 WHEN B.T. COTTON FAILED DUE TO ROOT ROT ,LEAVING BEHIND MY TWO SON MANGESH-18 AND VINOD-16 .NOW AT THE AGE OF 30 AFTER SHOCK OF HUSBAND SUICIDE ,I ASKED MY SON MANGESH STOPPED HIS EDUCATION TO HELP ME IN THE FARMING ,MY OTHER SON HAS PASSED 10^TH METRIC EXAM.

THIS YEAR BUT HIS FURTHER EDUCATION IS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO FINANCIAL CRISIS. AFTER MAHARASHTRA GOVT. ANNOUNCED THAT FRESH CROP LOAN WOULD BE GIVEN ,I APPROACHED LOCAL BANK AT MUKUTBAN BUT I WAS TOLD THAT AS HIS HUSBAND IS DEFAULTER HE WILL NOT RECEIVE FURTHER LOAN. I HAVE BEEN MEETING ALL OFFICIALS AT ZARI,WANI AND YAVATMAL BUT THEY SAY THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP ME.SIR,I NEED FRESH CREDIT FOR FARMING AND NEED HELP FOE MY SON’S EDUCATION, PLEASE HELP US.

7.REKHA CHANDRABHAN GURNULE

AT-POST-SAIKHEDA

TALUKA-KELAPUR

DISTT.-YAVATMAL

I AM REKHA GURNULE-AGE-23 MY HUSBAND CHANDRABHAN BAPURAO GURNULE COMMITTED SUICIDE THIS YEAR ON 1^ST APRIL WHEN LOCAL BANKER RECOVERED THE PENDING LOAN ON 30^TH MARCH,2006.OUR FAMILY ONE TIME PROGRESSIVE FARMER OF THE AREA AND MY FATHER IN LAW WAS AWARDED KRISHI BHUSHAN AWARD BY GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA BUT EVERY THING IS COMPLETELY COLLAPSED TODAY WE ARE FACING STARVATION. I HAVE ON E SON PRAKASH AGE-3 AND POOR FATHER AND MOTHER IN LAWS .

WE HAVE REPAID RS.80,000/-PENDING BANK LOAN BY TAKING LOAN FROM PRIVATE MONEY LEANDER BUT BANKER GAVE US FRESH RS.90,000/-

LOAN HENCE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO FARMING OF 24 ACRE OF LAND WITH HELP OF RS.10,000/- HENCE MY FATHER IN LAWS TOOK PRIVATE MONEY LEANDER LOAN AND I AM VERY MUCH WORRIED THAT THIS MAY LEAD SUICIDE OF FATHER IN LAWS TOO. I APPAORCHED ALL OFFICER INCLUDING DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER AMARAVATI DR.SUDHIR GOYAL FOR HELP BUT TILL DATE GOVT. AID HAS NOT REACHED TO US. I CAME TO MEET TO ON 1^ST JULY AT YAVATMAL BUT POLICEWALAS HAS NOT ALLOWED ME TO SEE YOU. LIFE AFTER DEATH HUSBAND AT THIS AGE IS VERY DIFFICULT SIR, HERE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION HAS LOST ALL HUMANITY AND THERE IS CORRUPTION AT ALL LEVELS OF REHABILITATION, I ASKED TO SEE DISTRICT COLLECTOR AT HIS HOME FOR URGENT RELIEF WHICH BEYOND MY IMAGINATION ,I WANT TO SEE YOU SIR. PLEASE SAVE US.

8.ARTI KISHOR GAWALI

AT-POST-KOSARA

TALUKA-ZARI

DISTT.YAVATMAL

MY HUSBAND COMMITTED SUICIDE IN THE MONTH OF SEPT.,2005 WHEN NATIONAL MEDIA REPORTERS WERE COVERING NEWS IN KOSARA REGARDING EARLIER FARMER SUICIDES. HE COMMITTED SUICIDES IN THE PRESENCE OF MEDIA REPORTERS DUE B.T.COTTON FAILURE

AND HUGE BAD DEBT OF BANK AND MONEY LENDERS. THIS YEAR AFTER GOVT. LOT OF ANNOUNCEMENT THE BAKER REFUSED US TO GIVE FRESH CROP LOAN. I HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS PURNIMA-10,MANISHA-7 AND SONU-4 THEY SCHOOL GOING UP TO LAST YEAR BUT HIS YEAR THEY ARE GOING TO SCHOOL AND STOPPED FARMING TOO DUE FINANCIALPROBLEMS .I HAVE TAKE CARE OF OLD MOTHER IN LAW TOO ,WE ARE FINDING VERY DIFFICULT SUSTAIN THESE STRAIN FURTHER ,PLEASE HELP US SIR.

8.LLILABAI MEDSINGH RATHODE(48)

AT-POST-ZIRA-MIRA

TALUKA-KELAPUR

DISTT.-YAVATMAL

MY HUSBAND COMMITTED SUICIDE IN 4^TH APRIL,2006 WHEN HE COULD NOT REPAY LOAN TAKING FROM PRIVATE MONEY LEANDER, WE HAVE 12 ACRE OF LAND BUT DUE TO UNREASON TILL DATE THERE IS NO ENTRY OF MY HUSBAND’S NAME ON 7/12 FORM OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION ,

MY HUSBAND IS DOING FARMING ON THIS LAND BEFORE OUR MARRIAGE BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN COMPENSATED AS THIS LAND OWNER NAME IS DIFFERENT THAN MY HUSBAND EARLIER BANKER REFUSED TO GIVE LOAN ON THE REASON FORCING US TO LOAN FROM PRIVATE MONEY LENDERS .AT PRESENT AFTER THREE MONTH HAVE PASSED TO THE SUICIDE OF HUSBAND NO A SINGLE AUTHORITY HAS VISITED OUR PLACE .WE NEED FOOD UNDER PDS SCHEME AND GOVT. AID FOR FARMING.

9.DURGA BABAN KALASKAR(42) AND NILINI SANJAY KALASKAR(22)

AT-POST-VEGOAN

TALUKA-MAREGAON,DISTT-YAVATMAL.

I AM DURGA MY HUSBAND COMMITTED SUICIDE IN OCTOBER ,2005 LAST YEAR DUE TO B.T. COTTON FAILURE AND MY SON SANJAY COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER YOU VISITED VIDARBHA ON 16^TH JULY-2006 ,NOW I AM LIVING WITH MY TWO SON SUNIL AND ANIL BOTH SCHOOL GOING ALONG WITH WIDOW OF YOUNG SON NILINI-22 AND HER DAUGHTER OF SIX MONTH OLD. IT WAS BAD POLICIES OF GOVT. REGARDING COTTON PRICING THAT HAS TAKEN AWAY MY HUSBAND AND SON. TILL DATE THERE IS NO AID FROM THE GOVT. MORE OVER HARASSMENTS FROM BANKERS TILL CONTINUED ,WE HAVE SHIFTED OUR SELF TO NEAR MUNGSAJIBABA ASHRAM IN ORDER TO AVOID FURTHER HARASSMENT FROM THE SOCIETY. PLEASE HOW SHOULD WE LIVE FURTHER LIFE SIR,

11.MIRA DATTU LODHE

AT-POST KHADKI

TALUKA-ZARI

DITT.-YAVATMAL

MY HUSBAND COMMITTED SUICIDE IN LAST APRIL,2006 DUE TO COTTON CROP FAILURE. WE HAVE HUGE DEBT OF PRIVATE MONEY LENDERS AND BANK TOO. NEITHER GOVT. NOR BANK HAS TILL DATE APPROACHED US TO HELP. MY DAUGHTERS NISHA-18 AND NUSATI-11 HAS LEFT SCHOOL AND SON JAGAN HAS LEFT THE EDUCATION THIS YEAR AND AS FARM LABOUR .AS THERE IS NO FUND OUR 8 ACRE LAND HAS NOT TAKEN UNDER FARMING THIS YEAR .WE REQUESTED BANKER FOR FRESH LOAN BUT THEY TOLD US THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FIRST PENDING LOAN AND INTEREST TOO FORCING US KEEP OUR LAND WITHOUT SOWING.

12.NANDA DHYANESHWAR BHADARE

AT-POST-BHADUMRI

TALUKA-KELAPUR

DISTT.-YAVATMAL

MY HUSBAND COMMITTED SUICIDE LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER,2005 .I AM LIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER MANISHA-8 AND SON-SURAJ-6 ALONGWITH MY OLD AGE MOTHER IN LAWS I COULD TO, MANAGE TO SEND MY BOTH KIDS TO SCHOOL DUE TO SUPPORT FROM PRIVATE PARTIES FROM MUMBAI BUT THIS YEAR BANKERS BANK OF MAHARASHTRA PAHAPAL BRANCH FAILED TO GIVE FRESH CROP LOAN AND FORCED TO KEEP OUR 7 ACRE LAND WITHOUT SOWING. LIFE IS MISERABLE FOR LADY WITHOUT ANY MALE IN THE HOME. SIR, MY AGE IS HARDLY-29 AND FINDING VERY DIFFICULT TO FEED MY KIDS, PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR HEALING TOUCH, PLEASE.

12.MIRA ACHARU CHATALE

AT-POST-PAHAPAL

TALUKA-KELAPUR

DISTT.-YAVATMAL

MY HUSBAND HAS COMMITTED SUICIDE IN JUNE,2006 WHEN MAHARASHTRA GOVERNOR SHRI S.M.KRISHNNA VISITING YAVATMAL DISTRICT .TILL GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA HAS NOT GIVEN ANY AID TO US ,WE HAVE 5 ACRE RAIN FED LAND AND I(30) AND THREE KIDS KOMAL-3,VIJAY-7 AND SHIVRAJ-5 ARE ON STARVATION. WE NEED BPL CARD AND FOOD UNDER PDS SCHEME ,PL HELPS US.

AS TOLD TO ME AT THE MEET ON 30^TH JULY-2006

PLEASE ARRANGE TO PROVIDE HEALING TOUCH

THANKING YOU,

YOUS FAITHFULLY

KISHOR TIWARI

VIDARBHA JANANDOLAN SAMIT

CONTACT-09422108846