Vidarbha reports six
more farmers suicides reported in last 48 hours – Mah. CM urged to intervene to
stop ongoing Farmers Genocide
Nagpur-6th November 2014
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When in cities and towns of
agrarian crisis hit western vidarbha the celebrations of elected MLAs and ministers
are in full swing same in remote villages of same
region farmers are committing suicides as reports of six more distressed
debt-trapped starving farmer’s suicides in last 48 hours surfaced today and out
of six ill-fated farmers 3 are from the farm suicide epicenter Yavatmal and two from washim and one from Amravati districts indentified
as per reports are
1.waman
Rathode of village Talni(kurha) in
yavatmal2.vinod rathode of fulsawangi in yavatmal 3.bandu zingapawar of brahmangoan(shyampur)
in Yavatmal district ,4.santosh rathode of manora in
washim 5.Bhagwan Jogdande of malegoan in washim6.devidas surjoshi ) village
chandur bazaar in amaravati ,taking toll 946 in 2014 , Vidarbha Jan Andolan
Samiti (VJAS) chief Kishire Tiwari said today.
‘we have trying to contact Maharashtra
chief minister Devendra Fadanvis but he is busy in other appointments hence briefed very critical ground condition
of vidarbha and marathawada to his chief
secretary Pravin Pardesi who was divisional commissioner in Amaravati and good knowledge
of ongoing agrarian crisis and updated prevailing actuate distress and pathetic
condition of starving western vidarbha rural community and urged him to inform
very busy Maharashtra CM to stop ongoing innocent farmers genocide as he was one who
was fighting for relief to distressed Maharashtra farmers earlier as BJP state
unit president’ Tiwari added.
‘Vidarbha region which is known as farm
suicide capital of India since 2004 has voted BJP in recently concluded
assembly election ,same was trend in last parliament election of April 2014 ,
as people have been disappointed by Congress ruled Governments at the centre
and state ,BJP has promised to address core issues of distress which is
prevailing debt, loss making market
prices of cotton an soybean,urgent compensation for the crop failure but healing touch from PM Modiji is not
coming moreover State BJP leaders has lost is focus over the agrarian crisis of
region as they are involved in ‘Power Politics’ hence now there is only hope
from new CM to intervene to stop this vidarbha farmers genocide ‘ Tiwari urged
‘High hopes and toll promises given by Indian
prime minister and state leaders to more than 10 million cotton ,soybean and
paddy growing farmers that minimum support price will given on the basis
formula that farmers investment plus 50% profit and drought affected dry land Maharashtra farmers to get complete
farm loan waiver these promises has not even appeared in the manifesto of BJP
but very worse 15 year experience of
Cong-NCP has no option left but recent apathy is increasing
despair and gloom in cotton farming community hence vidarbha farmers are no looking towards new CM to visit recent farmers
suicides reported villages in vidarbha and understand ground reality and
resolve the farm debt, cotton soybean MSP issue urgently’ Tiwari said
Globalization-Free trade besides
Unpredictable rains with intermittent dry or wet droughts lead to crop failures
and increasing cost of inputs and cultivation practices, mono-culture or
dependence on a single crop only, poor awareness of agronomics, and lack of
proper farm credit availability lead to an increased hold of private
moneylenders are core issues Indian budget should address, said Tiwari, whose
NGO has been documenting the Vidarbha crisis since 1995.
VJAS recalled promise of PM
Modiji of introducing the renowned farm
scientist M S Swaminathan's formula for fixation of MSP which provides for cost
plus 50 per cent remuneration to the farmers as the basis of fixation of MSP
for agricultural crops should be looked into during the process of finalization
of Union Budget for 2014-15 that is only way to make agriculture far more
sustainable besides ensuring no farmer was compelled to either leave this
occupation or commit suicide.
As most of distressed Small and marginal farmers who committing
suicide are debt trapped hence complete loan waiver and Fresh interest free short term crop loans
whereas other farmers should be given crop loans at 2 per cent, urging for one
time debt relief package should be provided for all farmers, Tiwari added.
As earlier agricultural
development policies failed to remove ever-increasing stress on dying farmers
allowing mass genocide of more than 3 lacs farmers mostly involved in to cash
crops subjected free market price
speculations and needs protected economy on price front with reintroduction direct
subsidies for promoting sustainable agriculture hence this appeal,
Tiwari urged
‘This year too earlier monsoon
delayed by two months and now after 15 September there is dry spell and Govt.
has already declared most of western
vidarbh as drought prone too, hence issue raising minimum support price of
cotton, soybean and paddy is critical and frem farm credit with complete loan
waiver is must . Vidarbha Janandolan Samti (VJAS) has earlier too drawn attention of PM
toward the latest National Crime Records Bureau report that since 1995
to 2013 more than 3,00,000 farmland suicides reveal that every fifth farmer who
ended his/her life in the country is dry land
cotton farmer from Maharashtra whereas
with 3,146 distressed farmers ending their lives last year, Maharashtra
has topped the list of farmland suicides in the country hence this is need of
the hour to adopt pro-poor farmers policies to stop innocent cotton farmers genocide which was triggered in last
regime of NDA when quantitative restrictions on import was lifted under the WTO
conditions of free trade treaties
,(VJAS) chief Kishore Tiwari said today.
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