“GREAT” INDIA: BENZ @ 7% INTEREST; FARMER’S TRACTORS @ 12% INTEREST

There are 17,368 farm suicides in 2009. When compared to 2008, it was a rise of 1172. It was also the worst suicide figures in six years. The share of the “suicide belt” (Maharashtra, Karnatka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh) accounted for 62% (10,765 farmers) suicide in 2009.

In general, over a quarter of a million Indian farmers have committed suicide since 1995. These numbers are gross under estimates to begin with. Several large group of farmers are mostly excluded from local counts. Women, for instance. Social and other prejudice means that, most times a woman farmer killing herself is counted as suicide – not as farmer’s suicide. Because the land is rarely in a woman’s name.

Tamil Nadu showed the biggest increase of all states, going from 512 in 2008 to 1060 in 2009 (an increase of 548) followed by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

Things will get worse if existing policies on agriculture don’t change. Country needs not only infrastructures. Now we importing onion from Pakistan.. If things not change means then we have to import everything from China // Pakistan. It’s not possible. Or we should start eating like software professionals and film personalities do (such as pizza, burger…) Better Union Agriculture Minister (who holds the main in Indian cricket) can come in advt and suggest people of India to eat such things. In this advt, let our cricketers and film actors participate and show their loyalty to nation.

“Farmers are the real backbone of any economy and not Industrialists/ corporates”