MAHARASHTRA CHIEF MINISTER VILASRAO DESHMUKH CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WHEN MARATHWADA SUGARCANE FARMERS JOIN SUICIDE SPIRAL OF VIDARBHA COTTON FARMERS: MASSS PROTEST FARMERS AGAINST CELEBRATION
NAGPUR-25THMAY 2007
TODAY MASSIVE CELEBRATION ARE BEING ORGANISED IN FARM SUICIDE AFFECTED VIDARBHA AND MARATHWADA REGION OF MAHARASHTRA ON THE OCCASION OF BIRTHDAY OF MAHARASHTRA CHIEF MINISTER WHEN REPORTS OF MORE FARMERS SUICIDES PUBLISHED IN THE ALL-LEADING NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS. VIDARBHA REGION IS IN THE GRIP OF AGRARIAN CRISIS AND MORE THAN 3500 COTTON FARMERS COMMITTED SUICIDES SINCE 2004 BUT RECENTLY SUGARCANE GROWERS CHIEF MINISTER VILASRAO DESHMUKH REGION MARATHWADA HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDES DUE AGRARIAN CRISIS AND RECESSION IN SUGAR THAT HAS LOWER DOWN THE DEMAND OF SUGAR CANE AND FARMERS ARE BEING FORCED TO BURN THE STANDING SUGARCANE CROP AND THE CONDITION OF SUGARCANE GROWERS HAS BEEN TOO BAD TO EXPLAIN, LOCAL FARM ACTIVIST AND PRESIDENT VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI INFORMED TODAY.
THE FARM SUICIDES HAS BEEN SERIOUS ISSUES AND INDIAN PRIME MINISTER HIMSELF VISITED VIDARBHA LAST YEAR JULY 2006 AND HAS PROVIDED RA.3750 CRORE RELIEF PACKAGE BUT FAILED TO SLOW DOWN FARM SUICIDES IN WEST VIDARBHA NOW FARM SUICIDES IS BEING SPREAD IN OTHER PART OF MAHARASHTRA TOO, KISHOR TIWARI ADDED.
FARMERS IN LARGE SCALE IN LATUR HOMETOWN OF VILASRAO DESHMUKH ALONG WITH VIDARBHA FARMERS ARE PROTESTING ON GOING CHIEF MINISTER BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND POLICE FORCE ARE BEING USED TO CURB THESE PROTEST. VJAS URGED TO CONGRESS PRESIDENT SONIA GANDHI TO REMOVE MAHARAHTRA CHIEF MINISTER DUE HIS FAILURE TO SOLVE AGRARIAN CRISIS IN MAHARASHTRA, KISHOR TIWARI DEMANDED.
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Saturday, 26 May 2007
Friday, 18 May 2007
13/05/2007 - Deshmukh Vidarbha Visit
CM's Yavatmal visit riles farmers :
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDA3LzA1LzEzI0FyMDA1MDI=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
- V Deshmukh
Prafulla Marpakwar I TNN
Mumbai: Debt-ridden farmers from Yavatmal district which has witnessed the largest number of farmers suicides in the recent past were s u r p r i s e d and overwhelmed when they were told that chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh would be visiting them to review steps taken by his government to tackle the crisis.
But their joy was shortlived when they found that Deshmukh was, in fact, visiting the district to attend the marriage of senior Congress leader Manikrao Thakre's son and, after the celebrations, would review the prime minister's package for Vidarbha region.
The CM's office confirmed that Deshmukh had attended the marriage on Saturday and also reviewed the present status of the PM's package for the Vidarbha region. Farmers' leader Kishore Tiwari slammed Deshmukh for playing with the sentiments of the farmers. "Every one knows Deshmukh has come for the marriage, then why this farce of review? It has send a wrong signal to the agricultural community,'' Tiwari said.
Tiwari, a self-styled champion of farmers, claimed that post prime minister Manmohan Singh's visit, the Vilasrao Deshmukh government has not taken concrete steps to implement the Rs 3,750 crore PM's package. "My information is that out of Rs 800 crore provided for interest waiver, only Rs 326 crore has been disbursed so far,'' Tiwari claimed.
On the number of suicides too, Tiwari said the state government was not revealing the facts. "We have asked the government to present a white paper on the agrarian crisis in the Vidarbha region,'' he said.
Meanwhile, Deshmukh, during his meeting with Manmohan Singh on Friday, submitted a comprehensive note on the present status of implementation of the PM's package for Vidarbha. Deshmukh claimed that since the PM's visit to the region, they had achieved nearly 40% of the target, particularly on implementing the schemes recommended by the PMO. While 6,000 farmers' families were paid ex-gratia, loans worth Rs 1,407 crore of 9.33 lakh farmers were restructured as per the recommendations of financial institutions.
In addition, 3.80 lakh farmers were issued kisan credit cards, more than 10 lakh farmers in the six districts had benefited following release of Rs 746 crore in 2005-06 and Rs 2,013 crore last year. On interest waiver, Deshmukh claimed that so far Rs 825 crore has been waived.
On the irrigation facilities, Deshmukh submitted that in the next three years, Rs 2.177 crore would be utilised to irrigate 1.59 lakh hectares of land, out of which 54,000 hectares would be irrigated by June 2007.
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDA3LzA1LzEzI0FyMDA1MDI=&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
- V Deshmukh
Prafulla Marpakwar I TNN
Mumbai: Debt-ridden farmers from Yavatmal district which has witnessed the largest number of farmers suicides in the recent past were s u r p r i s e d and overwhelmed when they were told that chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh would be visiting them to review steps taken by his government to tackle the crisis.
But their joy was shortlived when they found that Deshmukh was, in fact, visiting the district to attend the marriage of senior Congress leader Manikrao Thakre's son and, after the celebrations, would review the prime minister's package for Vidarbha region.
The CM's office confirmed that Deshmukh had attended the marriage on Saturday and also reviewed the present status of the PM's package for the Vidarbha region. Farmers' leader Kishore Tiwari slammed Deshmukh for playing with the sentiments of the farmers. "Every one knows Deshmukh has come for the marriage, then why this farce of review? It has send a wrong signal to the agricultural community,'' Tiwari said.
Tiwari, a self-styled champion of farmers, claimed that post prime minister Manmohan Singh's visit, the Vilasrao Deshmukh government has not taken concrete steps to implement the Rs 3,750 crore PM's package. "My information is that out of Rs 800 crore provided for interest waiver, only Rs 326 crore has been disbursed so far,'' Tiwari claimed.
On the number of suicides too, Tiwari said the state government was not revealing the facts. "We have asked the government to present a white paper on the agrarian crisis in the Vidarbha region,'' he said.
Meanwhile, Deshmukh, during his meeting with Manmohan Singh on Friday, submitted a comprehensive note on the present status of implementation of the PM's package for Vidarbha. Deshmukh claimed that since the PM's visit to the region, they had achieved nearly 40% of the target, particularly on implementing the schemes recommended by the PMO. While 6,000 farmers' families were paid ex-gratia, loans worth Rs 1,407 crore of 9.33 lakh farmers were restructured as per the recommendations of financial institutions.
In addition, 3.80 lakh farmers were issued kisan credit cards, more than 10 lakh farmers in the six districts had benefited following release of Rs 746 crore in 2005-06 and Rs 2,013 crore last year. On interest waiver, Deshmukh claimed that so far Rs 825 crore has been waived.
On the irrigation facilities, Deshmukh submitted that in the next three years, Rs 2.177 crore would be utilised to irrigate 1.59 lakh hectares of land, out of which 54,000 hectares would be irrigated by June 2007.
Tuesday, 1 May 2007
BT Cotton - 2007 Mass Sowing Again in India
Indian Agriculture Ministry Bystander in BT Cotton Sowing Plans of 2007 -
THE RECORD 350 COTTON FARMERS SUICIDES IN VIDARBHA : IT'S ONCE AGAIN BT COTTON MASS SOWING IN VIDARBHA
Nagpur, 01 MAY 2007 :
The cotton growing area of western Vidarbha under severe agrarian crisis, has recorded 350 farm suicides, in first four months of 2007.
However, there is no drop in sowing of high failure bt. Cotton in this region as it is reported locally that this year area covered under bt. Cotton sowing is likely to be doubled from 8 lacs hectares to 16 lac hectares.
Why ?
All seed traders, cum money lenders, are giving BT Cotton seeds on credit to these debt trapped farmers, after more than 95% cotton farmers failed to repay crop loan this year, due poor cotton crop, and drop in market rate of sold cotton.
Government machinery and Indian bankers, are not giving fresh loans to defaulter cotton farmers where as Monsanto is giving huge credit and lucrative schemes to seed traders and they, in turn, are forcing innocent cotton farmers to purchase these failure prone BT Cotton seed.
Local government administration has reported this fact to Indian Govt. but everybody is turning blind eye as American genetically modified seed giant Monsanto has protection from US Agriculture Department, where as in India, Agriculture Minister and Cricket Minister of India Bhau Sharad Pawar is patron of this company in India, as infomed by Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti in press note released today.
VJAS has been demanding complete ban on bt. Cotton in west vidarbha as now it's official that bt. Cotton has been failed in rainfed area and in all most all 95% area is rain fed and farmers has to depend upon monsoon which is not regular and small and marginal farmers are suffering from massive economic losses due to frequent failure of bt. cotton and majority of 2500 cotton farmers suicides reported since June 2005 are small and marginal farmers who opted bt. Cotton seed in rain fed area, Kishor Tiwari of vjas added.
THE MISLEADING TABLE OF SHOWN IN ADVT. OF BOLLGARDII IS LIKE THIS :
BOLLGARDII
BOLLGARD
BOGUS BT.
HYBRID COTTON
COST OF SEED PER BAG :
(450GMS)
RS.1350
RS.750
RS.500
RS.400
COST OF FERTILIZER :
RS.1150
RS.1150
RS.1150
RS.1150
COST OF PESTICIDE :
RS.450
RS.450
RS.900
RS.1200
OTHER COSTS :
RS.1500
RS.1500
RS.1000
RS.1200
TOTAL INPUT COST :
RS.4500
RS.3850
RS.3550
RS.3950
PRODUCTION COST :
RS.1100
RS.900
RS.500
RS.500
PRODUCTION EXPECTED :
1100 KG.
900 KG.
500KG.
500KG.
OUTPUT COST :
RS.2000
RS.2000
RS.2000
RS.2000
TOTAL INCOME PER ACRE :
RS.22000
RS.18000
RS.10000
RS.10000
PROFIT PER ACRE :
RS.17550
RS.14150
RS.6450
RS.6050
HERE IS OFFICIAL DATA OF BT. COTTON FAILURE IN LAST THREE YEARS :
KHARIFF-YEAR
COTTON PRODUCTION IN QUINTALS
COTTON RATE
COTTON PRODUCTION PER HECTOR
SEED COST PER HECTOR
PESTICIDE COST PER HECTOR
2002-03
310 LACS
RS.2700
380KG
RS.1100
RS.1200
2003-04
260 LACS
RS.2500
340KG
RS.1200
RS.1400
2004-05
210 LACS
RS.2500
390KG
RS.1350
RS.1300
2005-06
180 LACS
RS.1780
190KG
RS.9600
RS.1650
2006-07
134 LACS
RS.1890
160KG
RS.5600
RS.1350
VJAS has demanded that Government of India should ban bollgardII Bt cotton in Vidarbha to stop on going farm suicides, agrarian distress and farm debts.
In year 2007, record 350 vidarbha farmers suicides reported (JAN-70, FEB-88, MARCH -97 APRIL 95) 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 as maharashtra govt. on it's own website ;
http://www.vnss-mission.gov.in/docs/suicide.pdf
has put the information that exposes this claims as wrong one as vidarbha farm suicides in last three year are on record high and vidarbha Jan andolan samiti has given the reference of their own web site official data, which is like this
OFFICIAL FIGURE OF FARM SUICIDES IN SIX DISTRICT OF WEST VIDARBHA :
http://www.vnss-mission.gov.in/docs/suicide.pdf
FARM SUICIDE AND YEAR
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007 TILL APRIL
SUICIDE IN YEAR
49
105
143
441
560
1427
350
THIS FIGURE OF SUICIDE ARE FROM SIX DISTRICTS i.e. YAVATMAL,AMARAVATI,AKOLA,WARDHA,WASHIM,BULDHANA OF VIDARBHA AND ARE FROM GOVT. WEBSITE :
http://www.vnss-mission.gov.in/docs/suicide.pdf
RECORD SUICIDE AFTER PRIME MINISTER RELIEF PACKAGE ANNOUNCEMENT :
Dr. Man Mohan Singh, reputed Oxbridge economist, and Indian Prime minister, visited Vidarbha on 1 st July 2006 and announced Rs.3750 crore 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 1534 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.
Bureaucratic officials in charge of agriculture and relief in Maharashtraa, are saying that suicide are declining and after the trumpeted relief package, suicide rate has come down to 50%, this is matter of shame Kishor tiwari added.
Govt. of Maharashtra has selected Dr. Sudhir Goyal, Relief Commissioner to clarify this misleading suicide data as same relief commissioner has put govt. official survey which shows that 75% of 1.7 million farmers are in distress, and more that 4 lacs 34 thousands cotton farmers, are in deep distress and their hardship are needed to be addressed has not been taken care of in these so called relief packages.
Link to survey : http://www.vnss-mission.gov.in/docs/servey.pdf
THE RECORD 350 COTTON FARMERS SUICIDES IN VIDARBHA : IT'S ONCE AGAIN BT COTTON MASS SOWING IN VIDARBHA
Nagpur, 01 MAY 2007 :
The cotton growing area of western Vidarbha under severe agrarian crisis, has recorded 350 farm suicides, in first four months of 2007.
However, there is no drop in sowing of high failure bt. Cotton in this region as it is reported locally that this year area covered under bt. Cotton sowing is likely to be doubled from 8 lacs hectares to 16 lac hectares.
Why ?
All seed traders, cum money lenders, are giving BT Cotton seeds on credit to these debt trapped farmers, after more than 95% cotton farmers failed to repay crop loan this year, due poor cotton crop, and drop in market rate of sold cotton.
Government machinery and Indian bankers, are not giving fresh loans to defaulter cotton farmers where as Monsanto is giving huge credit and lucrative schemes to seed traders and they, in turn, are forcing innocent cotton farmers to purchase these failure prone BT Cotton seed.
Local government administration has reported this fact to Indian Govt. but everybody is turning blind eye as American genetically modified seed giant Monsanto has protection from US Agriculture Department, where as in India, Agriculture Minister and Cricket Minister of India Bhau Sharad Pawar is patron of this company in India, as infomed by Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti in press note released today.
VJAS has been demanding complete ban on bt. Cotton in west vidarbha as now it's official that bt. Cotton has been failed in rainfed area and in all most all 95% area is rain fed and farmers has to depend upon monsoon which is not regular and small and marginal farmers are suffering from massive economic losses due to frequent failure of bt. cotton and majority of 2500 cotton farmers suicides reported since June 2005 are small and marginal farmers who opted bt. Cotton seed in rain fed area, Kishor Tiwari of vjas added.
THE MISLEADING TABLE OF SHOWN IN ADVT. OF BOLLGARDII IS LIKE THIS :
BOLLGARDII
BOLLGARD
BOGUS BT.
HYBRID COTTON
COST OF SEED PER BAG :
(450GMS)
RS.1350
RS.750
RS.500
RS.400
COST OF FERTILIZER :
RS.1150
RS.1150
RS.1150
RS.1150
COST OF PESTICIDE :
RS.450
RS.450
RS.900
RS.1200
OTHER COSTS :
RS.1500
RS.1500
RS.1000
RS.1200
TOTAL INPUT COST :
RS.4500
RS.3850
RS.3550
RS.3950
PRODUCTION COST :
RS.1100
RS.900
RS.500
RS.500
PRODUCTION EXPECTED :
1100 KG.
900 KG.
500KG.
500KG.
OUTPUT COST :
RS.2000
RS.2000
RS.2000
RS.2000
TOTAL INCOME PER ACRE :
RS.22000
RS.18000
RS.10000
RS.10000
PROFIT PER ACRE :
RS.17550
RS.14150
RS.6450
RS.6050
HERE IS OFFICIAL DATA OF BT. COTTON FAILURE IN LAST THREE YEARS :
KHARIFF-YEAR
COTTON PRODUCTION IN QUINTALS
COTTON RATE
COTTON PRODUCTION PER HECTOR
SEED COST PER HECTOR
PESTICIDE COST PER HECTOR
2002-03
310 LACS
RS.2700
380KG
RS.1100
RS.1200
2003-04
260 LACS
RS.2500
340KG
RS.1200
RS.1400
2004-05
210 LACS
RS.2500
390KG
RS.1350
RS.1300
2005-06
180 LACS
RS.1780
190KG
RS.9600
RS.1650
2006-07
134 LACS
RS.1890
160KG
RS.5600
RS.1350
VJAS has demanded that Government of India should ban bollgardII Bt cotton in Vidarbha to stop on going farm suicides, agrarian distress and farm debts.
In year 2007, record 350 vidarbha farmers suicides reported (JAN-70, FEB-88, MARCH -97 APRIL 95) 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 as maharashtra govt. on it's own website ;
http://www.vnss-mission.gov.in/docs/suicide.pdf
has put the information that exposes this claims as wrong one as vidarbha farm suicides in last three year are on record high and vidarbha Jan andolan samiti has given the reference of their own web site official data, which is like this
OFFICIAL FIGURE OF FARM SUICIDES IN SIX DISTRICT OF WEST VIDARBHA :
http://www.vnss-mission.gov.in/docs/suicide.pdf
FARM SUICIDE AND YEAR
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007 TILL APRIL
SUICIDE IN YEAR
49
105
143
441
560
1427
350
THIS FIGURE OF SUICIDE ARE FROM SIX DISTRICTS i.e. YAVATMAL,AMARAVATI,AKOLA,WARDHA,WASHIM,BULDHANA OF VIDARBHA AND ARE FROM GOVT. WEBSITE :
http://www.vnss-mission.gov.in/docs/suicide.pdf
RECORD SUICIDE AFTER PRIME MINISTER RELIEF PACKAGE ANNOUNCEMENT :
Dr. Man Mohan Singh, reputed Oxbridge economist, and Indian Prime minister, visited Vidarbha on 1 st July 2006 and announced Rs.3750 crore 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 1534 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.
Bureaucratic officials in charge of agriculture and relief in Maharashtraa, are saying that suicide are declining and after the trumpeted relief package, suicide rate has come down to 50%, this is matter of shame Kishor tiwari added.
Govt. of Maharashtra has selected Dr. Sudhir Goyal, Relief Commissioner to clarify this misleading suicide data as same relief commissioner has put govt. official survey which shows that 75% of 1.7 million farmers are in distress, and more that 4 lacs 34 thousands cotton farmers, are in deep distress and their hardship are needed to be addressed has not been taken care of in these so called relief packages.
Link to survey : http://www.vnss-mission.gov.in/docs/servey.pdf
Friday, 27 April 2007
26/04/2007
Western Vidarbha :
1. NARAYAN CHAMPATRAO JUNJUNKAR OF RALEGOAN IN YAVATMAL
2. MAHADEV RAMCHANDRA POPHALE OF DHOTERDI IN AKOLA
3. PANDURANG BHIKAJI DEVKAR OF MAZALGOAN IN BULDHANA
4. SATISH GOVIND RAGHUWANSHI OF HIRULPURNA IN AMARAVATI
5. RAJESH BHAGWAN WANKHEDE IN KALARA IN AKOLA
6. LAXMAN RAMAJI SAHARE IN CHANDOLA IN AMARAVATI
1. NARAYAN CHAMPATRAO JUNJUNKAR OF RALEGOAN IN YAVATMAL
2. MAHADEV RAMCHANDRA POPHALE OF DHOTERDI IN AKOLA
3. PANDURANG BHIKAJI DEVKAR OF MAZALGOAN IN BULDHANA
4. SATISH GOVIND RAGHUWANSHI OF HIRULPURNA IN AMARAVATI
5. RAJESH BHAGWAN WANKHEDE IN KALARA IN AKOLA
6. LAXMAN RAMAJI SAHARE IN CHANDOLA IN AMARAVATI
Friday, 13 April 2007
07/04/2007
Western Vidarbha :
1. SHYAMRAO KALBANDE, GRAMKATKHEDE, WASHIM
2. ANIL JADHAV, MORAD, WASHIM
1. SHYAMRAO KALBANDE, GRAMKATKHEDE, WASHIM
2. ANIL JADHAV, MORAD, WASHIM
Saturday, 7 April 2007
06/04/2007
Western Vidarbha :
1. SHARAVAN RATHODE, ASOLA, YAVATMAL
2. BHAURAO MESHRAM, LOHARA, YAVATMAL
3. RAISINGH CHAVAN, BHULAI, YAVATMAL
4. RAMRAO UIKE, PITHORI, NAGPUR
1. SHARAVAN RATHODE, ASOLA, YAVATMAL
2. BHAURAO MESHRAM, LOHARA, YAVATMAL
3. RAISINGH CHAVAN, BHULAI, YAVATMAL
4. RAMRAO UIKE, PITHORI, NAGPUR
Monday, 26 March 2007
24/03/2007
Western Vidarbha : Home state of political heavy weight, tough talking, ALL ROUNDER, Indian Cricket Minister, also working part time, as Indian Agriculture Minister, and at the same time also as Indian Food Minister, and also as Indian Food Imports Minister.
1. NAMDEO TAG, MURTIJAPUR, AKOLA
2. ANKUSH LATHAL, CHATKHED, AKOLA
3. BABAN BHIMATE KRISHNNA, WASHIM
4. RAMESH NEMANE, PASARNI, WARDHA
5. SURESH KADAM, SALPHAD, WARDHA
6. KISHATTANNA DESHATTIWAR, CHANAKH, YAVATMAL
7. DIKARAM DHOTTARKAR, TADULWANI, NAGPUR
8. PRABHAKAR KALE, ALIPUR, WARDHA
9. BHAGWANTRAO PHUNDKAR, KHUBHARGOAN, AMARAVATI
1. NAMDEO TAG, MURTIJAPUR, AKOLA
2. ANKUSH LATHAL, CHATKHED, AKOLA
3. BABAN BHIMATE KRISHNNA, WASHIM
4. RAMESH NEMANE, PASARNI, WARDHA
5. SURESH KADAM, SALPHAD, WARDHA
6. KISHATTANNA DESHATTIWAR, CHANAKH, YAVATMAL
7. DIKARAM DHOTTARKAR, TADULWANI, NAGPUR
8. PRABHAKAR KALE, ALIPUR, WARDHA
9. BHAGWANTRAO PHUNDKAR, KHUBHARGOAN, AMARAVATI
Thursday, 22 March 2007
21/03/2007
Western Vidarbha :
1. DEVIDAS RATHODE, PIMPARI(PANDHURNA), YAVATMAL
2. SADASHIV SHRIRAME, KAMATHWADA, YAVATMAL
3. ASHOK ONKAR, KURAHAD, YAVATMAL
4. JANRAO WANKHEDE, RAMTEK, WASHIM
5. SAWARAM RATHODE, SHIGANAPUR, WASHIM
1. DEVIDAS RATHODE, PIMPARI(PANDHURNA), YAVATMAL
2. SADASHIV SHRIRAME, KAMATHWADA, YAVATMAL
3. ASHOK ONKAR, KURAHAD, YAVATMAL
4. JANRAO WANKHEDE, RAMTEK, WASHIM
5. SAWARAM RATHODE, SHIGANAPUR, WASHIM
Sunday, 11 March 2007
09/03/2007
Western Vidarbha :
1. MODHUKAR GANJU RATHODE, GAWADGOAN, VILLAGE, AKOLA
2. OMKAR CHANDU RAHAGANDALE, ASADI TANDA, GONDIA
3. KISHORE RAMRAO GAWANDE, VILLAGE CHONDI, PUSAD
4. ASHOK MAHADEV TIDAKE, VILLAGE JAMATHI, AKOLA
The Guardian Minister of Yavatmal district, and nephew of ex-chief minister, late Vasantrao Naik, Shri Manohar Naik has been celebrating his 60th birth day with opulent fanfare in Pusad.
Manohar Naik is from Banjara community of Maharashtra, from which many of the suicides in Vidarbha have been coming.
For its part, the PMO, in its response to Maharashtra government affidavit, on delay in release of Vidarbha Relief Package funds, announced by Shri Man Mohan Singh with much fanfare, has sent a team of officers of IB, to investigate what actual funds have reached the indebted farmers of Vidarbha and the survivors of agrarian suicides in the cotton belt.
Bureaucratic name calling, will be seen in the coming days without any attempts to change Congress farm exit policy.
1. MODHUKAR GANJU RATHODE, GAWADGOAN, VILLAGE, AKOLA
2. OMKAR CHANDU RAHAGANDALE, ASADI TANDA, GONDIA
3. KISHORE RAMRAO GAWANDE, VILLAGE CHONDI, PUSAD
4. ASHOK MAHADEV TIDAKE, VILLAGE JAMATHI, AKOLA
The Guardian Minister of Yavatmal district, and nephew of ex-chief minister, late Vasantrao Naik, Shri Manohar Naik has been celebrating his 60th birth day with opulent fanfare in Pusad.
Manohar Naik is from Banjara community of Maharashtra, from which many of the suicides in Vidarbha have been coming.
For its part, the PMO, in its response to Maharashtra government affidavit, on delay in release of Vidarbha Relief Package funds, announced by Shri Man Mohan Singh with much fanfare, has sent a team of officers of IB, to investigate what actual funds have reached the indebted farmers of Vidarbha and the survivors of agrarian suicides in the cotton belt.
Bureaucratic name calling, will be seen in the coming days without any attempts to change Congress farm exit policy.
Friday, 9 March 2007
08/03/2007
Western Vidarbha :
1. JANARDHAN SATHE, VILLAGE MAREGOAN, BULDHANA
2. RAGHUNATH DHONDU BORKAR, NAWARGOANBANDH, GONDIA
3. VITHAL ATTARKAR, VILLAGE SONADA, BULDHANA
4. SHARVAN CHICHOLKAR, VILLAGE KOPOMANDAVI, YAVATMAL
5. VITHOBA THAKARE, SALOD, YAVATMAL
6. SAHEBRAO MAPARI, VILLAGE DHANODA, WASHIM
7. VILAS CHAVAN, VILLAGE CHIROLI, AMARAVTI DISTT
8. MORSHING DANGE, VILLAGE TATAPUR, BULDHANA
9. BANDU RATHODE, VILLAGE TANDOLI, YAVATMAL
Election tours of Congress, NCP, and opposition top political leaders, are in full swing.
They are touring Vidarbha, for canvassing political support from rural voters and are waxing eloquent on agrarian crisis and why they should be voted to power to sort out the mess.
No vultures (giddha) can be seen in the deep blue, dry Vidarbha skies, these days.
1. JANARDHAN SATHE, VILLAGE MAREGOAN, BULDHANA
2. RAGHUNATH DHONDU BORKAR, NAWARGOANBANDH, GONDIA
3. VITHAL ATTARKAR, VILLAGE SONADA, BULDHANA
4. SHARVAN CHICHOLKAR, VILLAGE KOPOMANDAVI, YAVATMAL
5. VITHOBA THAKARE, SALOD, YAVATMAL
6. SAHEBRAO MAPARI, VILLAGE DHANODA, WASHIM
7. VILAS CHAVAN, VILLAGE CHIROLI, AMARAVTI DISTT
8. MORSHING DANGE, VILLAGE TATAPUR, BULDHANA
9. BANDU RATHODE, VILLAGE TANDOLI, YAVATMAL
Election tours of Congress, NCP, and opposition top political leaders, are in full swing.
They are touring Vidarbha, for canvassing political support from rural voters and are waxing eloquent on agrarian crisis and why they should be voted to power to sort out the mess.
No vultures (giddha) can be seen in the deep blue, dry Vidarbha skies, these days.
Thursday, 8 March 2007
07/03/2007
Western Vidarbha :
1. SHAKAR INGOLE, GRAMWADHANI, WASHIM
2. RAMBHAU KHULSANGE, HIWARA, WARDHA
3. RAMDAS SAMARTHA, SHIVANI, GADCHIROLI
4. RAIBHAN PAWAR, RAI TALAO, YAVATMAL
5. SARANGDHAR MALI, WAZEGOAN, AKOLA
6. JANUSHINGH RATHODE, IJANI, YAVATMAL
7. ASHOK SATPUTE, RALEGOAN, YAVATMAL
These suicdes of GM cotton farmers in Vidarbha, occurred during the Vidarbha election tour, and media firefighting, by Shri Vilas Rao Deshmukh, NCP Congress / Maharshtra Chief Minister.
He was claiming in media that Vidarbha agrarian suicides have begun to show a declining trend.
He also claimed that the Manmohan Singh's Vidarbha package was beginning to show results.
During this election tour from Mumbai, he begged for an additional 3-4 years in political power from voters, and blamed "vested interests" for raising issue of agrarian suicides.
One farmer Sarangdhar Mali, village Wazegoan, hanged himself during a Mental Health Counselling session with Dr Udhaorao Gadekar.
Government has decided to divert money towards mental health professionals, rather than addressing agrarian distress in Vidarbha, with agriculture policies.
1. SHAKAR INGOLE, GRAMWADHANI, WASHIM
2. RAMBHAU KHULSANGE, HIWARA, WARDHA
3. RAMDAS SAMARTHA, SHIVANI, GADCHIROLI
4. RAIBHAN PAWAR, RAI TALAO, YAVATMAL
5. SARANGDHAR MALI, WAZEGOAN, AKOLA
6. JANUSHINGH RATHODE, IJANI, YAVATMAL
7. ASHOK SATPUTE, RALEGOAN, YAVATMAL
These suicdes of GM cotton farmers in Vidarbha, occurred during the Vidarbha election tour, and media firefighting, by Shri Vilas Rao Deshmukh, NCP Congress / Maharshtra Chief Minister.
He was claiming in media that Vidarbha agrarian suicides have begun to show a declining trend.
He also claimed that the Manmohan Singh's Vidarbha package was beginning to show results.
During this election tour from Mumbai, he begged for an additional 3-4 years in political power from voters, and blamed "vested interests" for raising issue of agrarian suicides.
One farmer Sarangdhar Mali, village Wazegoan, hanged himself during a Mental Health Counselling session with Dr Udhaorao Gadekar.
Government has decided to divert money towards mental health professionals, rather than addressing agrarian distress in Vidarbha, with agriculture policies.
Tuesday, 6 March 2007
05/03/2007
Western Vidarbha :
1. Devidas Rathode, village Bhuli, Washim distt
2. Janrao Pachare, Dongargoan, Akola distt
3. Savitri Dhavane, village Khatkheda, Wardha
4. Damkrishanna Turankar, Naigaon(khz), Yavatmal
5. Dadarao Rathode, vilage Chirodi, Amaravati
6. Mahendra Kompalwar, village Hatgoan, Yavatmal
7. Yogesh Mirage, village Bhastan, Shegaon
As per Congress NCP, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh's, political wisdom :
1. Real blame for "wrongful media attention" by " Vested Interests " for raising issue of farmer suicides and distracting attention, from the glorious success of Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh's Vidarbha Relief package for debt ridden cotton farmers, announced during Indian Prime Minister's visit to Vidarbha GM cotton belt, in 2006.
2. That all rural suicides, are being credited to the account of agrarian suicides, whereas according to him, these suicides are not agrarian suicides. So now, the CM has jumped into the fray of issuing post mortem certificates after Shri Sudhir Kumar Goyal, IAS, Relief Commissioner, and other bureaucrats.
According to him, the Congress Party / NCP, should be the arbiter of the reasons for suicides, and people should refuse to be misled by "vested interests".
3. TV channels are wrongfully showing strips of Vidarbha suicides.
4. Has claimed that suicides are generalized social problems and have nothing at all to do with rural and agrarian distress, or any Farm Exit Policy of Indian Congress government.
5. Has asked the media and publicity mongers, to wait for 3-4 more years, before the start of Second Green Revolution, as announced by the Delhi and Mumbai based Congress politicians, and massive state investments in irrigation projects in Vidarbha, begins to show results on the faces of Vidarbha farmers and suicide figures begin to show a declining trend.
1. Devidas Rathode, village Bhuli, Washim distt
2. Janrao Pachare, Dongargoan, Akola distt
3. Savitri Dhavane, village Khatkheda, Wardha
4. Damkrishanna Turankar, Naigaon(khz), Yavatmal
5. Dadarao Rathode, vilage Chirodi, Amaravati
6. Mahendra Kompalwar, village Hatgoan, Yavatmal
7. Yogesh Mirage, village Bhastan, Shegaon
As per Congress NCP, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh's, political wisdom :
1. Real blame for "wrongful media attention" by " Vested Interests " for raising issue of farmer suicides and distracting attention, from the glorious success of Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh's Vidarbha Relief package for debt ridden cotton farmers, announced during Indian Prime Minister's visit to Vidarbha GM cotton belt, in 2006.
2. That all rural suicides, are being credited to the account of agrarian suicides, whereas according to him, these suicides are not agrarian suicides. So now, the CM has jumped into the fray of issuing post mortem certificates after Shri Sudhir Kumar Goyal, IAS, Relief Commissioner, and other bureaucrats.
According to him, the Congress Party / NCP, should be the arbiter of the reasons for suicides, and people should refuse to be misled by "vested interests".
3. TV channels are wrongfully showing strips of Vidarbha suicides.
4. Has claimed that suicides are generalized social problems and have nothing at all to do with rural and agrarian distress, or any Farm Exit Policy of Indian Congress government.
5. Has asked the media and publicity mongers, to wait for 3-4 more years, before the start of Second Green Revolution, as announced by the Delhi and Mumbai based Congress politicians, and massive state investments in irrigation projects in Vidarbha, begins to show results on the faces of Vidarbha farmers and suicide figures begin to show a declining trend.
Saturday, 3 March 2007
02/03/2007
Western Vidarbha :
1. THAKURSINGH GYANSINGH BRAMHANE, ASEGOAN, WASHIM
2. DILIP YADAV NARRADIWAR, BORTANDALI, CHNADRAPUR
3. SURESH PUNAJI WANKHEDE, VILLAGE PARSODA, AKOLA
4. BABAN PACHAKAR, KARLA, AMAMRAVATI
5. MAHADEV VISHUJI PAWAR, WARWAT, BAKAL, BULDHANA
Indian government, Maharashtra state government, senior local bureaucrats are careful NOT to characterize these as AGRARIAN SUICIDES due to debt problems of cotton growing farmers in Vidarbha..
They cite reasons like :
1. Alcoholism
2. Family Problems and berievement
3. Medical expenses
4. Social tensions
5. Mental insanity
1. THAKURSINGH GYANSINGH BRAMHANE, ASEGOAN, WASHIM
2. DILIP YADAV NARRADIWAR, BORTANDALI, CHNADRAPUR
3. SURESH PUNAJI WANKHEDE, VILLAGE PARSODA, AKOLA
4. BABAN PACHAKAR, KARLA, AMAMRAVATI
5. MAHADEV VISHUJI PAWAR, WARWAT, BAKAL, BULDHANA
Indian government, Maharashtra state government, senior local bureaucrats are careful NOT to characterize these as AGRARIAN SUICIDES due to debt problems of cotton growing farmers in Vidarbha..
They cite reasons like :
1. Alcoholism
2. Family Problems and berievement
3. Medical expenses
4. Social tensions
5. Mental insanity
Monday, 26 February 2007
25/02/2007
Western Vidarbha :
1. PRABHAKAR WAMAN SAWAI, VILLAGE KAT AMAMLA, DISTT AMARAVATI
2. GANESH NARAYAN TIKE, VILLAGE MASANI, DISTT WASHIM
3. RAMKRISHNNA MOTIRAM GAINAR, VILLAGE ROHANA, DISTT WARDHA
4. SANTOSH MAHADEV DANDALE, OF VILLAGE PARAS, AKOLA DISTT.
5. RAHUL NARAYAN CHINCHE, VILLAGE KRUHA, DISTT YAVATMAL.
1. PRABHAKAR WAMAN SAWAI, VILLAGE KAT AMAMLA, DISTT AMARAVATI
2. GANESH NARAYAN TIKE, VILLAGE MASANI, DISTT WASHIM
3. RAMKRISHNNA MOTIRAM GAINAR, VILLAGE ROHANA, DISTT WARDHA
4. SANTOSH MAHADEV DANDALE, OF VILLAGE PARAS, AKOLA DISTT.
5. RAHUL NARAYAN CHINCHE, VILLAGE KRUHA, DISTT YAVATMAL.
Saturday, 24 February 2007
23/02/2007
Western Vidarbha :
1. Devidas Umarkar, village Bhari in akola
2. Vasant Khandar, Kapikheda, Amaravati
3. Ramrao Nathuji Umare umara in Washim distt
4. Pandurang sitaram Raut(37), village Hiwargaon
Apathy of MSEDCL, power cuts are reported to be amongst the causes. It seems discontinuation of power supply in his farm during Rabi crop season, may have been the immediate cause. A bribe of Rs. 20,000 for reconnecting the water pump, was allegedly sought by the officers of MSEDCL.
AFTER INDIAN Congress PRIME MINISTER's VISIT TO VIDARBHA, AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF SPECIAL PACKAGE RS.3750 CRORE, MORE THAN 1000 FARMERS SUICIDE REPORTED BY GOVT. OF MAHARSHTRA OFFICIALLY IN SIX DISTRICT OF SUICIDE PRONE VIDARBHA. YEAR 2006 WAS ALSO REPORTED HIGHEST NUMBER OF FARM SUICIDE - ACCORDING MAHARASHTRA GOVT. 1452 FARMERS COMMITTED SUICIDE. IN 2007, THE DISTRESS AMONG THE FARMERS IS NOT COMING DOWN.
January 2007 - 70 FARMERS
February 2007 - 68 suicides
1. Devidas Umarkar, village Bhari in akola
2. Vasant Khandar, Kapikheda, Amaravati
3. Ramrao Nathuji Umare umara in Washim distt
4. Pandurang sitaram Raut(37), village Hiwargaon
Apathy of MSEDCL, power cuts are reported to be amongst the causes. It seems discontinuation of power supply in his farm during Rabi crop season, may have been the immediate cause. A bribe of Rs. 20,000 for reconnecting the water pump, was allegedly sought by the officers of MSEDCL.
AFTER INDIAN Congress PRIME MINISTER's VISIT TO VIDARBHA, AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF SPECIAL PACKAGE RS.3750 CRORE, MORE THAN 1000 FARMERS SUICIDE REPORTED BY GOVT. OF MAHARSHTRA OFFICIALLY IN SIX DISTRICT OF SUICIDE PRONE VIDARBHA. YEAR 2006 WAS ALSO REPORTED HIGHEST NUMBER OF FARM SUICIDE - ACCORDING MAHARASHTRA GOVT. 1452 FARMERS COMMITTED SUICIDE. IN 2007, THE DISTRESS AMONG THE FARMERS IS NOT COMING DOWN.
January 2007 - 70 FARMERS
February 2007 - 68 suicides
Sunday, 18 February 2007
17/02/2007
Western Vidarbha :
1. SHYAMRAO CHANDRABHAN KINAKE VILLAGE- UMARI-YAVATMAL
2. VINOD SHAYRAO KINAKE-VILLAGE-UMARI-YAVATMAL
3. NILKANTH VITHOBA GURNULE-VILLAGE -WEDASI IN YAVATMAL
4. ASHOK JAYRAM KOLLAR PALSONI IN YAVATMAL
5. BAB TUKARAM CHIKAT OF SAWALI(WAGH) IN WARDHA
6. VINAYAK MOTIRA, ADE OF SAKHARA IN WARDHA
7. TAPAJI DAMAJI KORADKAR OF VILLAGE SHIRALA IN BULDHANA
8. RAMRAO VITHAL GANGAWANE OF DEPUL IN WASHIM
9. BAPURAO SHIRIKRISHNNA GAIGOLE OF DHANEGOAN IN AMARAVATI
Shyam and Vinod were a adivasi father and son duo.
Huge debt, healthcare costs and agrarian distress are assumed to be behind the tribal father and son suicide pacts.
The Divisional Commissioner in charge of Relief, Shri Sudhir Goyal is reported to be shedding crocodile tears and giving interviews to media - "My heart goes out for those who ended their lives out of acute frustration and for their bereaved families even as I am worried about those caught in the web of a flawed system".
The Finance Minister Shri Chidambaram and Shri Sharad Pawar of Central Congress government, have no time to even meet representatives of suicidal and indebted farmers with no hope.
Congress Government seems more keen on implementing Farm Exit Policy for Vidarbha farmers rather than the announced Prime Minister package.
1. SHYAMRAO CHANDRABHAN KINAKE VILLAGE- UMARI-YAVATMAL
2. VINOD SHAYRAO KINAKE-VILLAGE-UMARI-YAVATMAL
3. NILKANTH VITHOBA GURNULE-VILLAGE -WEDASI IN YAVATMAL
4. ASHOK JAYRAM KOLLAR PALSONI IN YAVATMAL
5. BAB TUKARAM CHIKAT OF SAWALI(WAGH) IN WARDHA
6. VINAYAK MOTIRA, ADE OF SAKHARA IN WARDHA
7. TAPAJI DAMAJI KORADKAR OF VILLAGE SHIRALA IN BULDHANA
8. RAMRAO VITHAL GANGAWANE OF DEPUL IN WASHIM
9. BAPURAO SHIRIKRISHNNA GAIGOLE OF DHANEGOAN IN AMARAVATI
Shyam and Vinod were a adivasi father and son duo.
Huge debt, healthcare costs and agrarian distress are assumed to be behind the tribal father and son suicide pacts.
The Divisional Commissioner in charge of Relief, Shri Sudhir Goyal is reported to be shedding crocodile tears and giving interviews to media - "My heart goes out for those who ended their lives out of acute frustration and for their bereaved families even as I am worried about those caught in the web of a flawed system".
The Finance Minister Shri Chidambaram and Shri Sharad Pawar of Central Congress government, have no time to even meet representatives of suicidal and indebted farmers with no hope.
Congress Government seems more keen on implementing Farm Exit Policy for Vidarbha farmers rather than the announced Prime Minister package.
16/02/2007
Reported : Nine farmers suicides in vidarbha in last 72 hours taking toll to 50 in the month of February 2007. 120 farm suicides in this year 2007.
This is in the backdrop of Congress Prime Minister ManMohan Singh's Relief Package announced in 2006, and its tardy implementation by various government disbursement agencies in Vidarbha cotton growing areas, and interviews of bureaucrats like Shri Goyal, Relief commissioner, that "no government on earth can subsidze 60% of its farmers".
The PMO in New Delhi, is supposedly overseeing implementation of Relief Package but is not able to come to grips with the problem of agrarian suicides and undeclared Farm Exit policy of central Congress government.
The Finance Minister / Sensex Minister of India, Shri Chidambaram, reportedly has no time in New Delhi for even meeting representatives of suicidal farmers.
This is in the backdrop of Congress Prime Minister ManMohan Singh's Relief Package announced in 2006, and its tardy implementation by various government disbursement agencies in Vidarbha cotton growing areas, and interviews of bureaucrats like Shri Goyal, Relief commissioner, that "no government on earth can subsidze 60% of its farmers".
The PMO in New Delhi, is supposedly overseeing implementation of Relief Package but is not able to come to grips with the problem of agrarian suicides and undeclared Farm Exit policy of central Congress government.
The Finance Minister / Sensex Minister of India, Shri Chidambaram, reportedly has no time in New Delhi for even meeting representatives of suicidal farmers.
Thursday, 15 February 2007
14/02/2007 - Valentines Day Suicides - Vidarbha
1. Manoj Vithal Lamture (22) - jumped in to well, Village Bhadumri (Yavatmal)
2. Ramesh Nilkanth Dehankar, village Patapangara, Yavtmal district
3. Sanjay Digamber Kharate, village Kenwad in Washim district
4. Aatish Bahgat, village Dongargoan in Washim district.
Today, Union Agriculture Secretary Dr.P.K.Mishra is supposed to be reviewing progress, and implementation details, on Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh package for Vidarbha cotton farmers declared in July 2006.
Simultaneously, farmers are spontaneously taking to burning EMPTY PACKAGE BOXES - mocking the "Vidarbha Packages" doled out by the state and Central governments.
2. Ramesh Nilkanth Dehankar, village Patapangara, Yavtmal district
3. Sanjay Digamber Kharate, village Kenwad in Washim district
4. Aatish Bahgat, village Dongargoan in Washim district.
Today, Union Agriculture Secretary Dr.P.K.Mishra is supposed to be reviewing progress, and implementation details, on Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh package for Vidarbha cotton farmers declared in July 2006.
Simultaneously, farmers are spontaneously taking to burning EMPTY PACKAGE BOXES - mocking the "Vidarbha Packages" doled out by the state and Central governments.
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