Western Vidarbha :
VIDARBHA FARMERS SUICIDES REDUCED DRASTICALLY IS NOT TRUE-CHIEF MINISTER MISLEADING MEDIA-VJAS
FROM DESK OF
KISHOR TIWARI
Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti
vidarbha@gmail.com
contact-09422108846
NAGPUR - 13TH MAY 2007
It is reported by times news network that Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said the number of farmers' suicides has reduced sharply from 61 in March last year to 16 for the same month this year.
According to the figures given by Deshmukh to the Prime Minister, 575 farmers had committed suicide due to agrarian crisis in the six worst-affected districts of Vidarbha in 2006 with the first three months accounting for 168 deaths.
During the first three months of this year 40 farmers have committed suicide in the six districts of Akola, Amravati, Buldhana, Wardha, Washim and Yavatmal.
While nine farmers committed suicide in January this year, the number has risen to 15 in February and 16 in March.
here is the news item
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Farmers suicides reduced drastically: Maharashtra govt
13 May, 2007 l 1200 hrs ISTlPTI
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Farmers_suicides_reduced_drastically/articleshow/2040612.cms
NEW DELHI: The spate of farmers suicides in crisis-ridden Vidarbha of Maharashtra has drastically come down this year, the state government has claimed.
Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said the number of farmers' suicides has reduced sharply from 61 in March last year to 16 for the same month this year.
According to the figures given by Deshmukh to the Prime Minister, 575 farmers had committed suicide due to agrarian crisis in the six worst-affected districts of Vidarbha in 2006 with the first three months accounting for 168 deaths.
During the first three months of this year 40 farmers have committed suicide in the six districts of Akola, Amravati, Buldhana, Wardha, Washim and Yavatmal.
While nine farmers committed suicide in January this year, the number has risen to 15 in February and 16 in March.
Singh had announced a special relief package of Rs 3,750 crore for the six districts where most suicides by farmers in distress were reported.
"The prime minister's relief package has helped a lot in providing succour to farmers in Vidarbha," Deshmukh said.
The package provides a waiver on interest on loans, rescheduling of loans, and greater thrust to irrigation, seed replacement, extension and subsidiary income facilities.
Interestingly, the Maharashtra government in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court in connection with a PIL had accused the PMO of delay in release of funds to keep operational the relief schemes announced by Singh.
The allegation, that caused an embarrassment to Singh and the Congress, a senior partner in the coalition government in Maharashtra, were withdrawn later.
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Vidarbha Jan Andolan samiti who is tracking vidarbha farm suicides and moved against maharashtra in mumbai high court and human right commission has claimed that this information provided by maharashtra chief minister to indian prime minister is purely bogus and misleading and it is completely contradicting to the own official figure of vidarbha farm suicides of their own web site ,he is the link
http://www.vnss-mission.gov.in/docs/suicide.pdf
(we are attaching this pdf file ready reference)
farm suicides in west official fig is for 2006 is 1448 and for 2007 is 295 now chief minister's claim that farm suicides in 2006 were 557 and now in 2007 it's only 168 is ridiculous and most unfortunate."suicide number is not important the important is govt. admission that in west vidarbha more than 13 lacs farm family are in deep distress and there is complete collapse of social and civil administration due support system failure.VJAS has demanded that now time has come to ask hostile chief minster of maharashtra vilasrao deshmukh to step down as face saving device for congress otherwise the situation in west vidarbha will lead anarchy, Kishor tiwari added.
KISHOR TIWARI
Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti
vidarbha@gmail.com
contact-09422108846
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Friday, 18 May 2007
11/05/2007
Western Vidarbha : CM Reaches Vidarbha
CM TO ATTEND EX-MINISTER'S SON MARRIAGE RECEPTION NOT TO REVIEW FARMERS' PACKAGES IN YAVATMAL - VJAS :
NAGPUR: 11TH MAY 11, 2007
VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI TO STRONGLY CRITICISED MISUSE OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR ATTENDING MARRIAGE RECEPTION OF EX-MINISTER AND CONGRESS LEADER MANIKRAO THAKARE'S SON RAHUL WHO WAS MARRIED IN NAGPUR ON 10 TH AND HERE ALSO 20 MINISTER ATTENDED MARRIAGE AS THEY CAME REVIEW SO CALLED FARMER'S KHARIFF SEASON REVIEW .LAST YEAR TOO IN APRIL THEN CHIEF SECRETARY PREM KUMAR HAS ALSO ATTENDED MARRIAGE OF HIS UNDER SECTARY THAKARE'S DAUGHTER THIS TIME TOO WHOLE MANTRALAYA RUSHED TO NAGPUR FOR REVIEW MEETING OF FARMER'S PACKAGE . NOW IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISH TREND IN MAHARASHTRA GOVT. FOR ATTENDING ANY MARRIAGE OR PRIVATE FUNCTION FARMER'S SUICIDE PACKAGE REVIEW MEETING IS CALLED BUT AS THERE IS NO FUND AVAILABLE SINCE JULY-2006 AFTER PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED IT, WHAT THE HELL THERE ARE REVIEWING, KISHOR TIWARI FARM ACTIVIST AND VJAS LEADER ASKED CHIEF MINISTER VILASRAO DESHMUKH.
ONCE THE PRIME COTTON GROWING DISTRICT WITH THE LARGEST AREA UNDER ITS CULTIVATION, NOW LARGEST NUMBER OF SUICIDES ARE REPORTED FROM THERE AMONG THE SIX COTTON GROWING DISTRICTS OF THE REGION.
AS PER RECENT REPORTS IT IS INDICATED THAT THROUGH THE SPECIAL PACKAGE ANNOUNCED BY PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH ON JULY 1 LAST AND THE CM'S PACKAGE UNVEILED MONTHS BEFORE THAT, OVER 12 LAKH FARMERS IN THE SIX DISTRESSED DISTRICTS WERE PROMISED A RELIEF OF OVER RS 5000 CRORE. EVEN AS A CONTROVERSY IS RAGING AFTER JOINT SECRETARY (RELIEF AND REHABILITATION) PRAVEEN SHRIVASTAV'S FILING OF AN AFFIDAVIT CLAIMING POOR FUNDS FLOW, THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE RELIEF MISSION (VASANTRAO NAIK SHETKARI SWAWALAMBAN MISSION) INDICATES THAT ONLY ABOUT RS 38 CRORE OF THE PROMISED FUNDS FOR LOAN WAIVER TO FARMERS HAS BEEN RELEASED BY THE CENTRE.
WHILE VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI CONVENER KISHOR TIWARI ALLEGED THAT FUNDS FLOW CONTINUED TO BE VERY POOR ON IRRIGATION PROJECTS AS WELL AS QUALITY SEEDS DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMME UNDER THE PACKAGE
IN ORDER TO SHOW THAT FARMERS SUICIDES HAVE BEEN SLOW DOWN AS A RESULT OF IMPLEMENTATION NON-FUNCTIONAL VIDARBHA RELIEF PACKAGE OUR OF 346 FARM SUICIDES REPORTED IN WEST VIDARBHA LOCAL ADMINISTRATION HAS REJECTED ALL MOST 300 CASES CLAIMING TO BE THE SUICIDE DUE TO NON-AGRARIAN REASONS . IT'S REALLY INSULT OF HUMANITY ADMINISTRATION IS REJECTING RELIEF AID TO FARM WIDOWS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE FACING STARVATION ONLY TO SHOW FALSE DATA TO THE WORLD THAT VIDARBHA FARM SUICIDES ARE UNDER CONTROL, KISHOR TIWARI ADDED.
TOTAL FAILURE RURAL HEALTH CARE, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL CUM CIVIL ADMINISTRATION ARE THE MAIN REASONS OF FARMER'S SUICIDES IN WEST VIDARBHA AND DR.SUDHIR GOYAL HIMSELF HAS ASKED INDIAN GOVT. THAT LOW COST SUSTAINABLE FARMING IS ONLY SOLUTION OF STOP THESE SUICIDES. BAN ON BT. COTTON AND CHEMICAL FARMING IS NEED OF HOUR AND COTTON FARMERS SHOULD CULTIVATE THERE THAN COTTON SHOULD THE PROGRAMME OF THE STATE THE OFFICIAL FURTHER DEMANDS. RESTORATION SECONDARY SYSTEMS LIKE RURAL EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH IS ALSO NEEDED TO STOP THESE ON GOING SUICIDES BUT NOBODY IS ACTING IN THIS DIRECTION MORE OVER MISLEADING PRESS RELEASES ARE ADDING FUEL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL SITUATION IN VIDARBHA ,KISHOR TIWARI IN FORMED
CM TO ATTEND EX-MINISTER'S SON MARRIAGE RECEPTION NOT TO REVIEW FARMERS' PACKAGES IN YAVATMAL - VJAS :
NAGPUR: 11TH MAY 11, 2007
VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI TO STRONGLY CRITICISED MISUSE OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR ATTENDING MARRIAGE RECEPTION OF EX-MINISTER AND CONGRESS LEADER MANIKRAO THAKARE'S SON RAHUL WHO WAS MARRIED IN NAGPUR ON 10 TH AND HERE ALSO 20 MINISTER ATTENDED MARRIAGE AS THEY CAME REVIEW SO CALLED FARMER'S KHARIFF SEASON REVIEW .LAST YEAR TOO IN APRIL THEN CHIEF SECRETARY PREM KUMAR HAS ALSO ATTENDED MARRIAGE OF HIS UNDER SECTARY THAKARE'S DAUGHTER THIS TIME TOO WHOLE MANTRALAYA RUSHED TO NAGPUR FOR REVIEW MEETING OF FARMER'S PACKAGE . NOW IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISH TREND IN MAHARASHTRA GOVT. FOR ATTENDING ANY MARRIAGE OR PRIVATE FUNCTION FARMER'S SUICIDE PACKAGE REVIEW MEETING IS CALLED BUT AS THERE IS NO FUND AVAILABLE SINCE JULY-2006 AFTER PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED IT, WHAT THE HELL THERE ARE REVIEWING, KISHOR TIWARI FARM ACTIVIST AND VJAS LEADER ASKED CHIEF MINISTER VILASRAO DESHMUKH.
ONCE THE PRIME COTTON GROWING DISTRICT WITH THE LARGEST AREA UNDER ITS CULTIVATION, NOW LARGEST NUMBER OF SUICIDES ARE REPORTED FROM THERE AMONG THE SIX COTTON GROWING DISTRICTS OF THE REGION.
AS PER RECENT REPORTS IT IS INDICATED THAT THROUGH THE SPECIAL PACKAGE ANNOUNCED BY PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH ON JULY 1 LAST AND THE CM'S PACKAGE UNVEILED MONTHS BEFORE THAT, OVER 12 LAKH FARMERS IN THE SIX DISTRESSED DISTRICTS WERE PROMISED A RELIEF OF OVER RS 5000 CRORE. EVEN AS A CONTROVERSY IS RAGING AFTER JOINT SECRETARY (RELIEF AND REHABILITATION) PRAVEEN SHRIVASTAV'S FILING OF AN AFFIDAVIT CLAIMING POOR FUNDS FLOW, THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE RELIEF MISSION (VASANTRAO NAIK SHETKARI SWAWALAMBAN MISSION) INDICATES THAT ONLY ABOUT RS 38 CRORE OF THE PROMISED FUNDS FOR LOAN WAIVER TO FARMERS HAS BEEN RELEASED BY THE CENTRE.
WHILE VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI CONVENER KISHOR TIWARI ALLEGED THAT FUNDS FLOW CONTINUED TO BE VERY POOR ON IRRIGATION PROJECTS AS WELL AS QUALITY SEEDS DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMME UNDER THE PACKAGE
IN ORDER TO SHOW THAT FARMERS SUICIDES HAVE BEEN SLOW DOWN AS A RESULT OF IMPLEMENTATION NON-FUNCTIONAL VIDARBHA RELIEF PACKAGE OUR OF 346 FARM SUICIDES REPORTED IN WEST VIDARBHA LOCAL ADMINISTRATION HAS REJECTED ALL MOST 300 CASES CLAIMING TO BE THE SUICIDE DUE TO NON-AGRARIAN REASONS . IT'S REALLY INSULT OF HUMANITY ADMINISTRATION IS REJECTING RELIEF AID TO FARM WIDOWS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE FACING STARVATION ONLY TO SHOW FALSE DATA TO THE WORLD THAT VIDARBHA FARM SUICIDES ARE UNDER CONTROL, KISHOR TIWARI ADDED.
TOTAL FAILURE RURAL HEALTH CARE, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL CUM CIVIL ADMINISTRATION ARE THE MAIN REASONS OF FARMER'S SUICIDES IN WEST VIDARBHA AND DR.SUDHIR GOYAL HIMSELF HAS ASKED INDIAN GOVT. THAT LOW COST SUSTAINABLE FARMING IS ONLY SOLUTION OF STOP THESE SUICIDES. BAN ON BT. COTTON AND CHEMICAL FARMING IS NEED OF HOUR AND COTTON FARMERS SHOULD CULTIVATE THERE THAN COTTON SHOULD THE PROGRAMME OF THE STATE THE OFFICIAL FURTHER DEMANDS. RESTORATION SECONDARY SYSTEMS LIKE RURAL EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH IS ALSO NEEDED TO STOP THESE ON GOING SUICIDES BUT NOBODY IS ACTING IN THIS DIRECTION MORE OVER MISLEADING PRESS RELEASES ARE ADDING FUEL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL SITUATION IN VIDARBHA ,KISHOR TIWARI IN FORMED
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