Western Vidarbha :
1. SUBHASH ATARAM DONGARE, MAHAGOAN, AKOLA
2. GOPAL GOMA DANI, BARAD KIHNI, CHANDRAPUR
3. NARAYAN BAKARAM THAK, KOTHA, YAVATMAL
4. SHYAM BABA RATHODE, MANORA, WASHIM
2007 Vidarbha farm suicides and agrarian distress toll : 405
Thursday, 31 May 2007
28/05/2007
Western Vidarbha :
1. MOHAN JAISINGH CHAVAN, DELHI TANDA, YAVATMAL
2. GANESH BHIMRAO KHANDARE, GHOTA, WASHIM
3. MAHADEV BABA KADUKAR, KOTHARI, WASHIM
4. SHARAD SHANKARARO KHAROTE, AMBIKAPUR, AKOLA
JAN : 70
FEB : 88
MARCH : 97
APRIL : 95
MAY : 55
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
Maharashtra government website : http://www.vnss-mission.gov.in/docs/suicide.pdf
1. MOHAN JAISINGH CHAVAN, DELHI TANDA, YAVATMAL
2. GANESH BHIMRAO KHANDARE, GHOTA, WASHIM
3. MAHADEV BABA KADUKAR, KOTHARI, WASHIM
4. SHARAD SHANKARARO KHAROTE, AMBIKAPUR, AKOLA
JAN : 70
FEB : 88
MARCH : 97
APRIL : 95
MAY : 55
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
Maharashtra government website : http://www.vnss-mission.gov.in/docs/suicide.pdf
Saturday, 26 May 2007
Maharashtra CM Celebrates Birthday - Farmers Protest Callousness
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.
- VJAS
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.
- VJAS
Bt Cotton Promotion and Maharashtra Government
Warnings aside, more Bt cotton seeds arrive farm woes - DNA Reports
Experts warn of impending disaster if monsoons fail " We don't know yet if these varieties will suit the agro-cli- matic and soil condi- tions. Releasing the second generation Bt for commercial use is surely disastrous." - A scientist - Jaideep Hardikar, Nagpur
Beleaguered cotton farmers in Vidarbha are staring at another disaster in the ensuing sowing season. Almost the entire belt would be cultivating Bt cotton, which have not yielded encouraging results in the past in the rain-fed region.
While cotton prices are crashing every year, a total shift to genetic cotton will spiral production cost phenomenally, leading to heavy losses, farm activists say An . estimate suggests that over 30 lakh packets of Bt cottonseeds would be sold this season, enough to cover well over ten lakh hectare farms in the region.
That's a rise of more than double in the acreage over the last year. A disaster of unforeseen and unmanageable proportions is on the cards, if there is any fluctuation in the arrival of monsoon, fears Kishor Tiwari of the Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti. "The government is selling a new disaster to the struggling farmers."
Interestingly, the Maharashtra Agri culture Minister, Balasaheb Thorat, recently admitted that Bt had failed in Vidarbha and cautioned farmers not to sow it.
Also, the state government has paid about Rs 400 crore to farmers in the last four years as compensation due to the failure of Bt cotton. Farm activists point out the government-run Mahabeej seeds corporation is marketing Bt cottonseeds to inputs dealers, while the minister advises caution.
Yet, what's concerning the activists is the permission granted to nearly 53 new genotypes of Bt cotton by the Genetic Engineer ing Approval Committee (GEAC). As many 35 of those varieties would be introduced in the central parts of India.
Over 60 Bt varieties are already in the market here and more will arrive soon. And there's hardly any study on the performance of new genotypes in Vidarbha.
"We don't know yet whether these varieties will suit the agro-climatic and soil conditions. Moreover, releasing the second generation Bt (Bollguard II) for a widespread commercial use is surely disastrous," admits a senior scientist.
He also warns that it is only a matter of time before the widespread emergence of resistance in bollworms will cause the Bt cotton technology to collapse.
Peasants' confusion would be compounded by the introduction of new varieties this season. As companies compete for a greater market share, their fierce and relentless promotional tactics will expose the farmers to far greater risks.
Farmers' leader Vijay Jawandhia argues, "Bt cotton has not brought about any increase in productivity. Also, it has not reduced the use of chemicals."
Various state government reports and statistics too suggest that Bt cotton has not brought about any rise in productivity or decline in the pesticide use.
Experts warn of impending disaster if monsoons fail " We don't know yet if these varieties will suit the agro-cli- matic and soil condi- tions. Releasing the second generation Bt for commercial use is surely disastrous." - A scientist - Jaideep Hardikar, Nagpur
Beleaguered cotton farmers in Vidarbha are staring at another disaster in the ensuing sowing season. Almost the entire belt would be cultivating Bt cotton, which have not yielded encouraging results in the past in the rain-fed region.
While cotton prices are crashing every year, a total shift to genetic cotton will spiral production cost phenomenally, leading to heavy losses, farm activists say An . estimate suggests that over 30 lakh packets of Bt cottonseeds would be sold this season, enough to cover well over ten lakh hectare farms in the region.
That's a rise of more than double in the acreage over the last year. A disaster of unforeseen and unmanageable proportions is on the cards, if there is any fluctuation in the arrival of monsoon, fears Kishor Tiwari of the Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti. "The government is selling a new disaster to the struggling farmers."
Interestingly, the Maharashtra Agri culture Minister, Balasaheb Thorat, recently admitted that Bt had failed in Vidarbha and cautioned farmers not to sow it.
Also, the state government has paid about Rs 400 crore to farmers in the last four years as compensation due to the failure of Bt cotton. Farm activists point out the government-run Mahabeej seeds corporation is marketing Bt cottonseeds to inputs dealers, while the minister advises caution.
Yet, what's concerning the activists is the permission granted to nearly 53 new genotypes of Bt cotton by the Genetic Engineer ing Approval Committee (GEAC). As many 35 of those varieties would be introduced in the central parts of India.
Over 60 Bt varieties are already in the market here and more will arrive soon. And there's hardly any study on the performance of new genotypes in Vidarbha.
"We don't know yet whether these varieties will suit the agro-climatic and soil conditions. Moreover, releasing the second generation Bt (Bollguard II) for a widespread commercial use is surely disastrous," admits a senior scientist.
He also warns that it is only a matter of time before the widespread emergence of resistance in bollworms will cause the Bt cotton technology to collapse.
Peasants' confusion would be compounded by the introduction of new varieties this season. As companies compete for a greater market share, their fierce and relentless promotional tactics will expose the farmers to far greater risks.
Farmers' leader Vijay Jawandhia argues, "Bt cotton has not brought about any increase in productivity. Also, it has not reduced the use of chemicals."
Various state government reports and statistics too suggest that Bt cotton has not brought about any rise in productivity or decline in the pesticide use.
Thursday, 24 May 2007
23/05/2007
23/05/2007 - Western Vidarbha - Maharashtra India - Agrarian distress
1. SANJAY TUKARAM KHARAT, TISOLI, BULDHANA DISTRICT
2. JAGO RAMA UIAKE, SINDHI, WARDHA
3. RAMRAO SURYABHAN AWATHALE, PIMPRI, BULDHANA
4. RAMESHWAR LAXMAN MENDALE, NAKHEGOAN, AKOLA
5. RAVINDRA RAMDAS GAWANDE, DHADA, WARDHA
6. MAHADEOGHANBA GHARPURE, MANIKWAD, WARDHA
1. SANJAY TUKARAM KHARAT, TISOLI, BULDHANA DISTRICT
2. JAGO RAMA UIAKE, SINDHI, WARDHA
3. RAMRAO SURYABHAN AWATHALE, PIMPRI, BULDHANA
4. RAMESHWAR LAXMAN MENDALE, NAKHEGOAN, AKOLA
5. RAVINDRA RAMDAS GAWANDE, DHADA, WARDHA
6. MAHADEOGHANBA GHARPURE, MANIKWAD, WARDHA
21/05/2007
Western Vidarbha - Maharashtra - Home state of heavy weight Indian Agriculture Minister / Cricket Minister :
1. SANTOSH CHINAJI DALMAL, VILLAGE ADEGOAN KHURD, WASHIM
2. KISAN KHANDAR SURPAM, SHRIRAMPUR, YAVATMAL
3. BALIRAM MATHU GAJBHIYE, ADAGOAN, AMARAVATI
4. KIRAN KRISHANNA SOLAV, RAMPUR, AMARAVATI
5. SURESH GANPAT KHANDARE, KOPAMADVI, YAVATMAL
FIVE FARMERS IN VIDARBHA WHO COMMITTED SUICIDES IN LAST TWO DAYS IN DIFFERENT PART OF VIDARBHA TAKING TOLL OF SUICIDE IN MAY TO 41.FARMERS WHO ARE SMALL AND MARGINAL BELONGING DALIT AND TRIBAL COMMUNITY ARE IN DEEP DISTRESS AND COMMITTING SUICIDES DUE TO FRESH CREDIT CRUNCH AS MOST OF THEM WHO BARROWED THE CROP LOAN FROM THE BANK AFTER INTEREST WAIVER AND RECONSTRUCTION OF PENDING FAILED TO REPAY DUE COTTON CROP FAILURE AND POOR PRICES FOR RAW COTTON
1. SANTOSH CHINAJI DALMAL, VILLAGE ADEGOAN KHURD, WASHIM
2. KISAN KHANDAR SURPAM, SHRIRAMPUR, YAVATMAL
3. BALIRAM MATHU GAJBHIYE, ADAGOAN, AMARAVATI
4. KIRAN KRISHANNA SOLAV, RAMPUR, AMARAVATI
5. SURESH GANPAT KHANDARE, KOPAMADVI, YAVATMAL
FIVE FARMERS IN VIDARBHA WHO COMMITTED SUICIDES IN LAST TWO DAYS IN DIFFERENT PART OF VIDARBHA TAKING TOLL OF SUICIDE IN MAY TO 41.FARMERS WHO ARE SMALL AND MARGINAL BELONGING DALIT AND TRIBAL COMMUNITY ARE IN DEEP DISTRESS AND COMMITTING SUICIDES DUE TO FRESH CREDIT CRUNCH AS MOST OF THEM WHO BARROWED THE CROP LOAN FROM THE BANK AFTER INTEREST WAIVER AND RECONSTRUCTION OF PENDING FAILED TO REPAY DUE COTTON CROP FAILURE AND POOR PRICES FOR RAW COTTON
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
Dry Cow Therapy, Rural Distress, Indian Economists
Dry Cow Therapy, Rural Distress, Indian Economists : New Agriculture Strategy
From Second Green Revolution to Milking the Cow Dry -
The concerned Indian Prime Minister, has been left searching for the right answers from all the agricultural experts, while his own Agriculture Minister ignores the suicides from his home state and manages the strings of the Indian cricket team, a job no doubt he loves more than finding answers to the task entrusted to him as Indian Agriculture Minister - saving farmers from rural distress.
Another case of Humpty Dumpty on the rural front, as Indians get busy with cricket season.
Even the Indian Sensex Minister is now feeling short changed, by the massive imports bills, deposited on his doorsteps, on the food front, which threaten to blow a hole through his economic strategy of industrial development and growth in Services sectors.
Soon after suggesting budgetary support and subsidies for sugar exporters, the Agriculture Minister has gone ahead on a global buying spree for wheat. He just does not seem to like Punjabi and Haryanvi wheat. It is not tasty enough for him or maybe a trifle too full of pesticides for even his liking.
In a bid to wash off the spots on the UPA governments Three Year Achievements, and what even the lacklustre opposition performance by the NDA could not accomplish, is being accomplished in the rural fields of Vidarbha and West Bengal.
Understandably, genuine Congress election strategists are worried.
Let us examine the content of the Prime Minister's concern about Indian rural distress, worded as it is in very general terms and coming on the heels of the three years of crowning achievements of the Central ruling UPA coalition and the electoral losses in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
In his directions to Planning Commission, Finance Minister and Cricket Minister he has pointed out :
1. Poor growth in farm output, at approximately 2%, is the main cause of agrarian and rural distress
2. There is need for focussing on short and medium term strategies for raising farm output
3. Burden of blame must be strategically be shared with states, as according to his understanding, the Central UPa government is having to face too much unnecessary criticism as being the most responsible player in the rural distress drama of Indian politicians and urban economists. The solution to this is seen as rewarding those states which come out with agrarian focussed programmes, agro climatic and local rural growth strategies, with possible budgetary support.
Surprisingly, the music of the old song of ushering in a Second Green Revolution, futures trading in commodities markets, contract farming, agro processing Special Export Zones, seems to have been lost in the wake of Vidarbha and Uttar Pradesh debacles.
He has stated "I would only like to emphasise that whatever strategies we choose to adopt must deliver some results in the short and medium term, so that tangible benefits are visible - to farmers, consumers and the rural economy as a whole.
This is important if we have to avert any crisis in the agrarian sector and fulfil the needs of a growing economy."
All the king's horses and all the kings men, couldn't put Humpty together again ... He directed the Planning Commission to come up with a major programme to enhance central support to those states that prepare localised plans.
This obviously means he is still not prepared to ask his heavy weight Cricket Minister to choose between Cricket, Food Imports or solving Agrarian Distress in his home state of Maharashtra.
The poor Finance Minister is keeping his cards close to his chest and will surely resist tooth and nail, attempts at further central aid to states because he himself knows the dubious record of states in preparing sensitive rural programmes of integrated development, as also knowing that further expansion of agricultural land exploitation is not feasible. Also known as the milking the dry cow therapy.
But the problem is who will be brave enough to bell the cat ?
And who will ask the stichers of the Naked Emperor's fantastic Invisible clothes to retire and stop promoting American experts as the saviors of Indian agriculture ?
Even American media is now caressing the Indian Prime Minister for his kind and visionary words on distributive justice, as the US trade delegations swoop down on Indian fields and agriculture laboratories from America.
From Second Green Revolution to Milking the Cow Dry -
The concerned Indian Prime Minister, has been left searching for the right answers from all the agricultural experts, while his own Agriculture Minister ignores the suicides from his home state and manages the strings of the Indian cricket team, a job no doubt he loves more than finding answers to the task entrusted to him as Indian Agriculture Minister - saving farmers from rural distress.
Another case of Humpty Dumpty on the rural front, as Indians get busy with cricket season.
Even the Indian Sensex Minister is now feeling short changed, by the massive imports bills, deposited on his doorsteps, on the food front, which threaten to blow a hole through his economic strategy of industrial development and growth in Services sectors.
Soon after suggesting budgetary support and subsidies for sugar exporters, the Agriculture Minister has gone ahead on a global buying spree for wheat. He just does not seem to like Punjabi and Haryanvi wheat. It is not tasty enough for him or maybe a trifle too full of pesticides for even his liking.
In a bid to wash off the spots on the UPA governments Three Year Achievements, and what even the lacklustre opposition performance by the NDA could not accomplish, is being accomplished in the rural fields of Vidarbha and West Bengal.
Understandably, genuine Congress election strategists are worried.
Let us examine the content of the Prime Minister's concern about Indian rural distress, worded as it is in very general terms and coming on the heels of the three years of crowning achievements of the Central ruling UPA coalition and the electoral losses in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
In his directions to Planning Commission, Finance Minister and Cricket Minister he has pointed out :
1. Poor growth in farm output, at approximately 2%, is the main cause of agrarian and rural distress
2. There is need for focussing on short and medium term strategies for raising farm output
3. Burden of blame must be strategically be shared with states, as according to his understanding, the Central UPa government is having to face too much unnecessary criticism as being the most responsible player in the rural distress drama of Indian politicians and urban economists. The solution to this is seen as rewarding those states which come out with agrarian focussed programmes, agro climatic and local rural growth strategies, with possible budgetary support.
Surprisingly, the music of the old song of ushering in a Second Green Revolution, futures trading in commodities markets, contract farming, agro processing Special Export Zones, seems to have been lost in the wake of Vidarbha and Uttar Pradesh debacles.
He has stated "I would only like to emphasise that whatever strategies we choose to adopt must deliver some results in the short and medium term, so that tangible benefits are visible - to farmers, consumers and the rural economy as a whole.
This is important if we have to avert any crisis in the agrarian sector and fulfil the needs of a growing economy."
All the king's horses and all the kings men, couldn't put Humpty together again ... He directed the Planning Commission to come up with a major programme to enhance central support to those states that prepare localised plans.
This obviously means he is still not prepared to ask his heavy weight Cricket Minister to choose between Cricket, Food Imports or solving Agrarian Distress in his home state of Maharashtra.
The poor Finance Minister is keeping his cards close to his chest and will surely resist tooth and nail, attempts at further central aid to states because he himself knows the dubious record of states in preparing sensitive rural programmes of integrated development, as also knowing that further expansion of agricultural land exploitation is not feasible. Also known as the milking the dry cow therapy.
But the problem is who will be brave enough to bell the cat ?
And who will ask the stichers of the Naked Emperor's fantastic Invisible clothes to retire and stop promoting American experts as the saviors of Indian agriculture ?
Even American media is now caressing the Indian Prime Minister for his kind and visionary words on distributive justice, as the US trade delegations swoop down on Indian fields and agriculture laboratories from America.
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