National Health Profile 2015: Suicides on a rise, cancer cases may grow by 15 per cent in five years

India’s public spending on health is among the lowest in South East Asia and BRIC countries

Simply Put: Suicides by daily wage workers

For Rajasthan farmers, pest attacks mean loss of income, debt burden

Frequency of attacks, increased due to climate change, is severely affecting the yield and meteorically escalating production costs

Climate change escalates suicide rates among Marathwada farmers

Farmer suicides have increased significantly and doubled in some regions where weather extremities incurred heavy losses

Agrarian crisis one of the biggest challenges for new govt

Sustainability, more than anything else is agriculture’s biggest challenge. Whoever can manage water can claim to be Indian agriculture&…

Sugarcane farmers’ suicides: national rights body urged to intervene

Unscientific pricing of sugarcane, harassment by money lenders and delay in receiving payments are plaguing cultivators

In the name of the farmer

Interim Budget 2019: Government's big farmer push falls short

The government’s 6,000 per year offer works out to Rs 3.30 a day, which can't even buy a cup of tea  

Water scarcity, parched lands stare at peninsular India

South India reels from the worst drought in over a century. Our reporters travel to Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala to …

Smita Narula on Farmer Suicides

Did you know that every 30 minutes a farmer commits suicide in India? Listen to Smita Narula, faculty director at the Center for Human Rights and …

Andhra Pradesh, Haryana try to ease farmer distress with some cash

Jaganmohan Reddy govt fulfills electoral promise; ML Khattar govt announces cash assistance in run up to state polls

Why India's debut farm investment support scheme is leaving out many beneficiaries

The most expensive farmer welfare scheme in Telangana is providing land-owning farmers monetary assistance even before they plant the first …

‘Union Budget should address Telangana farmers’ woes

In the past two months, about 50 farmers have reportedly ended their lives in the state

As told to Parliament (September 18, 2020): 10,281 Indian farmers died by suicide in 2019

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Farmers detained for 'incident-free' Vibrant Gujarat summit

Facing losses due to low prices of cotton and groundnut, farmers planned a rally last Sunday to catch the government’s attention

The flip side of agricultural growth in Madhya Pradesh

Agricultural growth rate figures in the state appear to be unrealistic if one considers farm suicides and increase in number of landless farm …

BJP’s maiden budget disappointing for farmers

Jaitley continues with UPA schemes on agriculture, allocates more funds

Polls won, waivers announced, but govt has no data on farmer suicides

The last NCRB report published in 2016 said a farmer committed suicide every hour in the country

What led to UPA’s downfall in Maharashtra

Besides high profile scams that dented the image of the Congress-NCP alliance, their government failed to reach welfare benefits to the poor and …

Farmers of Andhra Pradesh release their agenda for 2014 elections

Demand income security and sustainability, and redressal of grievances relating to land matters which they say are the biggest source of …

Why Punjab stands to lose from farmers’ produce trade and commerce ordinance

Instead of putting Punjab farmers at the mercy of big corporates and private players, there is a need to strengthen existing infrastructure 

Ground water levels plummet in Andhra Pradesh

Farmers in distress dig deeper for water

SC: Farmers, not banks, have first right over proceeds from sugar sales

Apex court confirms Allahabad High Court order, citing concerns over farmer suicides due to non-recovery of dues

Maharashtra diverting water from Vidarbha farmers to power plants: Greenpeace report

71 more thermal power plants are in various stages of approval in the region

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