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farmer suicide
26th Oct 2020
This techie quit his job to educate the children of drought-affected farmers in Maharashtra
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20th Oct 2018
How 17-year-old Aarnav is helping the farmers of Vidarbha through his mentorship programme, UjjBhav
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6th Jun 2017
How a century-old mental hospital in Nagpur is being prepped as the city’s exemplar institution
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28th May 2015
Maharashtra to use satellite based data to improve crop insurance for farmers
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21st Jul 2008
Yunus inspires a bollywood movie character
Once in a while, its not uncommon to see a Bollywood movie taking on a pertinent social issue and the same time striving to be commercially successful. On that spirit, the latest bollywood release tit...
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25th Apr 2008
Cellphones and (Rural) Development, Part Two
The agricultural sector employs 2/3 of India’s population, and contributes to 1/3 of its gross domestic product (GDP) – yet, Indian farmers in rural communities are plagued by debt, falling commodity ...
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14th Mar 2008
Farmers' Suicides Revisited for a Third Time: An Economic Analysis
Atanu Dey writes on his blog an interesting economic analysis for the reason behind the continuing practice of farmers committing suicide. He likens the phenomenon to that of a parent repeatedly tying...
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14th Mar 2008
Farmer Suicides Continue
As an update to a previous post, “Seeds of Discontent,”InfoChange Indiareports that despite the recent government loan waiver package for poor farmers with less than 2 hectares of land, farmer suicide...
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9th Mar 2008
Seeds of Discontent
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram announced a debt waiver in the amount of Rs. 600 billion for small farmers this past week. As per the proposal, farm loan cancellations will be offered to small farmers...
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