In 16 years, farm suicides cross a quarter million

Now the Indian youths are compelled to think that they will also compelled to commit suicide if the continue with the agriculture.If Govt of India doesn't show serious concern on the protection of farming nad farmers then it is sure that the miserable situation will go for a long.

its realy a heart breaking news. it is hightime to take necessary decision by govt . this situation should be discussed where food scarcity scenario prvails at its worst situation

A quarter of million deaths of farmers in fifteen years tells its own tale of the callous nature of the political class, the negligent attitude of the middle classes and the desperation fatalism of the farmers. Our farmers and opposition parties must raise their voice against the MNC'S which supply seeds of death and America and others who oppose subsidies to our farmers but subsidize their farmers.if we are really distressed over the suicides of the farmers, we have to act but not pretend that there's been any problem. Kudos to Sainath who has been trying tirelesly to rouse the sleepy conscience of the nation.

Since 1990 we have interigeted our Economy to high cost Economy.5th pay commission 6th pay commission is implemented to protect one class. but 80 percent rural mass is left to vagaries of nature and market. Cost of living is increasing cost of production is increasing cost of Health service is increasing. cost of Education is increasing. But income is reducing.In short economic gap between urban and rural economy is widening.India is becoming Supper India and Bharat is becoming Like Ethiopiya or somaliya.

Some comments have talked of ratios of the deaths.A simple look at the data above shows that the no of deaths have more or less stayed the same all these years.we feel sad that we are to see this data,we can also feel happy that these have not increased over the years.but it is absolutely emotionless to think that the next year also we are going to see this data and it is anybody's guess what the no is going to be.I dont think we need any more data in understanding the issue. The article and its author are commendable in bringing forth the extent of the problem.

Always farmers suicide has been an area of concern in India not only in the recent decades. In recent decades, the number has shown an upward trend and is stabilizing or showing a downward trend. Some reasons, each one contributing to various degrees are : 1. There has a clear shift in the terms of trade against the agriculture due to disproportionate increase in the income growth between Rural people and Urban people. 2. With the advent of the media in rural India, the awareness about the comparitive lifestyles between the haves and have nots has increased, especially among the young people. This leads to higher expectations and demands among the ladies and young generation, for which the head of the family is not able to cope with. 3. The input costs, especially the labour costs have increased substantially. Hence, in the years of drought, distress sale, pests, etc, the loss is much more than in earlier years. The need of the hour is a comprehensive Crop Insurance for all crops.

I read the aricle by P. Sainath with much anger. Was also angered that in the article the name of the guilty company was not mentioned, why not? Monsanto is the world's largest seed company and its products have caused the deaths of many thousands and left many thousand more crippled. The Indian Government must also accept responsibility for allowing Monsanto into the country and forcing the farmers into debt due to the failure of their crops. Both the company and the government must pay compensation to the families so affected. I know of the power that Monsanto has over a number of governments. They must be stopped. I am also aware of Monsanto's role in Vietnam where its Agent Orange was used killing and crippling many thousands. Also caused many thousands of abnormal births. People ask what can they do? I say go to the annual general meetings of Monsanto held in India and protest strongly inside and outside.

The number is drastic. The comparison of numbers ranging from this half of the decade to the other half is fine but the media must suggest some solution analysed by experts to eradictae these problems. This comparison conveys the message about the government ruled by different parties during these period. It is useless to just blame Congress or BJP or any other parties because who ever sits in the throne this issue will continue. Instead of blaming or poitning out them, lets share some suggestions which could be discussed in higher level. The awarness among people is more important to eradicate the problem. This issue must one day become a revolution like that of Anna-Hazare.

Small farmers are the only victims commit suicide as the cost to produce is becoming higher day by day to the returns they gain due to the comprehensive exploitation by marketeers with govt. connivance. Big land lords (Our leaders) are not so affected as the market system is in close rapport with them. My strong view is that tail end retail market rate of every agri. product must not be more than 1.50 times the cost paid to farmers including transport,storage and profit. For example, if a farmer is paid Rs 6/- per Kg the tail end value must not be more than Rs 9/- a Kg. This applies to all products. Market exploitation must be checked for farmers welfare.

I am astonished to see the alarmingly high rate of people moving away or forced to move away from agriculture. No matter how much we talk about farm productivity and food security, the fact is, it is more attractive for a young boy from a village to work in a mobile repair shop in the nearest town than to learn the skills of tilling from his father only to end up being a hapless victim of poverty. Recently, my state received a series of alms from the central govt. as a 'diwali gift'. The much hyped schemes were all 'targeted' at the poor, but at the same time each of them were diligently designed to ensure that there are no 'empowerment' of the poor to earn their own living but to remain ever dependent on govt. alms. I wonder if there is any point in even discussing these issues anymore, because, we are just incapable of doing anything than arguing over the obvious.

Figures published by the govt agency are troubling. However, simply people cannot blame the government. The government(s) have provided fertilizer subsidy, free electricity and sometimes free pumpsets. Agri-income is not taxed. Loan melas have been arranged and loans have been forgiven. Agricultural research institutions are helping provide innovative solutions. Farmers are educated through various means. Public distribution system/fair price shops help provide the farmers reasonable prices for their produce. In spite of all this, if farmers still commit suicide, then there are other reasons as well, such as lack of education etc. Hindu must try to provide further insight into the problem, than just republishing the numbers from a government report.

We need to adopt protectionist economic policies and boost internal economy.

INSENSITIVE /SELFISH ELITE: It is really shamefull/provative when ELITES indulge into self glory about 'shining india'. Reminds me and many about the great film 'Mother india'of mehboob khan;Most in audience had cried on the plight of single widow ( NARGIS) with 2 young kids, left by 'FARMER's(Husband) suicide and exploited by the 'Landowner-Zamindar'. Some 50 yrs after this movie, Farmer's suicides making head lines; VERY unsettling situation when one reads abt MEGA CORRUPTION SCANDLE, and goverment unwilling to crack down on swiss bank accounts of Indians.

Dr.Vandhana Shiva the noted scientist in one of her articles talks about how the effects of corporate and mnc policies has created a 'negative economy' in our ag.sector which rises the costs of production and drives commodity prices to fall. The so called Mckinsey model of agri.business development promoted blatantly by the world bank has only spelt doom for our nation. Mnc's perpetuation of seed monoculture and their 'capitalist path of development through globalization 'do not augur well for us.Why is the government so insensitive to the problems plaguing the agri.sector which is the lifeline of this nation. Ag.growth has been declining since the mid nineties due to lack of worthy investment by govern.,lack of advanced storage facilities,unscientific and illogical marketing strategies,middlemen,debt,natural calamities etc and the effects of self serving policies of subsidizing and dumping practiced by countries like US is also severely affecting the sector esp small farmers.

This recession may see the liberalisation in Agriculture sector's trade. Regarding Rules of Origin for Agriculture sector, GOI has not invited farmers' organisations for consultation. I did research on this topic thoroughly and compared with US, European Union and ASEAN countries. After this comparison, drafted the Rules of Origin beneficial for India. One of the senior researcher from RIS discouraged me for the cause known to him only. Despite this I completed my project successfully. But, no-person has shown interest in this Research work. In a country of 120 + crores, only about 100 comments were came to Ministry of Rural Development in relation to Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation Bill, 2011. So, no body take care of farmers; the decisions are taken in AC rooms.

Thank you 'The hindu' for making it a headline and creating awareness rather than publishing useless Formula One. Special thanks to P.Sainath sir for his continuous effort.

The richest state in india has the largest number of farm suicides. we must feel ashamed. Why those people who made the state 'rich ' can't do anything for these fellow beings.
when we are proud to be one of the largest growing economies of the world and the next 'super power'. what kind of a development we have if a largest section of our people are forced to end their life as they are unable to meet both ends .What is the use of all those five year plans and programmes if those never benefited these farmers.we need to recheck the things. how can we grow and develop without our own people.

It is ironic to state that while Bihar remains the most backward state in India, the number of highest farmer suicides is in the rich state of Maharastra, thus authenticating and validating the assumptions that how urban projects in big cities are prioritised over the agrarian ones.

Govt. of India has some of the best policies for the farmers., but implementation and in the hands of wrong person is leading to the failure of those policies. the politicians should come out of the dirty politics at least for the sake of the farmers..

Instead of providing mere numbers for shock value, the journalists could have attempted to explain why this happens, despite free electricity/subsidized fertilizer, no tax on agri income, public distribution system that provides reasonable rates for farmers, loan melas, agri-universities working on innovative new technologies etc. It is not as if the governments do nothing. There are quite a lot of other factors such as education, etc. Also some states have higher numbers of suicides compared to other agricultural states.

I hope the government takes view of this issue, I sincerely hope it does not look at it as a statistic but real human beings and fellow citizens of ours. There is a real need of help for the farmers to get out of this debt trap and committing suicide. First thing the government needs to do is fire Sharad Pawar, he is the most useless human man being not just a minister.Dr.Singh needs to evolve a policy to help these farmers by gaining support of the state governments.Surprisingly Tamil Nadu outshines all these states,something must be happening different considering this is a very dry state and depends heavily on upper riparian states for its share of water.Policy makers need to think through this serious issue and come up with credible solution for on a long term basis so we do not see such incidents in the future. Thanks to The Hindu for publishing this and I hope it will follow up further to make sure Government acts on such important issues.Please forget Kejriwal and likes for a while!!

Why is that there is no interest rate cap on these loans, given to farmers? Usurious loans must be checked.

Discourgage dependency on fertilizers and pesticides and subsidise organic farming. Ban Biotechnology from Monsanto, Cargill, Syngenta - it is dangerous, uneconomical and environmentally destructive. (BT Cotton alone is responsible for a large number of the farmer deaths) Provide assitance to farmers with transporting their produce to cities and cut out the middleman (proper roads and infrastructure needed). Stop import of cheap (factory farmed) food grains from the US and other European nations. Improve technologies - food grain storage, solar power pumps, green houses, cattle management, gobar gas etc.. for farmer independence.

United Nations should check if the farmer-suicides is a global problem. The neglect of the rural sector in the present global mess must be a global phonomenon and the organizations like the United Nations and WTO should study this problem and ask the member governments to take some actions.

How about holding Sharad Powar solely accountable for these deaths? Will Supreme Court initiate prosecution proceedings?

The Central Government headed by the respective Prime Ministers and the Chief Ministers of the State should be criminally charged for these deaths

"How does the ratio of suicides by farmers to the overall farmer population compare to the ratio of suicides among all citizens/non-farmers to the respective universes?" Venki, I did some time back of the envelop calculations sometime back. It would be very difficult to conclude that the rate of suicides is higher than what you would expect normally. To second what Mitra said above, this is all populist point scoring. There are bigger issues to be worried about. (Any death is something to feel sad about).

Who is responsible for this. People of India. When people elect governments who are riding on the tale of the IT industry not to help the nation but to infuse so much of money from overseas that they can loot them so that no one in their families have to work at all this is what the people of India will get. India has fixed price policy not allowing farmers to sell at the market rate and government deliberately allows waste of over 40 percent of the food leading to mandi owners claiming the relief budget which should go to farmers. Farmers have to rely on private loans to buy fertilizers etc and if drought hits their loan interest increases every hour. who can work under such conditions. If this continues food inflation will go up even further. Indian debt to GDP ratio is not that great either. All growth is eaten away in inflation. Mr. Mithra educate your self first there have been number of studies. Indians will be eating computer chips and software in future. Goodluck.

The basic reason of suicide deaths is prevalance of interst based credit system which gives lender the right to get the profit but not liabilty. Taking and payment of interest has been prhibited by all revealed religion. The system may be based on profit and loss sharing whcih is based on equity principles.

It is not only the responsibility of the Government, but the duty of each and every person to safeguard the interests of the farmer of this country. If all the citizens of this country were to wear handmade cloths for 65 days in a year, perhaps the cotton growers will have a boon. If we revert to traditional food, food grown in the region and the season, farmer will get his price for the crops he grows. The food and vegetable vendors are turned away from our door as they quote, we allege higher than our estimation. Consumption of vegetables and fruits would 'Prevent' diseases. We approach the doctor; pay him consultation fee in hundreds, purchase drugs in thousands and pay the Nursing home bills in six digits. Farmer is the only entrepreneur in this country, who has no voice in fixing the price of his products. Late President Kennedy said "Farmer sells his product in the wholesale market. And purchases his needs in retail". Further he is subjected to the humiliation of being branded 'UNEDUCATED'. This is traitorous. This social inequality is created by us and not the Gov't. Cumulative effect of these ailing lead to the suicide by the farmer.

In India reality will be something but the opposite gets all the popularity -- same thing with farm suicides which will never get the requisite attention. By the time farm suicides are recognized(if at all), they will not be many more farmers left to commit suicide especially in Vidharbha. The Picture in the article speaks for itself -- all that is left of a woman is her mangalsutra.

This article should be made compulsory reading for our politicians.
Thank you Sainath and thank you "The Hindu" for publishing it.

Here are some figures for real. These will help urbanites understand the plight of the farmer. From villages around Hyderabad, in AP, you can buy 1 kilo of Jamun (Guava) for Rs 4, that is kaccha Jamun. Say you buy 20 kilos of kacha jamun, you get 20 kilos of pacca jaum free, so, for 4x20=Rs80, you get 40 kilos of jamum. On the street we buy Jamun for Rs 30 per Kilo! Now is that transport cost from Shamshabad to Hyderabad? NOOO. It is something else... That, is killing the farmer!! Otherwise, the farmer would be quite capable of absorbing the vissitudes of nature.

This is the shame of a nation! These honest villagers who had supported the 'green revolution' of India, brought food self sufficiency and national pride had become victims of the destiny while the rest of India and the Governments are standing there as helpless onlookers!!? Better late than never, these abandoned people need urgent support. A good place to start is to write off all their debts and support them with seed and fertilizer money.
If there is any crop failure due to flood or poor rain, provide them with insurance cover that the National Government takes it on their behalf! 

I can only comment. But I want to act. I feel like crying after reading these reports about the situation of our country farmers who are our core human resource of India. We all will be in great trouble if we dont act. Countries like India with population of more than a billion cannot depend on foreign countries to provide us food. I request THE HINDU, to provide us a direction to act. How we individuals can contribute to stop such things happening and how the entire country become independent on food products.

Certainly the Agriculture sector is in crisis. There are many reasons. In such reports, which is mainly reporting 'the problem' itself becomes an end. It is not just farmers (which is sad) but the general suicides as protest is increasing. For example more than 700 young people committed suicide in Telangana in last two years. Most of them are writing very graphic and detailed suicde notes specifically mentining the names of people who are responsible for the deaths. Some burned themselves on the street infront of cameras. They have committed in protest of dealy in establishing Telangana state. But NOT a single report by any one, not even one article any paper including Hindu. So there is this selective reports about the
sucides. Yes farmers suicide are terrible thing. But there this other things in the
society and needs to be looked

What can should be done to prevent farmers suicides? that is where perhpas most
of us including Sainath has no practical solutions. focus on that.

sainath is only interested in the negative side of everything. True farmers suicides are to be condemned and the govt is to be held responsible. But enough of this sad and morbid story. Many are sick of reading sainath's stories. He has no positive comments or encouraging statements only sees the negative part. It is good for a journalist to highlight the negative aspects no doubt but always rubbing the depressing side in to the readers does not make fair journalism.

This article belongs to the real Indians. It's indeed a big blot on the face of Indian government who boasts of handsome GDP growth rate every quarter but lets the farmers die who feed all of us, policy makers, including politicians who play vote bank politics on their suicide. Thanks Hindu for bringing such stories in public.

agree with mitra above. Statistics ahould be presented correctly. I do not expect 'The Hindu' to publish sensational news. 250 thousand farmers commit suicide out of what 8 crore farmers? Please investigate before reporting. Suicides in doctors is much higher. And in film stars is almost scary.

It's sad to know about the poor fate of farmers who are the pillars for our daily food.

It is real pity that our leaders and media seem to have more time for Sohrabuddin and narendra Modi than the dying farmers of Maharashtra. Most callous appear to be the Marathis.

Dear Editor, As an Indian I am shocked and saddened to read the plight our small and marginal farmers even while the urban India shamelessly flaunt its ill-gotten wealth through its Bentlys and Audis. Mahatma had observed that the real India lived in its villages and fervently advocated for its substance and vibrancy while he was alive. No doubt, most of our central five year plans had in the past attempted to address the socio-economic and cultural inequalities of rural India with determination. However, the uniqueness of the Indian culture saw to it that none of the socialistic rural reforms would have the desired effects for the needy and the deserving in the fullest thanks to corrupt political system and the caste based social rankings. Rich farmers of India even during the colonial period have had their cake and eat it too. It is really heart rending to see the widower Marutrao Dhoke holding on to the sacred mangalasutra of his loving wife who is no more on account of rural poverty. It is heartening to see while the affluent India celebrating with sweets you have taken time to publish such truths to make us feel human. Appreciate your service.

Its sad to read the plight of the people who weave our bread baskets.Can the hopeless parties fighting on silly issues on the roads in the name of caste and religion, expend their energy in helping these farmers.A lot can be done by a leader with proper vision. our country lacks them.

government should have studied all these years about these deaths or MLAs,MPs,Municipal elected leaders should have known these and rectified within their control.They could throw some light on the actions they have taken and the results.Who knows they would have prevented more suicides among the farmers in India.The individuals could do something if the farmers tell them their worries before their attempts.the media could do regular survey about the farmers living in distress report about the potential cases of suicides. The survey could also be done to see how other farmers are living. So many things had to be done.

It is an easy job to comment and mourn over the death of 1 of the 'JAI JAWAN and JAI KISAN'. But it is really a sorry state of affairs that mere mourning does not give away a meaning solution to any or all problems. Proper education?? Or making available technically upgraded farming techniques ?? Or providing proper stature to the agriculture group in the society?? Or providing financial aid without creating much trouble?? Or getting the farmers paid rightly for their sweat?? Well!! Well!! Well!! many rounds of intra-debatable thought provoking solutions come in everyone's mind; but the fact is how much effort is being taken up by us(our Governing body) and what is the extent of seriousness of the major decisions taken regarding it. It has been a long span of 16 years...is our government so weak that they can't even protect 'an important part of our society'...THE FARMERS...

The fact that the number of cultivators are falling is no sign of agrarian crisis - it is a sign of DEVELOPMENT! If our correspondent took a basic course in Economics and read about something called structural change, he would know what I am talking about.

This is misleading. First, you have to give the rate of suicide for different other people who are not farmers, and then show that the farmers have a much higher rate of suicide per 1000 people (or 1 lakh people or whatever) than students, IT engineers or other groups. Without doing that, this is all populist point scoring. Most Indians are classified as farmers - so obviously lot of farmers would have committed suicide (because lot of Indians would have committed suicide) in the last 15 years. You can't draw any inferences from that unless you compare the rate of farmer suicides with suicide rates in other populations. People commit suicide for lot of reasons - detailed academic investigations into this issue don't support the interpretation that you are seeking to draw from these suicides.

Even if figures(read 'official tabulation') are believed to conceal more than they reveal,its more than a thriller!The depreciated figures are still obese enough to tremor the spine(8 million farmers had quit farming as per 2001 census data.The fresh official data in this regard is awaited,which undoubtedly house bewildering hikes. Hence NCRB's shooting graph is to be read against farmers quitting farming to farmers quitting the universe of the living,which is indeed petrifying).What we are witnessing is the reign of a zero sum game(where 'solid melts into air;all that is holy is profaned'),where the 'state of exception' transpires to a phenomenal 'state of existence'. Indeed we have traversed handsome miles from the 'undesired' pricking call of humanity, to inherit some of the biggest oxymorons.The snapshot of the disowned mangalsutra captures it all-the 'shining' annals of a nation where the women don't qualify to be a farmer and therefore their suicide ceasing to qualify a death!

With all the sympathies to the surviving families... what I have observed is some of the people who suicide in Kerala of these debts were addicted to alcohol. They spend, the money received from banks for agricultural purposes, for drinking and payback old debts. This should also be studied out of this 2.5 Lakhs, how many were addicted to alcohol and other bad habits.

Maharashtra according to this study topped the disticnt five states viz., Karnataka, Andhra pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chanttissgarh following in the order with over a million farmers' suicides between 1995 and 2010. However from 2010, the dubious distinction is going to be taken over by the Andhra Pradesh state going by the the trend in suicides being recorded with the collapse of farmers' self esteem and confidence arising out of lack of minimum support price, all out loot by the middlemen, crop holidays, kharif failure due to existing drought along with failure of the state to provide cruicial electricity for providing life saving water to the drying crops.

Food inflation is stubbornly high, has been high and will stay so. The whole sale price Vs retail price is an eye opener of the deficiencies in the system. While the consumers are paying more, the farmers are not getting their share. The farmers continue to be in shackles of middlemen from the time they decide to grow. These middlemen are the vermins which ensure that for very less amount of risk, they enjoy the fruits of the farmers labor. You can first hand see how middlemen operate by visiting any of the so called "Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees" mandi in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai or Kolkatta. None of them are farmers and they charge 8-10% commission for selling the produce at depressed prices to the designated buyers who is one amongst many in the chain of middlemen before reaching consumer. The government needs to provide the farm sector more active scientific and fiscal support along with marketing capabilities. Else, the quarter million mark will not stop.

People should not get confused with this photograph. He is the real Anna Hazare who has to be supported by the middle class. Days are not far off for the middle class who were fed with poori bajis from Anna kitchen during the hunger fast show to eat mobiles, cars, gold, paper currencies and the share papers of their investments benefited through globalization. It will be at this critical stage they will proclaim 'WE ARE 99%'.

Is our part time agriculture minister reading this news story? Government of India ignored farming sector and our farmers paid a heavy price no doubt. But now rest of the population also started feeling the heat in the form of Food Inflation. Rise in population plus fall in farm productivity equal to Food Inflation. And our foolish policy makers think that by increasing RBI Repo rate they can curb inflation.

A girl from middle class like me where my father and mother did Govt jobs wonder what we can do about the situation. I hope big business people and politicians take some reponsibility and do the needful and i pray this doesn't happen again.

Besides psychological counselling programs to cope with depression, farmers may be assisted with family financial planning. Well before the families get into deep financial troubles, they have to treat faming as a business and determine the risks they can take. Working with government and NGO help, they may plan a life that they can afford. If farming is not right for them, they may be helped with some other careers especially in a growing economy.But it is a sad story.

Thank you Hindu for a Headline that is looooong overdue!

How does the ratio of suicides by farmers to the overall farmer population compare to the ratio of suicides among all citizens/non-farmers to the respective universes?

This is reallly amazing that on the international level our economy is recognised as one of the powerful and growing economy and more than twenty percent of the people do not get the bread for two times.This is really drastic condition for our country.The people who commits a lot of blunders and are in prison got the medical facility of national or international level for simple diseases but the innocent people are suffering from hazardous disease does not get the proper medicine.

When father of Agriculture Mr. Swaminathan visited Dr. MCR HRD IAP Institute of AP at Hyderabad, advised the then two hon'ble chief ministers Mr. Naidu and Late Mr. YSR to implement 21 point formula to save Agriculture farmers in Andhra, India. I have coordinated those meetings but none of the chief ministers implemented it. Its fortunate that I got visa to USA otherwise I would have committed suicide if I take up my father's agriculture(small farm).

It is a shame on corrupt India. High handed continued corruption in the Indian political system and stashing away Indian wealth are some of the main reasons for Indian poverty.

I am not sure who is to be ashamed for such a thing. It just might be people like me. two philosopher journalists wrote in Counterpunch in 2009 january, after the bombing of Gaza by Israel, that "career is a personal war against humanity". It rings in my head. This is simply another of the realities that situates the problem within the self. It seems the resolution has to come from within. As much as for the families in pain, I am sad for you Mr. Sainath.

I know our government's response to this: RSS is behind it AND also the BJP is communal!!

very very sad state of affairs, agricultural output coupled with excellent storage facilities would eliminate half of all India's problems.When will the govt understand this basic issue. It would add to atleast 1-2% to the GDP growth. I think it is time the corporates step in and provide much needed impetus to this sector

My grandparents, their children and grandchildren have all had agricultural lands, but while continuing to maintain the ancestral property we were not necessarily solely dependent upon farm income. The income from land used to be only 3 % per year whereas without working one could make more money by way of interest in bank accounts. Many years ago one of my cousins' son was kidnapped. Then I told an IIT liberal intellectual that the kidnapped man was a landlord upon which the intellectual said, " If he is a landlord he deserves to be kidnapped". The intellectual is an ivory tower computer scientist in a university and his wife comes from a rich family making money by selling food essence. So much for the relative values of producing food on one hand and producing essence and playing with computer key boards on the other hand. Maybe time will come when these intellectuals will be eating essence instead of other staple foods just as Midas was forced to eat gold.

This is shocking news. Does anybody know what I can do to solve this problem?

Almost everyone know the reason behind farmers suicides in India,including the government. It is the politicians who want to do politics upon the death of the poor souls. Hailing from an agricultural family I shed tears for the farmers suicide. India is not shining, rather it is fading by losing the precious souls who feed us.