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Agriculture

7 farmers end lives

As many as seven farmers committed suicide and one made an attempt to end his life in the State on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
16/07/2015
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Farmers, Debt, Gadag (D), Mandya (D)
Economy

Financial stability report 2015

Strong macroeconomic fundamentals offer India a “reasonable degree of resilience” to fight uncertainties, but poor asset quality of banks and managing expectations are key challenges for regulators and the government, says the Financial Stability Report.

Publication Date: 
25/06/2015
Reserve Bank of India
Tags:
Finance, Economy, India, Industry, Housing, Insurance, Crop Insurance, Banks and Banking, Development, Debt
Economy

Global economic prospects 2015: the global economy in transition

Global growth is expected to be 2.8 percent in 2015, but is expected to pick up to 3.2 percent in 2016–17. Growth in developing countries and some high-income countries is set to disappoint again this year.

Publication Date: 
10/06/2015
The World Bank
Tags:
Economy, Economic Development, Developing Countries, India, Global, GDP, Fuel Pricing, Finance, Debt, Unemployment
Energy

Reaching India’s renewable energy targets cost-effectively: a foreign exchange hedging facility

A major barrier to deploying renewable energy in India is a shortage of debt at attractive terms. Domestic debt in India has high cost, short tenor, and variable interest rates, adding 30% to the cost of renewable energy. Currently foreign debt is as expensive as domestic debt because it requires market-based foreign exchange hedging solutions.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2015
Arsalan Ali Farooquee, Gireesh Shrimali
Climate Policy Initiative
Tags:
Renewable Energy, India, Debt, Finance, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Fossil Fuels
Agriculture

Farmer suicide triggers protests

The Opposition BJP on Wednesday extended all support to the farmers holding protest demanding adequate compensation for the kin of the farmer who committed suicide on Tuesday night.

Publication Date: 
21/05/2015
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Farmers, Debt, Bihar, Patna (D), Gaya (D)
Agriculture

Political economy of agricultural distress and farmers suicides in Maharashtra

The present paper attempts to evaluate the economic conditions of the farm households of Yavatmal district of Vidarbha region. The district has reported an increasing number of suicides during the period of Jan. to Dec. 2011.This is in a striking contrast with other districts of Vidarbha in which suicide rates have been declining. The main thrust of the study is on ascertaining whether these farm suicides have taken place mainly due to the rural and agricultural credit problems.

Publication Date: 
20/05/2015
Dnyandev Talule
International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research
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95-124
Tags:
Farmers, Maharashtra, Debt, Agriculture, Yavatmal (D), Compensation, Tribals, Cotton, Education, Monsoons, Irrigation, Statistics, Watershed Development, Groundwater, Rural Water Supply, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
Land

No link between farmer’s suicide and land acquisition: Venkaiah

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday asked the Opposition not to link the incident involving farmer Gajendra Singh with the issue of land acquisition.

Publication Date: 
28/04/2015
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Farmers, Debt, Rajasthan, Special Economic Zones (SEZ)
Land

Farmer's suicide may strangle land Bill

A farmer’s suicide at Jantar Mantar, a stone’s throw away from Parliament, has queered the pitch for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s land acquisition Bill.

Publication Date: 
23/04/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Farmers, Debt, Land Acquisition, Rajasthan, Crops, Parliament
Natural Disasters

Only three farmers’ suicides from crop failure: Maharashtra

If the Maharashtra government is to be believed, only three farmers have committed suicide in the State because of crop failure due to unseasonal rain and hailstorms since January.

Publication Date: 
22/04/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Farmers, Debt, Crops, Rainfall, Storms, Ministry Of Agriculture, Parliament
Natural Disasters

Three states seek Rs 10,100 crore farm relief

The Centre said Tuesday that after damage to rabi crops following unseasonal rains and hailstorms, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana had sought over Rs 10,100 crores in aid from the National Dis

Publication Date: 
22/04/2015
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Government Of India (GOI), Crops, Rainfall, Storms, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Natural Disasters, Farmers, Crop Insurance, Debt

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