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Ref : VJAS/relief package-07 PRESSS-NOTE 15tht december, 2007
Vidarbha farm Relief Package 2007-Maximum farmers suicides and Minimum relief
Nagpur-15th December, 2007
When vidarbha agrarian crisis is most discussed subject in the parliament,media and all other forums in year 2007,till today neither Central Govt. nor
Here is official farm suicides figure till 14th December which is 1168
| MONTHS-2007 | FARM SUICIDES |
| JANUARY | 99 |
| FEBRUARY | 107 |
| MARCH | 113 |
| APRIL | 97 |
| MAY | 102 |
| JUNE | 82 |
| JULY | 75 |
| AUGUST | 95 |
| SEPTEMBER | 113 |
| OCTOBER | 109 |
| NOVERMBER | 106 |
| DECEMBER | 68 |
| TOTAL | 1168 |
DYING VIDARBHA FARMER WITH OUT AID
The complete apathy of Maharashtra govt. toward on going vidarbha farm suicides is well known to the world but it has become much more serious when prime minister office turned blind eye toward the agrarian crisis by stopping it’s prime minister relief fund aid to the distressed farmers which was promised by Dr.Manmohan Singh on 1st July 2006 when relief package of Rs.3750 crore announced that collector of each six district will receive rs.50lacs as special grant directly so that respective collector can give it to needy dying cotton farmer of vidarbha and year 2006 PMRF money was made available to all six collectors of suicides prone districts but year 2007 has been dry as now apathy of PMO toward vidarbha agrarian crisis started playing role and letters of collectors asking for more money for relief aid from PMRF are being shown dustbin that has resulted maximum 168 farm suicides in the year 2007,informed kishor tiwari of vidarbha jan andolan samiti (VJAS) in press release today
PATHETIC OFFICIAL DATA OF DYINGLAND OF VIDARBHA
AS PER GOVT. SURVEY DATED 15.06.2006
| Type of problem and distress | Maximum distress level-A | moderate distress level -B | farmer’s with successive crop failure | Farmers’s with critical healthcare problem | Farmer’s with marriageable Daughter’s tension | Farmers under bank debt |
| Number of farm families | 4,34,291 | 9,14,708 | 12,26,559 | 106898 | 3,06,362 | 11,54,344 |
Vidarbha farm suicides was matter stormy discussions in the winter session of parliament and Maharashtra legislative assembly without giving any relief to the dying 3 million farmers of west vidarbha where more than 20000 farmers suicides recorded by national crime data reports as part on going agrarian crisis since 1997.
Dying cotton farmers were expecting announcement of complete loan waiver and Rs.2000 per hector compensation as indicated by the Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh but decision to that effect has been kept pending even though daily 3 to 4 farm suicides till reported , kishor tiwari added.
VJAS urged Maharashtra Govt. to provide food security, health security and employments opportunities to dying west vidarbha farmers as at the ground level minimum food, medicine, social system support is missing. ‘total apathy of administration has made this condition of rural vidarbha so pathetic due to non serious attitude towards agrarian crisis and it has resulted that the relief declared year back has not reached to dying farmers after lapse of one year. it is need of time to provide food security health care to minimum 4.34 lacs farm families who are identified by administration as farmers in deep distress ,kishor tiwari added.
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Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For VIDARBHA JANANDOLAN SAMITI
KISHORE TIWARI
PRESIDENT.
contact-09422108846
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