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Tag: Farmer Suicides

Vidarbha: “The worst place in the nation to be a farmer?”
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Vidarbha: “The worst place in the nation to be a farmer?”

December 31, 2014January 16, 2015 SANDRP9 Comments

Every day, Maharashtra is shaken by the news of farmer suicides in Vidarbha or Marathwada. On Dec 28, 2014 it was reported that 12 farmers in Vidarbha committed suicide in 72 hours[i].

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