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Agriculture is one of the occupations,that employs the largest proportion of population in the rural belts of India.Majority of those engaged in agriculture are dependent on the rains for irrigation.
This is one of the primary reasons why much can not be predicted about the returns in this business.Most of the farmers own small tracts of land and do not own the wherewithal to accommodate the expenses involved in the latest technology to facilitate farming.But most of the farmers do not want to leave any stone unturned in their efforts to maximize produce,and rely on loans for buying the essential materials required for business.In an event of a loss,it becomes almost impossible for the farmer to pay back the borrowed money along with the huge interest that is accrued on the loan.This problem has been known to be the root cause for a spurt in the number of farmer suicides in some belts of India.(Won't name the regions specifically to stay away from any controversy
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The problem of farmer suicides remains largely unsolved.Despite numerous attempts by the government to come to rescue of those in need,there always have been similar incidents at some place or other.A movie released recently attempts to draw attention to this grave issue.I got an oppurtunity to watch the movie tonight,coming from the production house of the renowned hindi cinema actor,Amir Khan,the movie Peepli Live did not disappoint me.Brilliant cinematography,story line and direction were some of the unique features that impressed me.
The direction and story was by Anusha Rizvi,never heard her name, but I can claim that she has got a long way to go.The movie revolves around the life of a poor peasant Nathua,who declares that he would commit suicide.All this in an attempt to get the compensation amount of Rs.100,000/- ,which the government pays to the family of the deceased.This declaration finds much media glitz,and becomes an election issue in the state of Mukhya Pradesh.Down the movie,the story revolves around the petty politics at play to cash on the issue of this farmer's declaration of suicide.All this assumes greater significance in real life because an alarming number of farmer suicide cases have been reported in India in the last few years.Government of India came up with the plan of waiving off loans to the tune of Rs.70,000 crore to address this issue.It remains a seperate issue that this initiative benefited those who escaped loan payments more than those who toiled hard to continue their installments.
An important data point released by the government of India,in Census 2001,indicates that around 8 million farmers left the farming profession in a span of ten years,1991-2001.The numbers pertaining to farmer suicides are not available with me,but all this definitely calls for some serious action.Apart from boosting the efforts to understand the root cause for the problem,we need to determine a long lasting solution as well.No doubt this movie is an important step in the direction of curing this social disease.How long can we act insensitively to the pain of the poor framer?We need to act.Some one has to.I hope the Bureaucracy and the Democracy are listening.
This is one of the primary reasons why much can not be predicted about the returns in this business.Most of the farmers own small tracts of land and do not own the wherewithal to accommodate the expenses involved in the latest technology to facilitate farming.But most of the farmers do not want to leave any stone unturned in their efforts to maximize produce,and rely on loans for buying the essential materials required for business.In an event of a loss,it becomes almost impossible for the farmer to pay back the borrowed money along with the huge interest that is accrued on the loan.This problem has been known to be the root cause for a spurt in the number of farmer suicides in some belts of India.(Won't name the regions specifically to stay away from any controversy
)The problem of farmer suicides remains largely unsolved.Despite numerous attempts by the government to come to rescue of those in need,there always have been similar incidents at some place or other.A movie released recently attempts to draw attention to this grave issue.I got an oppurtunity to watch the movie tonight,coming from the production house of the renowned hindi cinema actor,Amir Khan,the movie Peepli Live did not disappoint me.Brilliant cinematography,story line and direction were some of the unique features that impressed me.
The direction and story was by Anusha Rizvi,never heard her name, but I can claim that she has got a long way to go.The movie revolves around the life of a poor peasant Nathua,who declares that he would commit suicide.All this in an attempt to get the compensation amount of Rs.100,000/- ,which the government pays to the family of the deceased.This declaration finds much media glitz,and becomes an election issue in the state of Mukhya Pradesh.Down the movie,the story revolves around the petty politics at play to cash on the issue of this farmer's declaration of suicide.All this assumes greater significance in real life because an alarming number of farmer suicide cases have been reported in India in the last few years.Government of India came up with the plan of waiving off loans to the tune of Rs.70,000 crore to address this issue.It remains a seperate issue that this initiative benefited those who escaped loan payments more than those who toiled hard to continue their installments.
An important data point released by the government of India,in Census 2001,indicates that around 8 million farmers left the farming profession in a span of ten years,1991-2001.The numbers pertaining to farmer suicides are not available with me,but all this definitely calls for some serious action.Apart from boosting the efforts to understand the root cause for the problem,we need to determine a long lasting solution as well.No doubt this movie is an important step in the direction of curing this social disease.How long can we act insensitively to the pain of the poor framer?We need to act.Some one has to.I hope the Bureaucracy and the Democracy are listening.
