The government doesn’t miss a chance to publicise its love towards the farmers and its programmes to help them. But what is happening in the country? Crores of farmers are languishing under debts and loans unable to repay them. They are unable to buy seeds for cultivation. They are in utter poverty. The government should open its eyes and see the misery of the farmers. The following list of suicides of farmers show the utter callousness of the government towards their problems: Only the number of suicides in 4 states are given.
Farmer Suicides in 16 years from 1995 – 2010
Maharashtra 30,415
A.P. 31,120
Karnataka 35,053
M.P. 41,062
Total 2,56,913