Bengaluru, Dec 27: As many as 3,515 farmers in Karnataka committed suicide between April 2013 and November 2017, out of which 2,525 were due to drought and farm failure, statistics provided by the State Agriculture Department said.
"3,515 farmers were reported to have committed suicide from April 2013 to November 2017, and from April 2008 to April 2012, as many as 1,125 farmers were reported to have committed suicide," it said.
Out of the 3,515 suicide cases reported, agriculture department accepted 2,525 cases which were due to drought and crop failure, the data said.
From April 2015 to April 2017, as many as 2,514 suicide cases were reported, of which 1,929 cases were accepted, it added.
From April 2017 to November 2017, when the state received sufficient rainfall, as many as 624 suicide cases were reported. Of these, 416 cases were accepted, it said.
Agriculture Director B Y Srinivas said that as many as 112 suicide cases were pending for the want of ratification by a state government panel since 2013.
"There are 105 pending cases this year till November, and seven cases the previous year," he said.
The highest number of suicides (1,483) were reported during 2015-16 and lowest (106) during 2013-14, Srinivas said.
"Sugarcane growers top the list of suicides, followed by cotton and paddy cultivators," he said.
The government has taken relief measures asking banks not to force farmers to repay their dues and turn their short and medium-term crop loans into long-term loans with waiver of interest, he added.
Agriculture Officer Kumaraswamy said the government has registered cases against private money lenders, who give loans at exorbitant interest rates, ranging from 30 to 40 per cent.
"As many as 1,332 cases have been registered against money lenders, of which 585 have been arrested in last three years," he said.
The government has also hiked compensation from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh to families of farmers who committed suicide.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had in 2015 made the announcement before a public rally in Ranebennur taluk.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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Modi ji worked and still works for poor people. He curbed lots of black money.. Manmohan and sonia did nothing
It is not centre govt duty to solve only karnataka matter
Cong govt is total failure.. CM should resign
How much amount centre govt given even after KN govt reported everything to centre??? Nothing
@Kumar..
Feku ji told he might sold tea and he didnt sell his country. He works for poor people..
Modi govt ready to wave loan for international fraud Mallya
Modi govt ready to give acres of land for cheddi fake swami Sadguru
Modi govt NOT ready to wave poor farmers' loans
Shocking statistics.. Did govt do anything to prevent farmers' suicides
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