Avasari Khurd, a typical nondescript Maharashtrian village, may well rewrite the unhappy script that the SEZ (special economic zone) story has followed so far.
Nestled in the plains of Ambegaon, 40 km from Pune, Avasari's farmers have designed an SEZ that will be owned, largely constructed, and managed by themselves.
"The Avasari farmer," says 72-year-old Sopanrao Bhor, prime mover of read more »
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Nestled in the plains of Ambegaon, 40 km from Pune, Avasari's farmers have designed an SEZ that will be owned, largely constructed, and managed by themselves.
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Relief is trickling in for Kalawati Bandurkar, the widow who has suddenly become the face of Vidarbha's agrarian crisis after Rahul Gandhi mentioned her during the Lok Sabha debate on Tuesday.
But the aid, all from individuals, remains meagre.
On Friday, the mother of nine broke down and threatened to end her life, saying she has only got visits from government officials but no assistance read more »
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But the aid, all from individuals, remains meagre.
On Friday, the mother of nine broke down and threatened to end her life, saying she has only got visits from government officials but no assistance read more »
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Besieged by debt, three young onion farmers from Daregaon have asked for voluntary death in a letter to the President. Piali Banerjee and Ram Parmar went over to the village to talk to them
When all anger is spent, all hope is lost and all fight has left you, you usually call out to your opponents to come kill you. That’s exactly the state of mind of three young onion farmers of Daregaon villa read more »
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When all anger is spent, all hope is lost and all fight has left you, you usually call out to your opponents to come kill you. That’s exactly the state of mind of three young onion farmers of Daregaon villa read more »
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Farmers face a year without a steady source of income should the rains fail.
Even if rains now, farmers have no money to buy seeds and fertiliser again since the banks haven’t begun disbursement of credit.
Ramdas Vaidya, 60, a farmer in Amravati is worried. The seven acres he owns in the village of Sheoni Rasulapur wear a barren look. The first two sowings have not germinated.
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Even if rains now, farmers have no money to buy seeds and fertiliser again since the banks haven’t begun disbursement of credit.
Ramdas Vaidya, 60, a farmer in Amravati is worried. The seven acres he owns in the village of Sheoni Rasulapur wear a barren look. The first two sowings have not germinated.
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Shiv Sena executive president, Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday demanded that state government should pay Rs 10,000 per acre compensation to farmers who have suffered losses due to insufficient rains in the first sowing.
“The scanty rains across Maharashtra have aggravated the problem of farmers and they are forced to go in for second and third sowing and thus have incurred losses on account of fai read more »
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“The scanty rains across Maharashtra have aggravated the problem of farmers and they are forced to go in for second and third sowing and thus have incurred losses on account of fai read more »
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Although summer is some time away, Mumbai has already started welcoming the king of fruits a full month early. The prolonged & intense winter that hit the usually warm state last month resulted in mangoes being picked by farmers and transported to markets earlier
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It seems finance minister P Chidambaram's loan-waiver Union budget has failed to stem the suicides in Vidarbha.
As many as 14 farmers of the agrarian crisis-hit region have committed suicide in the past three days, taking the toll to 61 after the Rs 60,000 crore farm loan waiver was announced. read more »
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As many as 14 farmers of the agrarian crisis-hit region have committed suicide in the past three days, taking the toll to 61 after the Rs 60,000 crore farm loan waiver was announced. read more »
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Farmer Vishnu Baburao Sarode from Vidarbha came to Mumbai last Wednesday to sell his kidney to pay off a steep debt and to ensure his children’s future; he fortunately met the right people who gave him Rs 5,000 and sent him back home.
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Traumatised by the meagre compensation paid to him by the state government for his agricultural land, a 56-year-old Jalgaon-based farmer attempted suicide by consuming rat poison on Thursday morning.
The government, which took away the farmer's 2.3-acre land 18 years ago, has paid him only Rs 1 lakh over the years. The last instalment for the land, which now costs Rs 50 lakh, reportedly came read more »
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The government, which took away the farmer's 2.3-acre land 18 years ago, has paid him only Rs 1 lakh over the years. The last instalment for the land, which now costs Rs 50 lakh, reportedly came read more »
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The Maharashtra government on Wednesday declared a "drought-like" situation in the state.
The state cabinet took the decision at a meeting in view of below-average rainfall in many regions.
This, the cabinet said, has resulted in only 29 percent of sowing possible so far. read more »
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The state cabinet took the decision at a meeting in view of below-average rainfall in many regions.
This, the cabinet said, has resulted in only 29 percent of sowing possible so far. read more »
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In the first-ever referendum in the country involving farmers, more than 6,000 land-owners from 22 Raigad villages made their views on a special economic zone known on Sunday.
Judging by the mood of the farmers in the command area of the Hetwane irrigation dam, it appears that the Reliance group will have its task cut out to acquire land for its multi-crore SEZ project in the Konkan area.
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Judging by the mood of the farmers in the command area of the Hetwane irrigation dam, it appears that the Reliance group will have its task cut out to acquire land for its multi-crore SEZ project in the Konkan area.
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A debt-ridden farmer in Maharashtra committed suicide Monday by consuming poison in a government office near here, blaming the entire state machinery “from the local police station to the chief minister’s office” for his desperate act. The farmer, Devendra Khedkar (28) of Jitapur village in Akola district’s Murtijapur sub-distict, was rushed first to the sub-district hospital and then to the Akol
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After returning from his 10 day europe trip maharashtra CM vilasrao deshmukh ruled out voting style adopted in raigad sez for other special economic zones.
He also said that there was a demand from residents of 22 villages to exclude their lands from sez as the area fall under irrigation project. read more »
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He also said that there was a demand from residents of 22 villages to exclude their lands from sez as the area fall under irrigation project. read more »
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Herein probably lies the key to avoiding strife over special economic zones (SEZs).
While industrialists are eyeing farmers' land across the country, a village barely 40 km from the city has taken the initiative to set up its very own SEZ.
And now, the state government has given the go-ahead for this the first farmers' SEZ in the country, which will be set up at Avasari Khurd village in read more »
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While industrialists are eyeing farmers' land across the country, a village barely 40 km from the city has taken the initiative to set up its very own SEZ.
And now, the state government has given the go-ahead for this the first farmers' SEZ in the country, which will be set up at Avasari Khurd village in read more »
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