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.
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
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