<p>Incidents of clashes due to agrarian crisis are rising in the country with the latest statistics showing that the number has doubled in the first half of 2015, compared to the previous year.<br /><br /></p>.<p>An analysis by the home ministry showed that there were 74 incidents of unrest due to agrarian crisis in the first six months of this year as against 37 reported in 2014 until June. One person was killed in both years — in gujarat in 2015 and in Punjab in 2014. Nine were injured this year until June, while 82 were wounded in the corresponding period last year. This year, Maharashtra topped the list with 17 incidents followed by Haryana 12, Bihar 8 and West Bengal 7. Five incidents each were reported in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.<br /><br />The analysis has attributed the reasons behind protests to land acquisition bill, demand for minimum support price and insufficient supply of seeds and fertilisers among others.<br /><br />The proposed amendments to the land acquisition act landed the NDA government in a tight spot this year, prompting political parties and farmers organisations to jump into protest mode. <br /><br />The government had decided not to go ahead with the amendments recently with Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself announcing they would not re-promulgate the ordinance to enforce the planned amendments.<br /><br />“These protests will intensify if the government will not accommodate the needs of farmers. The BJP had promised many things during the election but after election, they have not implemented it. The land bill also resulted in unrest with farmers protesting and clashing with police in some incidents,” Vijoo Krishnan, National Joint Secretary of All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />There has been unrest among agricultural community in the recent years with a large number of farmer suicides being reported. <br /><br />According to the latest figures, 5,650 farmers, including 472 women, committed suicide last year due to agrarian issues, such as inability to repay farm loans and crop failure. <br /><br />Bankruptcy or indebtedness was the reason for 20.6 per cent suicides among farmers, 16.8 per cent took their own life due to crop failure. Of the 5,650 suicides, 1,163 cases were related to repaying loan and 952 due to crop failure. <br /><br /> </p>
<p>Incidents of clashes due to agrarian crisis are rising in the country with the latest statistics showing that the number has doubled in the first half of 2015, compared to the previous year.<br /><br /></p>.<p>An analysis by the home ministry showed that there were 74 incidents of unrest due to agrarian crisis in the first six months of this year as against 37 reported in 2014 until June. One person was killed in both years — in gujarat in 2015 and in Punjab in 2014. Nine were injured this year until June, while 82 were wounded in the corresponding period last year. This year, Maharashtra topped the list with 17 incidents followed by Haryana 12, Bihar 8 and West Bengal 7. Five incidents each were reported in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.<br /><br />The analysis has attributed the reasons behind protests to land acquisition bill, demand for minimum support price and insufficient supply of seeds and fertilisers among others.<br /><br />The proposed amendments to the land acquisition act landed the NDA government in a tight spot this year, prompting political parties and farmers organisations to jump into protest mode. <br /><br />The government had decided not to go ahead with the amendments recently with Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself announcing they would not re-promulgate the ordinance to enforce the planned amendments.<br /><br />“These protests will intensify if the government will not accommodate the needs of farmers. The BJP had promised many things during the election but after election, they have not implemented it. The land bill also resulted in unrest with farmers protesting and clashing with police in some incidents,” Vijoo Krishnan, National Joint Secretary of All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />There has been unrest among agricultural community in the recent years with a large number of farmer suicides being reported. <br /><br />According to the latest figures, 5,650 farmers, including 472 women, committed suicide last year due to agrarian issues, such as inability to repay farm loans and crop failure. <br /><br />Bankruptcy or indebtedness was the reason for 20.6 per cent suicides among farmers, 16.8 per cent took their own life due to crop failure. Of the 5,650 suicides, 1,163 cases were related to repaying loan and 952 due to crop failure. <br /><br /> </p>
