Tag Archives: agrarian crisis

WHEN will the suicides STOP?

Posted on April 15, 2008 by An alien Earthling

I came across a very depressing report in today’s newspaper about the continuing farm suicides among cotton farmers in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. Please click this link to read the article written by Meena Menon of The Hindu. The … Continue reading →

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India Budget 2008-09: Good but not good enough!

Posted on March 1, 2008 by An alien Earthling

The Indian Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, tabled the central government’s budget for the financial year 2008-2009 in the Lower House of Parliament yesterday (February 29,2008). You can read about the highlights of the budget on this link and download the … Continue reading →

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