Indian farmers resort to suicide due to crop loss and the resultant debt trap. The government, both central and state wonder why should the farmers take the extreme step when the government is flourishing them with sufficient compensation and other aids.

Here is a glaring example of government’s help to the farmers in distress.

” For losing crop worth Rs.1 lakh in this year’s unseasoned rain and hail storm, a tribal farmer in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district has been given a cheque for Rs.81 by the government as the compensation.  Jairam is just one of the several farmers in the state who have received cheques for Rs.100 to Rs.1,000 for losing crop worth lakhs. The government is making a mockery of our plight and driving us to suicides, said Jairam who also owes banks Rs.1.2 lakh in loan dues”

(source: The Times of India)