Most of the world's countries basic mode of generating income is through agricultural product. And we know for sure that India is an agricultural country and 70% of our country depends on agriculture. India is generating most of its income through agricultural product only. Agriculture is primary source of begins our day to day life. Man is running after money but we can't eat money, we need to buy cereals other vegetables for our livelihood.
Farmer profession is in agriculture. They work hard and sometime need to play monsoon gambling on their own risk, so that the nation will not starve. The entire real story of my personal experience with the farmers in Vidharbha region of Maharashtra, India "PAINFUL JOURNEY OF INDIAN FARMERS".
I was working in a NGO and I was transferred from Mumbai to Daryapur, Amravati, Maharashtra. I was been enjoying my life from my childhood and never experience the life of farmers. Vidharbha is a rural area where 95% population are farmers depends on agriculture.
One evening my neighbor uncle and aunty requested me to drive their son's bike to drop them at local hospital to meet one of their relatives. I accept their request and went to hospital with them. When I enter the particular ward where the person was laying. I was been introduce to them. The Doctor told, that the patient is suffering with high fever and body pain. When I ask for the cause, I came to know he is a farmer. He used to sleep at field during night in rainy season to protect the crops from wild boar and deer. I was shocked as I never known before the painful journey of Indian farmers till harvesting.
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They invest their money in their own risk knowing that monsoon can betray them anytime unexpectedly. Still then the farmers do whatever they think good. Day and night they work hard so that they can generate more crops. They fight a war protect crops like soldier protecting the nation from enemy. When the monsoon or drought strike them, they only find one solution to give up their life to decide to END SELF that is SUICIDE. Because there debt is so high that they cannot pay back till there last breath. There family scattered as there is nothing remain to pay back. They end up selling themselves as slave to others to be exploited.
The state of Maharashtra is among highest in farmer suicide followed by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Punjab. In the year 2012, 3786 farmers has been suicide, the highest among Indian state. When farmers ask for aid they are being abuse by the minister through their statement. If government fail to handle this situation they common citizen should raise the voice to restore all Indian farmers so the number of farmers should increase and appropriate measure should be taken for the benefit of farmers and their family.
You can see the details of statistic where Indian farmer is standing today through following link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_suicides_in_India
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