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Microfinance institutions get away with farmer suicide abetment charges: Police close a third of the cases in Andhra Pradesh

In 2010, Andhra Pradesh witnessed a series of suicides. These were not cases of farmers' suicides—a regular occurrence in the state which continues to be in the grip of an agrarian crisis. The victims in these cases happened to be the poorest of the poor; most of them illiterate dalits and adivasis. The first information reports (FIRs) of the police reveal that most of the suicides were due to coercive loan recovery tactics adopted by the mighty microfinance institutions (MFIs), that had given these people a few thousands of rupees as loans. Ironically, 2010 happened to be a year in which the micro finance industry registered a spectacular growth. This article by M Suchitra in Down to Earth deals with the issue.

Posted on 27 Apr, 2012 12:43 PM

Article Courtesy : Down to Earth

Author : M Suchitra

Farmers on crop holiday in Andhra Pradesh: They shun growing paddy this kharif season

Andhra farmers shun growing paddy this kharif in absence of buyers, storage space.

Posted on 09 Jul, 2011 01:28 PM

Andhra Pradesh produced 14 million tonnes of rice this year. In absence of storage space many schools function as godowns
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