Agrarian Distress in India |
Author(s): |
| Anjali Sharma , The Law School, University of Jammu |
Keywords: |
| Agriculture, farmers, distress, production |
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Agriculture is the primary sector of Indian economy as 70%of the population directly or indirectly depends on agriculture sector for their survival. The success of Green revolution has made a marvellous impact on Indian economy by making it self-sufficient in the production of food grains. Although there are modern methods and tools for agriculture production but the Indian farmers are not does not seems to be satisfied. Low income of farmers is the major reason for the farmer’s agrarian distress. Every year over 15964 farmers commit suicide, 10% of all suicides in India are farmers suicides. A report by National Crime Records Bureau states that 45 farmers commit suicide every day in India. Recently farmers across India marched to Nations Capital to register under Government’s notice. Therefore this paper focuses on the reasons for Farmers agrarian distress based on the secondary data available and a way forward. |
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Paper ID: IJSRDV8I10464 Published in: Volume : 8, Issue : 1 Publication Date: 01/04/2020 Page(s): 400-402 |
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