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Bigger land holdings key to preventing farmer suicides in India: activists
Published Tue, Jan 31, 2017 · 09:50 PM
New Delhi
ONLY an overhaul of India's farming policy, including addressing the small size of agricultural holdings, will help to stem the epidemic of suicides among farmers that have devastated rural communities, campaigners say.
Last week, the Supreme Court asked why India's states and the central bank have no policies to prevent suicides among farmers. It asked the government and the Reserve Bank of India to respond within a month.
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