In Maharashtra's Marathwada, 899 farmers committed suicide between January and October this year. Of these, 537 farmers took their own lives in just six months (May 1 to October 31), when crops suffered heavy damage due to floods and heavy rains.

On this, Minister of State for Agriculture Ashish Jaiswal said that the government is paying attention to this serious issue. Expenditure on schemes and incentives for farmers has been increased to ₹1 lakh crore.

Farmer leaders says, compensation was low

Farmer leader Raju Shetti said that unseasonal rains, floods, and monsoon caused heavy damage to fruit orchards and crops. Farmers received very little compensation for crop damage. For example, a farmer who lost 100 tons of banana crop, valued at ₹25,000 per ton, received only ₹25,000 in compe

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