Monday, November 14, 2011

Reasons for suicides in Wayanad

Many farmers have suicided in Wayanad district in last few months. Many politicians claim that suicides are due to loss made in farming. Is this the reason for suicides?

I checked news regarding few suicides and found that most of them had more than 2 children. Is high birth-rate the reason for suicides?

If inflation increases then they will have to spend more money for food. If inflation decreases then will get only less money for their crops. If poor people maintain high birth-rate then that will be a burden for the society. Govt. will be forced to spend more public money to help them. Organisations which mislead poor people to maintain high birth-rate are also responsible for these suicides.

In kerala banking is the only profitable business. But if politicians won't let banks to recover money then banks will become bankrupt. If banks can't recover money from debitors then how can they pay interest to investors.

In wayanad, farmers who have more land are committing suicide while people who work for these farmers are living peacefully. If they can't make profit from farming then they should do other jobs and do farming only as part-time job. They can easily find other jobs as in kerala demand for unskilled workers is very high. The main reason for suicides is inferiority/superiority complex.

Politicians are not doing anything to reduce difference between rate at which farmer sells and rate at which consumer buys. They simply encourage farmers to take more loans.

If a farmer make loss then it becomes news. But if he make huge profit from rubber plantation then it won't become news. One solution to this problem is to impose tax on farmers who make huge profit and give that money to poor farmers.

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