Indian Farmers Call for Action Over Agricultural Crisis

Expand Farmers from across India gather in New Delhi to demand action from lawmakers. November 29, 2018. © 2018 Private Thousands of farmers from across India will march to the parliament in New Delhi on November 30, to demand action on the deepening agrarian crisis that has left a trail of heavy debts and suicide in its wake. More than 300,000 farmers have killed themselves over the last 20 years – the equivalent of a suicide every hour. Despite that heavy toll, political leaders and the middle class remain largely oblivious to a terrible human rights crisis. Despite decades of strong economic…

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