300 Maha farmers killed selves in Nov while parties jostled for power

Maharashtra saw a steep rise in farmer suicides last November — 300 cases that month — the first time in four years. Farmer suicides had crossed 300 cases in a month several times in 2015. The spurt in cases came immediately after unseasonal rains lashed the state from October, destroying almost 70% of kharif crop. The last time the state had touched or crossed 300 farmer suicides in a month was in 2015.

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