Chitrakoot Dham, India. 15th July, 2015. Farmers belonging to the Bundelkhand Kisan(Farmers) union affiliated to Farmers union of India, resorted to one day picketing agitations in the seven Uttar Pradesh districts of Bundelkhand—Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur and Mahoba against the District Administration State government and Government of India to stop corruption over relief fund issued to Farmers. In 2009, Uttar Pradesh received ,506 crore as part of a ,266 crore Bundelkhand package from the centre, but Bhaiya says the money benefited contractors, not farmers.
Farmers belonging to the Bundelkhand Kisan(Farmers) union affiliated to Farmers union of India, resorted to one day picketing agitations in the seven Uttar Pradesh districts of Bundelkhand—Banda,Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur and Mahoba against the District Administration State government and Government of India to stop corruption over relief fund issued to Farmers. In 2009, Uttar Pradesh received ,506 crore as part of a ,266 crore Bundelkhand package from the centre, but Bhaiya says the money benefited contractors, not farmers. Over the years, the luckless farmers of Bundelkhand have tried everything to meet the challenge of unpredictable weather, there is spurt in rate of 33,000 Suicides From 2009, it means 1 Farmer's Suicide Every 30 Minutes .There are 3/4 people of India are involved in Agriculture business in India and also Bundelkhand is worst place to be a farmer. (Photo by Akshay Gupta / Pacific Press)
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