90 K'taka farmers commit suicide in month after loans waived
As per reports, 90 cases of farmer suicides were recorded in Karnataka in July after the government announced farm loan waivers. The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government had waived â¹8,165 crore worth farmer loans in the last week of June. The average number of farmer deaths increased from two per day during April-June to three per day in July, the reports added.