Debt-ridden woman farmer in Raichur allegedly commits suicide by consuming insecticide
Raichur: A 45-year-old woman in Janekal village of Manvi taluk, who was a farmer, allegedly consumed poisonous substance as she was unable to clear her loans following crop loss this year and died at the Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Hospital on Sunday.
The deceased woman, Yallamma Dhananjaya, who reportedly owned 6 acres of land, had borrowed money from multiple sources, including Syndicate Bank, for the agricultural work. Due to loss of crop, however, she was struggling to repay the loan installments as the crop failed. Yallamma’s son also fell ill and had to be treated in a hospital, which proved to be an additional financial strain on her as she reportedly could not cover the hospital bills.
The problems that the family faced on account of the pending clearance of loans are learned to have given rise to fights between Yallamma and her husband Dhananjaya.
After a fight with his wife a couple of days ago, Dhananjaya reportedly pacified Yallamma and went out to get hay for the cattle when Yallamma, in the absence of her husband, consumed insecticide in an attempt to commit suicide.
Dhananjaya learned of this when he returned and, with the help of other members of the family, took Yallamma to the local government hospital. The doctors who treated Yallamma, found the case serious and, opining that she required intensive care, asked Dhananjaya to shift her to the RIMS Hospital. Yallamma, however, failed to respond to the medical treatment and died at the hospital on Sunday, the family sources have said.
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Why remove Mahatma Gandhi's name, asks Priyanka on move to replace MGNREGA
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday slammed the government over its move to change the name of MGNREGA, asking what is the government's intention behind removing the name of Mahatma Gandhi who is the tallest leader not just in India but in the world.
A bill to repeal the MGNREGA and bring a new law for rural employment -- Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025 -- is set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha. According to a copy of the bill, it seeks to introduce the VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, in Parliament and repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) of 2005.
Asked about the government's move, Priyanka Gandhi said, "Whenever the name of a scheme is changed there are so many changes that have to be made in offices, stationery... for which money is spent. So, what is the benefit, why it is being done?"
"Why is Mahatma Gandhi's name being removed. Mahatma Gandhi is considered the tallest leader not just in the country but in the world, so removing his name, I really don't understand what is the objective? What is their intention?" she told reporters in Parliament House complex.
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"Even when we are debating it is on other issues not the real issues of the people. Time is being wasted, money is being wasted, they are disrupting themselves," Priyanka Gandhi added.
The bill aims at establishing a "rural development framework aligned with the national vision of Viksit Bharat 2047", by providing a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work.
The bill has been listed in the Lok Sabha in the supplementary list of business issued on Monday.
Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in the statement of purpose of the Bill, said MGNREGA has provided guaranteed wage-employment to rural households over the past 20 years.
However, "further strengthening has become necessary in view of the significant socio-economic transformation witnessed in the rural landscape driven by widespread coverage of the social security interventions and saturation-oriented implementation of major government schemes", he said.
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