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on the plates the final day of going. to the front. of his father's death. welcome to. it's good to have you with us indians have gone to the polls in the fifth phase of the country's more than month long general elections after elect a new parliament and prime minister narendra modi from the ruling hindu nationalists b j p he seeking a second is. the opposition congress party. in their campaigns a bolter focused on one major issue the plight of india's farmers. why very simply

because there's more than two hundred ten million of them and most are facing financial difficulties in the us farm sector is suffering from the combined effects of falling crop prices for government support lack of alternative programs to mean just a few it's a situation that led to thousands of farmers committing suicide the other correspondents on our farm travelled to jabal port in the state of whatever they wish to meet a family living with the burden of india's farm sector mismanagement through the tail is an old hand at this he's been farming since he was a teenager here in eastern might have a dish throwing pulses and see real crops but these aren't patil spiels today he's at a friend's farm in the midst of the week top assist and he's struggling with full memories in mid march unseasonal he'll hit the neighboring district patel's own four acre farms located in the storm battered his crops and pushed him to

a mental breakdown. so clearly destroyed much of the. board money to some of the crops my first thought was the lone wolf i was shocked and lost all hope he couldn't think straight and i swallowed some pesticide to end my life. but taylor was rushed to hospital where he spent days recovery he's still weak and suffers from frequent dizziness and nausea. he's not sure when he can work again. at the beginning of the year patel took a bank loan over two thousand five hundred euros to buy seeds and fertilizers rent a tractor and hire a farm hand. he also borrowed from money lenders to cover his family's expenses. the debt burden kept growing patel's hopes of a bailout evaporated as the local government suspended

a plan to write off farm loans after the elections the devastation to spawn was the final blow. our crops are a large law and if they fail where do we get money from i know i have no source of income for the rest of the year or so i felt there was just no way out for me or i wanted to die. cooper patel is not an isolated case and it's not confined to states like by the british across india hundreds the deputy farmers have committed suicide over the years the agrarian crisis is a major issue in the ongoing indian election with all political parties trying to woo farmers. on the outskirts of the opposition congress party is holding a campaign rally. its leader to hold gandhi is promising a separate budget for farmers a complete loan waiver and is vowing the criminal proceedings will not be allowed

against farmers who default on their loans. nearly seventy percent of india still relies on agriculture for a living. experts say there's a lot of political rhetoric around this huge voting block. but little will to tackle the underlying crisis. what india needs to do what political parties need to do is to go into the root of the a gradient crisis on how farmers and farming can become the crucial engine of economic growth in india that's where the solution is for now there's no sign of that at the local wholesale market farmers have come in from surrounding areas to sell the grain and vegetables the government sets fixed prices for certain commodities to incentivise production. but farmers here say they're not getting those prices the overriding view here is that farming simply isn't viable.

the prices of fertilizers and seeds has gone up there's no reliable electricity to run water pumps are cops get damaged. politicians praise farmers as food givers but they do nothing for us all the benefits go to the traders. and patel to there's little hope left the kids will change he sees no future in farming. only he wants is for his son to find. father moved from the pregame reese wanted to. know by. joining us for more professor him montreux he teaches economics at harvard university professor good to see you know him yes farming crisis has been going on for quite some time now why has it not yet been addressed the letter that a number of reasons for this but let me just say that i think. it said in the g.d.p. is now when the us less and less than fifteen percent now it's not in the paddock

the list of the governments are trying to drive growth for that up compared to other countries but also because the need to difficult it has seized agriculture has become much with a little bit because of the globalization of the economy that is that of production in the agriculture sector it seems it's become much more cash waste though so that means over the years have been have been not investing as much amount of money as it required for. which it seems to dramatically in the last twenty to thirty years so i think the combination of all these practices led to a situation that you can use today meanwhile that able to external shocks with their stocks as well as domestic internally and then the economy shots you spoke of money in terms of money both. be and the opposition congress financial support for farmers in the manifestos in this election season is that the right approach you think. i mean obviously the it all both of them i mean like all political

parties the state going to the sinking them into trying to treat the symptoms when the crisis is on the street and on the street protesting against low prices or the crisis in the economy this i think is the best solution for that the politicians would think oh but remember this does not address that indecent as to why the economy is in crisis and i think the amount of money which is now being given as a symptomatic relief benefit thing if it was invested back in the issues part of the issues which basically need to better productively incomes departments over the long run monthly to buy that would have had that much but to compare it with this kind of suspicion that every five years or ten years you keep on pumping money to them in the aggregate economy what is it what is some kind of a short them solution rather than as a long term investment in that you consider economy what really would you say needs to be done to tackle the farming crisis. a lot of things need to be done and the first thing and then the first in the foremost in that sense is to bring agriculture back on the paddock the up economic policy making in the sense

agriculture may not be going to be much for the g.d.p. but this is where the heart of the workforce is and that political issues are going to be something which is that even if c.d.'s but the need to difficult it seems and that needs to be understood it cannot be that the indignation kind of method that is what the government has to try and do on the subsidy diluted mechanisms that the government is trying to push it has become much more of a little bit of what monetized much more cash to be used and it has also become much more difficult to predict what is going to happen in terms of to consider prices so i think you need a kind of cities of policies to bring together all these issues think of new ways of dealing with that nickel to bring a new understanding of what the changes that it is done to consider and then we'll even think about finding solutions to the problems thank you very much for explaining that to us professor. university thank you. to brunei next for the tiny nation has put on hold plans to storm to death those found guilty of gay sex and adultery the so town of brunei. has extended

a moratorium on the death penalty to cover offenses under its new sharia code sharia law fully came into force in the country last month making brunei the only country in southeast asia to have sharia law at the national level the move had spot international outrage including from the united nations. and brunei's backtrack has been noted on social media by rights activists but many say the so found announcement is not enough jack di treated this this is a part of activism thank you so much to every single person who signed petitions attended protests posted tweets people power does work now for decriminalization but demand for more action from human rights watch deputy should direct the federal courts and said more pressure is needed the entire shari'a criminal law should be scrapped because it's a rights abusing monstrosity reminiscent of a medieval yesterday that has no place in the modern age you'll remember many

celebrities indorsed the boycott of brunei own properties to protest the death penalty law among them the pull out in los angeles once frequented by lisa vanderpump from the real housewives of beverly hills how to eat today o.-m. g. brunei will not enforce death penalty we have been had neetu at the polo lounge for drinks but a fan replied please do not go back to the photo lounge gays are still find in prison for up to ten years in brunei once all eyes are off them again who knows what will happen. to thailand next which has seen three days of ceremonies to crown a new king king mahajan a long call has been officially crowned thailand's ruler earlier today he and queen . on the grandparents balcony to greet the public their parents came off the weekend of seventies which saw the new king crowned with a multi-tiered crown and taken it on back to town on the seven alone pretty he's

taken on the drama all the time among his many official fights. has been following the coronation of bangkok she spoke to us about the challenges facing the new king's reign huge crowds are taking to the streets over the past few days to watch history in the making thousands break the baking heat for hours on end on sunday to catch a glimpse of the king as he was carried through the streets of bangkok dressed in a sea of yellow as a mark of respect people chanting long live the king after he costs after all this is the first time most people here have witnessed the coronation of the thai king in their lifetimes thoughts behind the celebrations this is a type time in thai politics once the festivities are over the focus will again tend to much as disputed elections with the results still unclear. that's a fact of ammo stories on our website did up a dot on forward slash and be sure to check us out on facebook as well. really even

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