In Punjab, the state govt has compensated farmers who had suffered losses running into lakhs after floods ravaged their crops, they were sent compensation cheques of less than Rs 100. Every 12 hours, a farmer commits suicide in India Millions of Indian farmers barely manage 2 square meals a day In a population of 1.173 billion, hungry farmers make up for over 20%. In India, thousands of tons of food grains rot for lack of storage space

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