Hit By Indebtedness and Suicides, Punjab Farmers Worry New Laws Will Make Things Worse – By Pawanjot Kaur
In the villages of Punjab, strike a conversation on farming expenses with anyone, and they will say, “Karja tan hai hi (Of course, we have taken loans).”
It’s these loans – from both institutional and non-institutional sources – that largely help the rural economy run in the state.
But the thin line between one loan and a debt trap is crossed far too often – especially for small and marginal peasants, and Dalit landless agricultural labourers….
