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Debt drives farmers to suicide in India

Gayathri VaidyanathanOctober 13, 2017

India's northern Punjab state is often called the country's breadbasket. For years it has prospered with bountiful yields of wheat and rice. But despite its apparent success, the state has also seen an alarming rise in the number of farmer suicides.

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