20 farmers commit suicide in MP

Suicides by at least 20 farmers in six weeks mock the Krishi Karman award trophies that Madhya Pradesh has won for three consecutive years for maximum wheat production.Prime Minister Narendra Modi who handed the Krishi Karman award to the state representatives in February called the state’s achievement as miraculous. During the run up to the general elections last year, unseasonal rain and hail storms hit more than 45 out the state’s 51 districts and Chouhan had demanded Rs 5000 crore from the then UPA government at the Centre.