MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indian government action to increase spending on irrigation and crop insurance is not enough to end a cycle of indebtedness that has led to thousands of farmer suicides, and a complete overhaul of credit and subsidies to farmers is needed, activists said.









Source: [url=http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/1j7gGjkvzAg/story01.htm]Indian farmers deep in debt, seek subsidies, help with insurance[/url]

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