Farmer suicides loom large over Orissa
Apprehension of more farmers committing suicide looms large in Orissa as almost half of nearly two lakh peasants in the state are not going to benefit from the Rs 71,000-crore loan-waiver package announced by the UPA government at the Centre. The guidelines issued by the National Bank of Rural Development (Nabard) and Orissa State Cooperative Bank, as claimed by officials of state-controlled cooperative societies, deprive the farmers from the biggest ever loan-waiver package.