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Google “ Jai Jawan Jai Kisan ” was the slogan given by our second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1965 at a public gathering to cheer farmers to do their best to increase the production of food grains. The former PM strongly believed that soldiers and farmers are the backbones of Indian society and the nation needs to respect them and take care of their issues. However, this memorable phrase just remained a phrase. Since 1990, the situation of farmers started devastating at a high rate. It was reported that between 1995 and 2014 approx. 2,96,438 farmers committed suicide in India due to their deteriorating condition and the situation is still not under the control. According to a news (published in TOI), Maharashtra topped the list with 4,291 suicides, followed by Karnataka with 1,569, Telangana 1,400, Madhya Pradesh 1,290, Chhattisgarh 954, Andhra Pradesh 916 and Tamil Nadu 606. Together, these seven states accounted for 87.5% of total suicides in the farming sector in th