On 17/05/05, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Britain blamed for farmers' suicides in India > Sify News, Monday, 16 May , 2005, 16:18 > > London: Trade reforms backed and funded by the British > government caused an agricultural crisis in India, > leading to a large number of suicides among > impoverished farmers, particularly in Andhra Pradesh, > a leading charity in London has said. > > More than 4,000 farmers had killed themselves in > Andhra Pradesh since a programme of free-market > measures was implemented by a "hardline liberalising > regime" (Chandrababu Naidu regime) with the help of > 1.65 million pounds (approx Rs 84 crore) grant from > Britain's Department for International Development > (DfiD), a study for the Christian Aid claimed.
Further input:- Not only Britain! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4548927.stm ........................... 'Not free, not fair' The report claimed western nations were backing free trade policies devised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, aiming at an end to barriers, tariffs and subsidies. In Andhra Pradesh from 1999-2004, many farmers killed themselves because policies followed by the former state government resulted in increased debts. Comment: I too agree with this disagreeable policy of the USA and Britain, trying to impose market forces on people barely able to feed themselves, a bloody shame! Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London England.
