BHAAT a TAMASHA Motion Pictures project

BHAAT

a TAMASHA Motion Pictures project

a non fiction film
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Searching for sustainable alternatives to the ‘current frenzy of Development and Industrialization’ in India which can fulfill the most basic needs of common man - food and water..

India was transforming rapidly into a primarily urban, industrial society with industry as its main source of income; the government and society had begun to be unconcerned about the condition of the countryside; there were many farmers who did not know how to survive in the changing 

economy. Such stresses pushed many into a corner where suicide became an option for them.

number of farm suicides increased since 2001, the number of farmers has fallen, as thousands abandoning agriculture in distress. According to government data, over 5,000 farmers committed suicide in 2005-2009 in Maharashtra, while 1,313 cases reported by Andhra Pradesh between 2005 and 2007. In Karnataka the number stood at 1,003, since 2005-06 till August 2009. In the last four years, cases in Kerala were about 905, Gujarat 387, Punjab 75 and Tamil Nadu 26.  In April 2009, the state of Chattisgarh reported 1,500 farmers committed suicide due to debt and crop failure.  At least 17,368 Indian farmers killed themselves in 2009, the worst figure for farm suicides in six years, according to data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). the net average income of a family of farmers in this region was approximately Rs.2700 (about $60) per acre per annum. The economic plight of the farmer might be illustrated with the fact that a farmer having as much as 15 acres (61,000 m²) of land, and hence considered a well-off farmer, had an income of just a little more than what he would have earned were he to merely get the legal minimum wage for all of the 365 days of the year. Income through farming is not enough to meet even the minimum needs of a farming family.