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Farmer Suicides in India: A Case of Globalisation Compromising on Human Rights

Farmer Suicides in India: A Case of Globalisation Compromising on Human Rights

Saloni Jain, Khushboo Sukhwani
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781522507239|ISBN10: 152250723X|EISBN13: 9781522507246
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0723-9.ch012
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Jain, Saloni, and Khushboo Sukhwani. "Farmer Suicides in India: A Case of Globalisation Compromising on Human Rights." Defending Human Rights and Democracy in the Era of Globalization, edited by Christina Akrivopoulou, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 280-301. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0723-9.ch012

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Jain, S. & Sukhwani, K. (2017). Farmer Suicides in India: A Case of Globalisation Compromising on Human Rights. In C. Akrivopoulou (Ed.), Defending Human Rights and Democracy in the Era of Globalization (pp. 280-301). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0723-9.ch012

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Jain, Saloni, and Khushboo Sukhwani. "Farmer Suicides in India: A Case of Globalisation Compromising on Human Rights." In Defending Human Rights and Democracy in the Era of Globalization, edited by Christina Akrivopoulou, 280-301. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0723-9.ch012

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Abstract

Indian farmers are facing a crisis of their extinction caused by their suicides. A suicide, every thirty minutes, reflects towards a deeply rooted structural and policy defect in the country. A defect so extreme that many call the same to be state genocide. The State has several obligations towards its farmers, both nationally and internationally. However, the pressures of globalization combined with the influence of bodies like the WTO and IMF has managed to defeat these obligations. This has resulted in a state where ideas like profit, free trade and removal of barriers are being forced upon ‘sovereign' States, who have allocated their power to decide on economic issues to supranational bodies due to their inability to operate in isolation like a Westphalian State. The aim of this chapter is to explore and elaborate upon the adverse consequences of globalization on the lives of farmers in India due to enhanced competition and policies which have been influenced by MNCs such as Monsanto and capitalist, north dominated supranational bodies like the WTO and World Bank.

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