00:00I work hard every year, I farm every year, but I don't have enough money to pay off my father's loan.
00:06I haven't paid it off, but I have made a separate loan.
00:10He has never seen a loan, he doesn't have money, he doesn't have a loan, nothing.
00:16The crop didn't ripen at all, so he committed suicide because of the loan.
00:30In Nashik, the main crop is of onions, so we have been here since November, we haven't
00:57planted onions.
00:58We used to plant onions early last year, but because of the rain, it used to rot, the
01:05more we planted, the more we had to harvest.
01:08And now there are crops, but in our village, there are 1,500-2,000 farmers, but none of
01:17them have onions.
01:18So what is the use of this crop?
01:21And secondly, if everyone gets onions, then the price will fall below Rs. 1,000, Rs. 600,
01:28Rs. 700, Rs. 800, Rs. 900, and it will stay like this for many days.
01:32In August and September, it rained so much that the crops got spoilt in the rain, and
01:42the crop was not able to grow.
01:53In one acre, we have spent more than Rs. 1,00,000.
01:58It has become difficult to get even Rs. 10,000 in this season.
02:12It's been 22 years since my father passed away.
02:17I haven't been able to repay my father's loan yet.
02:21I work hard every year, I farm every year, but I don't have enough money to repay my
02:27father's loan.
02:28I haven't repaid it, but I have made a separate loan.
02:32I have repaid the loan.
02:42My father-in-law passed away in 2022.
02:46But he had a loan, and because of the loan, his health deteriorated a bit.
02:52And during that time, because of his health, he started itching a bit.
02:58We weren't even at home.
03:00We went to the hospital.
03:02After coming from there, my mother-in-law told me that my father didn't come home.
03:07When he saw me in the fields, he hanged himself.
03:12My name is Rao Srikrishnan Mangale.
03:15This is my younger brother, Ashish Srikrishnan Mangale.
03:21He died in 2021.
03:24He committed suicide.
03:27Because of the lockdown, I used to work in a company.
03:31I had a lot of loans.
03:33The company was also closed.
03:35I didn't go to work.
03:37I still have a loan of Rs. 3 lakhs.
03:40Because of the loan, my father passed away.
03:43He committed suicide in this very room.
03:46When the old woman went to see why the door was closed,
03:49he saw a message from the window from the chair.
03:52When he put his hands on the chair, the old woman fell down.
03:56I was sitting outside.
03:58He had a loan from the farm.
04:01He didn't have any other tension.
04:03He thought that if he said Rs. 16,000, he would get Rs. 16 lakhs.
04:08He had never seen a loan.
04:11He had no money, no loan, nothing.
04:14He didn't know how to calculate.
04:17That's why he committed suicide because of the loan.
04:21The farmers who take out the onions from Rabi,
04:24when the rainy season starts in June,
04:27they don't have the facilities to store it.
04:30So they have to sell it at any price.
04:33Because if it goes bad because of the rain,
04:36they won't get anything.
04:38For that, the government should make infrastructure storage
04:42so that they can store the onions.
04:46For that, the government should make infrastructure storage
04:50so that the farmers can store their goods there.
04:54And after storing the goods,
04:56how much profit will they get in the future?
05:01The rent of the infrastructure should be such
05:05that they get the profit.
05:08Otherwise, the more profit they get, the more they go into the rent.
05:12It shouldn't be like that.
05:14If the government suddenly stops exporting and importing,
05:20then it will affect the farmers.
05:23If they tell the farmers that they are going to start or stop exporting
05:28in 15-20 days,
05:30then the farmers can reduce their profit
05:34by making progress in their storage.
05:41The government and the farmers can get a lot of profit.
05:46What we want from the government is
05:50that if the price is Rs 5,000-6,000,
05:54but everyone doesn't have onions,
05:56and when everyone gets onions,
05:58the price will not be the same,
06:00then the government should stabilize the market rate
06:04so that everyone can get a good price.
06:07I don't think it's right for someone to be hungry
06:10and someone to become rich.
06:12So, what we want from the government is
06:15that every farmer should get at least
06:20two meals a day,
06:26live in a good house,
06:28educate their children well,
06:31and not have debts.
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