S. Darshan Singh Sidhu: A lighthouse for farmers

摘要

Punjab with 1.5 per cent area of India is a major contributor of food grains to nation's food kitty. Due to contemporary challenges of diminishing operational holdings, lowering water table, declining soil fertility, rising marketing problems, decreasing labour availability, increasing costs and lack of interest in work by younger generations, farmers have been caught in a very difficult situation forcing them to commit suicides.