Farmers' debts waived in Indian state of Maharashtra

A million farmers in the state of Maharashtra in western India are having their debts waived this week.

The state has high levels of cases of farmers committing suicide, often linked to money troubles.

Our India correspondent Rebecca Bundhun reports

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