Year after year, the Vidarbha region in Maharashtra finds itself at the center of grim headlines—farmer suicides, failed harvests, and cries for separate statehood. Yet few pause to ask why a region blessed with fertile black soil and ample monsoon rainfall continues to wallow in agricultural

This report was originally intended to be part of our subscriber-only Bharat Pulse Plus Edition, where we typically publish classified insight, in-depth defense analyses, and exclusive investigations behind a paywall to support independent journalism. However, the gravity of what has been uncovered, the questions it raises about regional stability, and the overwhelming