Farmers walk towards a paddy field to sow saplings in the village of Visalpur, about 30 km west from Ahmedabad, in this July 24, 2007 file photo. Almost every farmer across India's arid cotton-bearing central plateau is a hostage, in one way or another, to a profitable mega-business of illegal moneylending. REUTERS/Amit Dave/Files

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