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Maharashtra has been the state worst affected by suicides in farming sector with over 60,000 deaths between the period from 1995 to 2013. [32]According to the National Crime Records Bureau, the states with the highest incidence of farmer suicide in 2022 were Maharashtra (4,248), Karnataka (2,392), Andhra Pradesh (917), and Tamil Nadu (728) and Madhya Pradesh (641). [33]
The list is compiled from the 2020 Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India. [1] In 2015, the top three States with highest suicide rates were Puducherry, Sikkim and Andaman and Nicobar Islands respectively, while Bihar recorded lowest suicide rates.
Kota Neelima is an Indian politician, author, researcher, political commentator and artist. Her writing, art, and academic work include a focus on the themes of rural distress, gender, farmer suicides, and the peripheries of democratic societies.
Films about farmers' suicides in India (19 P) Pages in category "Farmers who died by suicide in India" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
After the formation of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh, the Kammas of the village extended their support to it. [7] A wealthy Kamma landlord of the village, Daggubati Chenchu Ramaiah, who also happens to be one of the main accused in the Karamchedu massacre, [ 8 ] had strong connections with the TDP's founder N. T. Rama Rao (NTR).
NCRB ANSI 2002 shows on p13/19 that of all 110,417 people who committed suicide in India that year, "16.3 per cent were engaged in Farming / Agriculture activities". That means that about 18000 farmers committed suicide in 2002. From Census 2001 data, we know that there were 127.6 million self-employed farmers in India near that time.
“It should be of huge concern to every one of us that the suicide rate among male farmers is three times the national average, and the highest among any sector in the economy,” Environment ...
The NCRB data shows that 10,159 students committed suicide in 2018, an increase from 9,905 in 2017 and 9,478 in 2016. [42] A Lancet study stated that suicide death rates in India are among the highest in the world and a large proportion of adult suicide deaths occur between the ages 15 and 29. [43]