Abstract

FARMER SUICIDE IN INDIA

DR. PISAL ANITA SAMBHAJI

Volume: 4 Issue: 4 2014

Abstract:

Farmer suicide in India is the intentional ending of one's life by a person dependent on farming as their primary source of livelihood. In 2012, the National Crime Records Bureau of India reported 13,754 farmer suicides. The farmer’s suicide rate in India has ranged between 1.4 to 1.8 per 100,000 total populations, over a 10-year period through 2005 India is an agrarian country with around 60% of its people depending directly or indirectly upon agriculture. Farmer suicides account for 11.2% of all suicides in India. Activists and scholars have offered a number of conflicting reasons for farmer suicides, such as monsoon failure, high debt burdens, genetically modified crops, government policies, public mental health, personal issues and family problems.

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