There is little evidence that farm loan waivers, or water, fertiliser and electricity subsidies reduce farmer suicide.

Activists punch holes in the provisional figures shared by the government saying the dip in numbers was due to a tweak in the categories.

Increased access to electricity is an infrastructure matter, but it is also a technological one -- and technology is both enabling electrif...

Center has increased the minimum support price (MSP) of pulses, oil-seeds and cotton for the 2017-18 crop year and asked states to procure ...

"A total of 12,602 persons involved in farming sector -- 8,007 farmers-cultivators and 4,595 agricultural labourers - committed suicide dur...

It is an-all India coordinated study conducted in work plan 2016-17 period by Bengaluru-based Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC...

Farmer suicides have fallen significantly over the last one decade, to less than 10% of all suicides. It remains, however, a politically em...

Terming the death of as "heart breaking", AIKS expressed sympathy with Singh's family.

He made the comments in a lighter vein at a breakfast session here on the sidelines of WEF annual meeting, when asked about farmer suicides...

A ground investigation shows the claim of eliminating farmer suicides may be nothing more than a statistical feat.

Establishing a link between climate change and mental health, the WHO has said extreme weather conditions like floods, droughts and natural...

It is time to redesign the laws governing the financial services in India, so that they allow the poor class to access the financial servic...