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Farm labourer commits suicide in Latur; cites unpaid loans in noteA 28-year-old farm labourer from Latur district, reportedly died by suicide. He was found hanging at his home in Ankulga Rani village after...
Farm sector suicides at 10,546 in 2024, second straight yearly decline: NCRB reportFarmer suicides saw a slight decrease in 2024. Over 10,500 individuals in the farming sector died by suicide. Maharashtra recorded the most...
Over 10,700 people involved in farming committed suicide in 2023, 38 pc from Maharashtra: NCRBOver 10,700 individuals in India's farming sector died by suicide in 2023, with Maharashtra and Karnataka reporting the highest numbers. Th...
Maharashtra sees 1,267 farmer suicides since Jan this year; Amravati division worst hitMaharashtra witnesses a concerning trend with 1,267 farmer suicides in the first half of 2022. The state leads the nation in farmer suicide...
'Dark future': Congress blames Modi govt for 9.5 lakh suicidesThe Congress also alleged that in an attempt to mask its "anti-people" policies, the government is "nakedly resorting to perpetuating divis...
Daily wagers top people in India who committed suicide in 2020: NCRB“Among the total numbers of male suicides, maximum suicides were committed by daily wage earners (33,164) followed by self-employed persons...
Many states, UTs not providing details of farmer suicides: MHA tells Rajya SabhaUnion Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said as informed by the National Crime Records Bureau, many states and UTs have reported "n...
10,349 farmers committed suicide in 2018: NCRBThe 2018 figure is less in comparison to 2016 when 11,379 farmers committed suicide, according to the agency which is responsible for colle...
Rahul Gandhi to keep spotlight on farm distress at MogaIt works well for the party in Punjab where the chief minister Amarinder Singh government is implementing debt waiver of over Rs 7,000 cror...
View: Farmer agitations reflect clout more than distressRising farmer agitations are not good indicators of distress. Rather, they reflect high returns to agitations, increasing the incentive to ...
10% drop in farm suicides, 11,000 cases in 2016: GovtActivists punch holes in the provisional figures shared by the government saying the dip in numbers was due to a tweak in the categories.
Over 12,000 farmer suicides per year, Centre tells Supreme Court"A total of 12,602 persons involved in farming sector -- 8,007 farmers-cultivators and 4,595 agricultural labourers - committed suicide dur...
Farmer suicides up 42% between 2014 & 2015Several states across the country battled severe drought in both 2014 and 2015. Some, including Maharashtra, experienced two successive yea...
Arvind Kejriwal to release farmers' manifesto at Moga on September 11Farmers' manifesto was prepared after series of dialogue with stakeholders in different districts, where farmers opined up with their woes ...
Over 12,000 suicides in farm sector in 2014: GovernmentObserving that 5,650 farmers and over 6,000 farm labourers had committed suicide, Radha Mohan Singh said the total number of suicides relat...
Farm sector suicides rise to 12,360 in 2014: GovernmentIn 2012 and 2013, total number of suicides under the profession 'self employment-farming or agriculture' were 13,754 and 11,772, respective...
5,650 farmers, 6,750 agri labourers committed suicide in 2014As many as 5,650 farmers and 6,750 agricultural labourers committed suicides in 2014, according to National Crime Records Bureau report.
Farmers committing suicide due to failed crop, not love affairs: Will 'Skill India' provide relief?On March 21 this year, Premshankar Meena hanged himself from a tree in his family’s leased field. He couldn’t take the sight of their damag...
Farmer suicides actually up if old methodology is usedA study of the data shows that farmer suicides -- if counted on the basis of victims' profession as was the case earlier — have actually in...
AAP to conduct farmers' mass contact programme in MaharashtraAAP announced that it will organise two parallel mass contact programmes for farmers and farm labourers in Marathwada and Vidarbha regions ...