Maharashtra witnesses a concerning trend with 1,267 farmer suicides in the first half of 2022. The state leads the nation in farmer suicide...

Maharashtra is witnessing one of the worst droughts, with many villagers struggling to even get drinking water.

Rising farmer agitations are not good indicators of distress. Rather, they reflect high returns to agitations, increasing the incentive to ...

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

Several states across the country battled severe drought in both 2014 and 2015. Some, including Maharashtra, experienced two successive yea...

The Maharashtra government has reported 57 cases so far in 2016 while Punjab's count stood at 56 and Andhra Pradesh's 35, the data showed.

Observing that 5,650 farmers and over 6,000 farm labourers had committed suicide, Radha Mohan Singh said the total number of suicides relat...

As many as 3,228 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra last year, highest in the last 14 years, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan S...

Prominent farm activist Kishor Tiwari has urged CM Devendra Fadnavis to ban the use of chemicals in 14 suicide prone districts of the state.

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

In next two years, state's two districts -- Yavatmal and Osmanabad would be free of farmer suicides, said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devend...

Agriculture is a state subject, Kundaria said, adding that state governments take necessary measures for development of farm sector and wel...

MoS for Agriculture Mohanbhai Kundaria said Maharashtra government has reported 724 suicides by farmers up to October 2014 due to agrarian ...

In August last year, Parliament was informed that Maharashtra saw 37 farmer suicides - highest in all states, due to agrarian reasons till ...

He quoted the data from the report on 'Accidental deaths and suicides in India' released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

"Farmers' suicide is a serious issue. But there has been decline over last few years due to improved farm income," Sharad Pawar said.

The agriculture scenario in Maharashtra, as things stand today, can hardly be termed inspiring.