557 farmers died by suicide in first half of 2024 in Maharashtra's Amravati division: Govt report
6 months ago

557 farmers died by suicide in first half of 2024 in Maharashtra's Amravati division: Govt report

New Indian Express  

AMRAVATI: As many as 557 farmers have died by suicide in five districts under the Amravati administrative division of Maharashtra between January and June this year, an official report said. A report prepared by the Amravati divisional commissionerate said a total of 557 farmers died by suicide in the division from January to June in 2024. Reacting to the figures mentioned in the report, Congress leader Balwant Wankhade, who represents the Amravati Lok Sabha seat, said Maharashtra is one of the states that records highest number of farmer suicides and Amravati tops the state on this count. Chairperson of state government's Vasantrao Naik Shetkari Swavlambi Mission, Nilesh Helonde-Patil, said the suicide of farmers was a serious issue and efforts were on to find a solution to stop such deaths.

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Farmer attempts to end life at Shambhu border, dies at Patiala hospital
2 days, 1 hour ago

Farmer attempts to end life at Shambhu border, dies at Patiala hospital

The Hindu  

A 55-year-old farmer protesting at the Shambhu border allegedly committed suicide on Thursday by consuming a poisonous substance, farmer leaders said, the second such incident at the agitation site within three weeks. Resham Singh, who was from Pahuwind in Tarn Taran district, took the extreme step at the Shambhu border point between Punjab and Haryana where farmers have been protesting …

Unable to repay loans, farmer ends life in Telangana
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Unable to repay loans, farmer ends life in Telangana

New Indian Express  

MAHABUBABAD: Allegedly unable to bear the pressure of mounting debts, a 38-year-old farmer died by suicide in Seerole mandal on Sunday. Police said the victim, Thejavath Sreenu, a resident of Sakaram Naik Thanda, consumed pesticide at his agricultural field the evening before. Facing crop losses and struggling to repay the loans, Sreenu became increasingly distressed. Seerole Sub-inspector Ch Nagesh stated …

Farmer who attempted suicide at Shambhu border dies at Patiala hospital: Report
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Farmer who attempted suicide at Shambhu border dies at Patiala hospital: Report

Hindustan Times  

A 57-year-old farmer, who allegedly attempted suicide at the Shambhu border during the farmers' protest on December 14, died at the Government Rajindra Hospital on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI. Ranjodh Singh reportedly took his own life as he was troubled by the deteriorating health of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal. Ranjodh Singh, who hails from Ratanheri village in Ludhiana …

Lives of farmers committing suicide more valuable than mine: Farmer leader Jagjit Dallewal
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Lives of farmers committing suicide more valuable than mine: Farmer leader Jagjit Dallewal

Hindustan Times  

Veteran farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose fast-unto-death entered the 19th day on Saturday, said the lives of those farmers, who are committing suicide because of the “wrong policies of governments”, is more valuable than his. Veteran farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal being helped to the media interaction on Saturday. I appeal to the Supreme Court to pressure the government …

Punjab farmer, distressed over large debt and unsold paddy, dies by suicide
2 months ago

Punjab farmer, distressed over large debt and unsold paddy, dies by suicide

India Today  

A Punjab farmer, Jaswinder Singh, died by suicide after financial distress from unsold paddy and a debt of approximately Rs 5 lakh. Punjab Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak claimed in a press conference on Wednesday that the procurement process is smooth, with 105 lakh MT of paddy procured and more than 22,000 crore rupees credited to farmers. Jakhar stated, "The news …

557 farmers ended lives in six months this year in Maharashtra's Amravati: Govt report
6 months ago

557 farmers ended lives in six months this year in Maharashtra's Amravati: Govt report

The Hindu  

As many as 557 farmers have died by suicide in five districts under the Amravati administrative division of Maharashtra between January and June this year, an official report said. A report prepared by the Amravati divisional commissionerate said 557 farmers ended their lives in the division from January to June this year. ‘Serious issue’ Reacting to the figures mentioned in …

Farmer suicides in Maharashtra | Ploughing through the pain
11 months ago

Farmer suicides in Maharashtra | Ploughing through the pain

The Hindu  

Trigger warning: the following article has references to suicide. Data, debt, death Veteran journalist and author P. Sainath, who runs the media website, People’s Archive of Rural India, says the number of farmer suicides could be significantly understated. Last year, a ‘classified’ report compiled by Sunil Kendrekar, the then Divisional Commissioner of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, found that about one lakh farmers …

Karnataka: 1,219 farmers dies by suicide in 18 months due to crop loss caused by drought
1 year, 3 months ago

Karnataka: 1,219 farmers dies by suicide in 18 months due to crop loss caused by drought

India TV News  

In yet another tragic incident, a farmer in Karnataka’s Chikkamagaluru district took his own life on Monday. Farmer had a loan of Rs 3 lakh According to the police, Naik, was residing in Lingadahalli, Kadur taluk. 1,219 farmers have committed suicide According to officials, in Karnataka, a total of 1,219 farmers have lost their lives in the past 18 months …

Maha's Marathwada Sees 483 Farmer Suicides Between Jan 1 and June 30 This Year; Beed Tops List
1 year, 5 months ago

Maha's Marathwada Sees 483 Farmer Suicides Between Jan 1 and June 30 This Year; Beed Tops List

News 18  

A total of 483 farmers have committed suicide in the first six months of this year in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, including a high of 92 deaths in June, a state revenue department official said on Monday. Beed district accounted for 128 of the 483 deaths, followed by 90 in Osmanabad and 89 in Nanded, as per a report from the …

Farmer's Suicide Note Leads to Controversy
1 year, 6 months ago

Farmer's Suicide Note Leads to Controversy

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: A farmer's suicide note blaming Chief Minister Y.S. The farmer, Subba Reddy, from Tudumulapalli in Khazipet mandal of Kadapa district consumed pesticide in his fields on outskirts of the village on Thursday night and died. With Subba Reddy leaving a suicide note holding CM responsible for his death, the area revenue divisional officer released a statement saying the farmer …

Climate change is causing increase in farmer suicides in India
1 year, 8 months ago

Climate change is causing increase in farmer suicides in India

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Climate change is making agriculture an extremely risky, potentially dangerous and loss-making endeavour for farmers, and it’s increasing their …

Watch | Why are farmers in Maharashtra taking their own lives?
1 year, 9 months ago

Watch | Why are farmers in Maharashtra taking their own lives?

The Hindu  

Watch | Why are farmers in Maharashtra taking their own lives? On an average, eight farmers end their lives every day in the State as they are unable to repay the loans taken from private money lenders and banks due to crop loss and falling crop prices. According to the data provided by the Maharashtra government, 1,023 farmers have ended …

Farm suicides have come down, says Shobha Karandlaje
1 year, 9 months ago

Farm suicides have come down, says Shobha Karandlaje

The Hindu  

The number of farmers suicides has come down after the BJP came to power at the Centre and in the State, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje said on Sunday. Addressing a rally of farmers and women in Raibag in Belagavi district, she said that farmers suicides reached a peak during the Congress regime. “The …

Take more steps to prevent farmer suicides, Revanth to KCR
2 years ago

Take more steps to prevent farmer suicides, Revanth to KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Alleging that 7,069 farmers had committed suicide in the state since 2014, TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday demanded that tenant farmers be given due recognition in all government schemes as almost 80 percent of those who ended their lives were from this category. In an open letter addressed to Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, the Congress leader …

Farmer suicides in Telangana drop drastically
2 years, 1 month ago

Farmer suicides in Telangana drop drastically

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The number of farmers and cultivators committing suicide in Telangana fell by about 59 per cent from 2017 till 2021, but the state still accounted for over 10 per cent of such incidents nationwide during that period, the Centre said on Friday. Presenting the data to Parliament, the Union agriculture and farmers welfare ministry said that from 2017 till …

122 Farmers' Suicides in West Bengal District, RTI Query Reveals; Mismatch in State Data Given to NCRB
2 years, 3 months ago

122 Farmers' Suicides in West Bengal District, RTI Query Reveals; Mismatch in State Data Given to NCRB

News 18  

A West Bengal district, Paschim Midnapore, alone reported 122 farm-related suicides officially last year, according to data revealed by the state government in response to an RTI query. However, the same year, the National Crime Records Bureau data stated that West Bengal reported “zero suicides of farmers/cultivators as well as agricultural labourers”. Information provided by the Bengal government to the …

Steep decline in farmers’ suicide in Telangana: Tomar
2 years, 9 months ago

Steep decline in farmers’ suicide in Telangana: Tomar

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Centre on Tuesday informed Parliament that farmers' suicides in Telangana witnessed a steep decline since 2015. Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar gave a written reply in Lok Sabha to this effect to the question raised by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president and MP A. Revanth Reddy. Revanth Reddy sought to know the details of the number of …

Vidarbha continues to record higher farmer suicides
2 years, 11 months ago

Vidarbha continues to record higher farmer suicides

The Hindu  

January 22, 2022 09:21 pm | Updated 09:21 pm IST - Mumbai Maharashtra recorded 2,489 farmer suicides from January 1 to November 30, 2021, and 2,547 farmer suicides in 2020, with over 50% deaths coming from the State’s Vidarbha region during both years. According to the information obtained by activist Jitendra Ghadge, after an application filed under the Right to …

The human cost of India’s yearlong farmers’ protest
3 years, 1 month ago

The human cost of India’s yearlong farmers’ protest

Al Jazeera  

Farmers’ unions say at least nine farmers died by suicide among a total of nearly 700 deaths, leaving families distraught and in debt. Fatehgarh Sahib, India – On the morning of November 10, the tall body of Gurpreet Singh was found hanging from a tree at Singhu outside Indian capital New Delhi, where thousands of farmers have been camping for …

Hit by fertilizer shortage, farmer ends life in M.P.
3 years, 2 months ago

Hit by fertilizer shortage, farmer ends life in M.P.

The Hindu  

Amid acute shortage of fertilizers during the sowing of rabi crops, a 44-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh. For the past 10-15 days he was visiting fertilizer distribution centres but in vain, the deceased’s younger brother and nephew told media persons. Ever since the crisis, news and photographs of farmers sleeping outside the fertilizer distribution centres and women …

Suicides among farm workers rose 18% in 2020
3 years, 2 months ago

Suicides among farm workers rose 18% in 2020

The Hindu  

The number of agricultural labourers who died by suicide in 2020 was 18% higher than the previous year, according to the National Crime Records Bureau report released on Thursday. Overall, 10,677 people engaged in the farm sector died by suicide in 2020, slightly higher than the 10,281 who died in 2019. In Maharashtra The worst among States continues to be …

UP Farmer Dies by Suicide Near Protest Site at Delhi-Ghazipur Border
4 years ago

UP Farmer Dies by Suicide Near Protest Site at Delhi-Ghazipur Border

News 18  

While farmers continued their agitation against the Centre’s farm reform bills amid freezing temperatures in Delhi and adjoining areas, a middle-aged farmer allegedly died by suicide after he hanged himself in a toilet near the protest site at Ghazipur border. Expressing grief over the incident, Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said such incidents are taking place because the government …

Dozens die during India farmers’ protests; Modi offers more talks
4 years ago

Dozens die during India farmers’ protests; Modi offers more talks

Al Jazeera  

Police say at least 25 protesters have died in three weeks as the prime minister offers to ‘very humbly’ hold further talks to break the impasse. At least 25 people have died, several of them due to the biting cold weather, during the three-week protest by farmers on the Indian capital’s borders, police said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers …

Crops Washed Away by Heavy Rains, Maharashtra Farmer Dies by Suicide in Marathwada Region
4 years, 2 months ago

Crops Washed Away by Heavy Rains, Maharashtra Farmer Dies by Suicide in Marathwada Region

News 18  

Aurangabad: A 30-year-old farmer allegedly died by suicide by hanging himself in Marathwada region of Maharashtra on Friday, after his crop got washed away due to recent heavy rains, a police official said. "A suicide note was recovered from the spot, which said that he was taking the extreme steps as his soybean crop got washed away due to heavy …

Many States, UTs Not Providing Details of Farmer Suicides: MHA Tells Rajya Sabha
4 years, 3 months ago

Many States, UTs Not Providing Details of Farmer Suicides: MHA Tells Rajya Sabha

News 18  

The government on Monday said many states and Union Territories have not provided details of farmer suicides and hence, the national data on the causes of suicide in the farming sector is "untenable" and cannot be published. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said as informed by the National Crime Records Bureau, many states and UTs have …

Suicide In India: 381 Suicides Reported Daily in 2019 on Average
4 years, 4 months ago

Suicide In India: 381 Suicides Reported Daily in 2019 on Average

The Quint  

A majority of the suicides were reported in Maharashtra, followed by Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka accounting for 13.6 percent, 9.7 percent, 9.1 percent, 9.0 per cent and 8.1 percent of total suicides, respectively. These five states together accounted for 49.5 percent of the total suicides reported in the country. Drug abuse, marriage related issues, love affairs, …

The geography of farmer suicides
4 years, 11 months ago

The geography of farmer suicides

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The ultimate sign of distress is suicide. However, new data and research suggest that farmer suicides may not have increased in recent years and may have more complex causes than falling incomes or rising indebtedness. According to the 2018 National Crime Records Bureau data, the rate of farmer suicides in India has decreased over the last few years. …

10,349 farmers committed suicide in 2018: NCRB
5 years ago

10,349 farmers committed suicide in 2018: NCRB

India TV News  

At least 10,349 people working in the farm sector ended their lives in 2018, accounting for 7.7 per cent of the total number of suicides in the country which was 1,34,516, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. "West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Goa, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep and Puducherry reported zero suicides of farmers/cultivators as well …

10,349 suicides in farming sector in 2018, reveals NCRB report
5 years ago

10,349 suicides in farming sector in 2018, reveals NCRB report

India TV News  

A total of 10,349 people involved in the farming sector, including 5,763 farmers or cultivators, committed suicide in 2018, the National Crime Records Bureau 's report on 'Crime in India-2018' reveals. As per the latest data, of the 10,349 persons, who committed suicide in 2018, 4,586 were agricultural labourers. The number of suicides in the farming sector in 2018 accounted …

Farmer suicide rate sees marginal decline in 2018, concerns remain
5 years ago

Farmer suicide rate sees marginal decline in 2018, concerns remain

Live Mint  

A total of 10,349 farmers and agricultural labourers committed suicide in 2018, a marginal dip from the 10,655 cases in the year before, home ministry data showed. According to National Crime Records Bureau data on accidental deaths and suicides, 5,763 farmers/cultivators and 4,586 agricultural labourers committed suicide in 2018. The suicide rate in the deeply stressed agrarian sector accounted for …

Maharashtra: As rain ruins crops, ten farmers end life in Marathwada
5 years, 2 months ago

Maharashtra: As rain ruins crops, ten farmers end life in Marathwada

India TV News  

At least ten cases of farmer suicides were reported from Marathwada region of Maharashtra in the last four days as unseasonal rains damaged crops, officials said on Tuesday. In Beed district, two farmers committed suicide in the last three days, said a senior district official. In Latur district, three incidents of farmer suicides were reported, with crop loss caused by …

In Maharashtra's Vidarbha, voters choose livelihood over nationalism and Article 370, elect activist over 10-year MLA
5 years, 2 months ago

In Maharashtra's Vidarbha, voters choose livelihood over nationalism and Article 370, elect activist over 10-year MLA

Firstpost  

It was a classic case of David versus Goliath. “We had 48,000 hectares of orange orchards in our constituency,” said Bhuyar, member of Raju Shetty’s Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghtana, in a telephonic interview. And he was unable to save that in spite of being a minister for the past five years.” Bhuyar said he didn’t deviate from local issues throughout the …

Priyanka Gandhi slams Uttar Pradesh government over farm suicides
5 years, 5 months ago

Priyanka Gandhi slams Uttar Pradesh government over farm suicides

India TV News  

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday hit out at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over issues being faced by farmers and questioned the efficacy of farm and loan waiver schemes. Priyanka Gandhi cited a media report which said that five farmers have committed suicide in as many days in Bundelkhand's Banda. What kind of farm policy and …

Rajasthan Farmer Commits Suicide; Blames CM Gehlot, Pilot Of Not Fulfilling Loan Waiver Promise
5 years, 6 months ago

Rajasthan Farmer Commits Suicide; Blames CM Gehlot, Pilot Of Not Fulfilling Loan Waiver Promise

ABP News  

NEW DELHI: A farmer allegedly committed suicide in Thakri village in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district on Sunday. The 45-year-old farmer left behind a note apparently written by him in which he accused newly elected Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot of not fulfilling its pre-poll promise of waiving bank loans. Sharing details regarding the incident, Sub Divisional Magistrate Sandeep Kakkar …

Over 12,000 Maharashtra farmers committed suicide in 3 years: Government
5 years, 6 months ago

Over 12,000 Maharashtra farmers committed suicide in 3 years: Government

India Today  

More than 12,000 farmers have committed suicide in Maharashtra between 2015 and 2018, the Legislative Assembly was informed on Friday. Out of the total 12,021 farmer suicides during the three-year period, 6,888 cases were found to be eligible for government aid after scrutiny by district-level committees, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Subhash Deshmukh told the House in a written reply. Between …

LS polls: PM Modi's acche din claims are great but what about data on jobs, farmers' suicide & crime?
5 years, 8 months ago

LS polls: PM Modi's acche din claims are great but what about data on jobs, farmers' suicide & crime?

India Today  

India is in the middle of an election season and like any other election, numbers are flying thick and fast in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls too. The BJP's manifesto for 2019 Lok Sabha election claims India is close to achieving 99 per cent sanitation in comparison to 38 per in 2014; all villages in India have been electrified and …

Ministry of Home Affairs delays farmers' suicide data for 2016
5 years, 10 months ago

Ministry of Home Affairs delays farmers' suicide data for 2016

India Today  

After several delays for more than two years, a crucial indicator which exposes farm distress in the country, the Accidental Deaths and Suicide in India - 2016 has still not seen the light of day. The National Crime Records Bureau -- the government body responsible for collation of the data -- had earlier said that the ADSI report's release was …

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