557 farmers ended lives in six months this year in Maharashtra's Amravati: Govt report
5 months, 1 week 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 the report, Congress leader Balwant Wankhade, who represents the Amravati Lok Sabha seat, said Maharashtra is one of the States that records the highest number of farmer suicides and Amravati tops the State on this count. adding, “The government should fulfil its assurances of doubling the income of farmers and provide assistance to them.” Nilesh Helonde-Patil, Chairperson of Maharashtra’s Vasantrao Naik Shetkari Swavlambi Mission, 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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Unable to repay loans, farmer ends life in Telangana
18 hours, 42 minutes 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 …

Lives of farmers committing suicide more valuable than mine: Farmer leader Jagjit Dallewal
1 week, 1 day 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 …

557 farmers died by suicide in first half of 2024 in Maharashtra's Amravati division: Govt report
5 months, 1 week 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 …

Farmer suicides in Maharashtra | Ploughing through the pain
10 months, 2 weeks 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, 2 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, 4 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, 5 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 …

Watch | Why are farmers in Maharashtra taking their own lives?
1 year, 8 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
1 year, 11 months 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 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 …

Steep decline in farmers’ suicide in Telangana: Tomar
2 years, 8 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 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, 1 month 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 …

UP Farmer Dies by Suicide Near Protest Site at Delhi-Ghazipur Border
3 years, 11 months 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 …

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 …

MP farmer dies at Jyotiraditya Scindia's rally, Congress slams BJP for carrying on with speech
4 years, 2 months ago

MP farmer dies at Jyotiraditya Scindia's rally, Congress slams BJP for carrying on with speech

India Today  

A farmer reportedly died of a heart attack during a public meeting in Madhya Pradesh where BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya Scindia was scheduled to speak, officials said. "Farmer's death in BJP's rally, —speeches continued nonetheless; Today, a farmer died in BJP program, but the shameless leaders of BJP did not stop the program. "A farmer died during the BJP's …

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, 3 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, …

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