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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 88% of Over 9,000 Punjab Farmers Who Died by Suicide in 18 Years Were Debt-Ridden: Study -Vivek Gupta

88% of Over 9,000 Punjab Farmers Who Died by Suicide in 18 Years Were Debt-Ridden: Study -Vivek Gupta

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published Published on Jun 21, 2022   modified Modified on Jun 29, 2022

-TheWire.in

The Panjab Agriculture University study examined deaths by suicide among farmers between 2000 and 2018 in six districts of the state.

Chandigarh: As many as 9,291 farmers died by suicide between 2000 and 2018 in six districts of Punjab, a Panjab Agriculture University (PAU) study published in the latest edition of Economic and Political Weekly has revealed.

The districts surveyed were Sangrur, Bathinda, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga and Barnala.

Heavy debt – most incurred against loans from non-institutional sources – was stated as the prime driving factor in 88% of these cases, the study has found.

Marginal and small farmers were the chief victims – 77% of farmers who died by suicide owned fewer than two hectares of land, the study said.

The field survey also revealed that around 93% of the affected households were of those where one death by suicide had occurred. In 7% of the families, there were two or more cases of suicides. 92% of total deaths by suicide were by men.

According to the study, the number of debt-related suicide cases was the highest (515) in 2015. Cotton crop had failed that year.

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TheWire.in, 21 June, 2022, https://thewire.in/agriculture/farmer-suicides-punjab


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