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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Agricultural workers suicides rising, but 2016 data shows overall drop in farmer suicides

Agricultural workers suicides rising, but 2016 data shows overall drop in farmer suicides

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published Published on Mar 24, 2018   modified Modified on Mar 24, 2018
-The Hindu

More agricultural workers committed suicide in 2016, but the overall number of suicides in the farm sector dipped almost 10% in comparison with the previous year, according to provisional data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) that the Agriculture Ministry shared with Parliament on Tuesday.

Overall, 11,370 people in the farming sector committed suicide in 2016, in comparison to 12,602 the previous year.

From 2014, the NCRB has been dividing the sector into farmers or cultivators, and agricultural labourers. The 2016 data shows that the plight of labourers appeared to be getting worse, with a 9% increase to 5,019 suicides in 2016 in comparison to 2015.

On the other hand, 6,351 cultivators committed suicide in 2016. That was a 20% drop from the previous year.

As this is provisional data, the NCRB has not yet published the cause of suicides. However, in his reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parshottam Rupala said that bankruptcy, indebtedness and farming-related issues were listed as the major causes of suicides in the sector for 2015. “The government is aiming to reorient the agriculture sector by focusing on an income-centeredness in addition to a pure production-centeredness approach,” he said.

Maharashtra, which saw massive farmer protests earlier this month, remained the worst affected state, with 3,661 suicides — a rate of more than 10 farmers per day.

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The Hindu, 22 March, 2018, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/agricultural-workers-suicides-rising-but-2016-data-shows-overall-drop-in-farmer-suicides/article23318180.ece


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