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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Assam records 500 poverty-driven deaths -Pranjal Baruah

Assam records 500 poverty-driven deaths -Pranjal Baruah

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published Published on Feb 4, 2013   modified Modified on Feb 4, 2013
-The Times of India

GUWAHATI: Despite the state government stressing on economic development of rural areas and hailing its achievements on this front from time to time, over 500 cases of poverty-driven suicides were recorded in the state between 2009 and 2011.

The records, compiled in the Statistical Year Book of India 2013 by the Union ministry of statistics and programme implementation earlier in January, revealed that the state recorded a constant rise in suicides due to poverty during these three years.

 "In 2009, 141 people committed suicide due to poverty. In the following year, the number went up to 159. In 2011, a total of 268 people killed themselves due to the same reason. A total of 568 such deaths were recorded in these three years," said the official report.

The total number of poverty-driven suicides across the country stood at 2,987, 3,047 and 2,282 for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively.

A senior Congress leader of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee, while refusing to comment on the figures, said, "It's a very serious matter and we need to cross check all the figures first and then can react on the findings."

The state government had earlier targeted an economic growth of around nine per cent during the 12th Plan period.

Besides, cases of suicides due to unemployment in the state are also a cause for concern. "At least 181 people have committed suicide due to unemployment in Assam in these three years. In 2009, the figure was 82 but it came down to 41 in 2011," added the report.

Meanwhile, from 2009 to 2011, the state also witnessed 44 deaths due to sudden change in economic status or bankruptcy.

Immediately after the release of the figures, opposition parties AGP and BJP reacted saying the figures are going to be an eye-opener for rural people ahead the panchayat polls.

"During the Congress's reign, the state's growth in per capita income ranked 30th in the country. Moreover, the state government is yet to utilize over 70 per cent of the funds allotted under various schemes of rural development in this fiscal," said AGP publicity secretary Manoj Saikia.

The BJP state unit, too, slammed the Congress. The saffron party's new president, Sarbananda Sonowal, during a public rally on Sunday in Sonitpur district, said, "Though the panchayati raj system is for rural development, during the last 11 years, Congress is only indulged in corruption only."

The Times of India, 22 January, 2013, http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-22/guwahati/36484176_1_assam-records-change-in-economic-status-suicides


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