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Did the number of farmer suicides really halve last year? -Sayantan Bera

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published Published on Jul 23, 2015   modified Modified on Jul 23, 2015
-Livemint.com

Change of definition behind fall rather than plan for bettering lot of poor farmers, improving agricultural economy

New Delhi:
Between 2013 and 2014, the number of farmer suicides halved.

That’s what the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) which tracks farmer suicides would have us believe.

It isn’t an improvement in India’s agricultural economy or a programme aimed at bettering the lot of poor farmers that has achieved this. Instead, it is a change of definition.

India recorded 12,360 farm-related suicides in 2014—of these 6,710 were agricultural labourers and 5,650 were farmers. Previous NCRB reports—the bureau has been reporting on farm suicides since 1995—do not make the distinction between farmers and farm hands.

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