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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;First, existing studies have analysed the intensity of farmer suicides in isolation, i.e. without comparing farmer suicides with those by other professionals.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Farmer suicides have always been a highly debated issue in the public discourse on agriculture sector performance in India. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, 3,58,164 people engaged in the farming profession have committed suicide in India from 1995 to 2019. Though these numbers are of concern, the existing narratives on farmer suicides border predominantly on the sensational and ignore alternative viewpoints. To be specific, three significant gaps exist in our understanding of farmer suicides.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;First, existing studies have analysed the intensity of farmer suicides in isolation, i.e. without comparing farmer suicides with those by other professionals. Second, all the current analyses assume that the NCRB database on Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India captures only suicides by farmers. The fact is this database includes suicides committed by both farmers/cultivators and agricultural labourers. As per NCRB definition, farmers are &amp;ldquo;those who cultivate on their own land as well as those who cultivate on leased land/other&amp;rsquo;s land with or without the assistance of agricultural labourers&amp;rdquo;. Agricultural labourers are those who &amp;ldquo;primarily work in the farming sector (agriculture/horticulture) whose main source of income is from agriculture labour activities&amp;rdquo;. Hence, the usage of the term &amp;ldquo;farmer suicides&amp;rdquo; is a misnomer. An appropriate word to describe the suicides of both farmers and agricultural labourers would be agrarian suicides.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Third, it would be misleading to compare agrarian suicides to those among other occupational groups using absolute numbers since a substantial part of the Indian workforce is involved in agriculture. A way out is to measure suicides on a per 1,00,000 people basis, called suicide rate. To calculate the agrarian suicide rate, the existing studies consider the working population within the agriculture sector in the denominator. However, for computing the suicide rate for the general population, they consider the entire population in the denominator instead of the working non-farming population. This amounts to comparing apples and oranges.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In the updated version of my recent work, I examine the intensity of agrarian suicides in India by addressing the gaps mentioned above in the previous analyses. The study covers a 25-year period from 1995 to 2019 and 17 major states, contributing to 98.53% of India&amp;rsquo;s agricultural Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).The results are revealing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Composition and growth: During 1995-2019, among the 12 professional categories covered in the NCRB database, suicides committed by housewives constituted the most significant proportion (19.05%) of the total reported in the study, followed by other self-employed persons (14.16%), persons engaged in other professions (15.92%) and persons involved in farming activities (12.53%). Thus, the farming profession was only the fourth largest contributor to the overall suicides committed in India. Those working in public sector undertakings (2.07%), government service (1.58%), and retired persons (0.79%) were least vulnerable to suicide since 1995.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;More importantly, agrarian suicides recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.37% during 1995-2019. In contrast, suicide deaths among non-agricultural occupational groups taken together grew at 2.09% during the same period. The only other professional categories experiencing a negative CAGR in suicides are self-employed (others) (-4.18%) and government service (-1.14%). Suicides among &amp;ldquo;other&amp;rdquo; professions category grew at the highest rate of 3.52% between 1995 and 2019, followed by self-employed business activity (3.17%), students (2.90%), retired persons (1.55%), unemployed people (1.34%), and others.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Third, it would be misleading to compare agrarian suicides to those among other occupational groups using absolute numbers since a substantial part of the Indian workforce is involved in agriculture. A way out is to measure suicides on a per 1,00,000 people basis, called suicide rate. To calculate the agrarian suicide rate, the existing studies consider the working population within the agriculture sector in the denominator. However, for computing the suicide rate for the general population, they consider the entire population in the denominator instead of the working non-farming population. This amounts to comparing apples and oranges.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In the updated version of my recent work, I examine the intensity of agrarian suicides in India by addressing the gaps mentioned above in the previous analyses. The study covers a 25-year period from 1995 to 2019 and 17 major states, contributing to 98.53% of India&amp;rsquo;s agricultural Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).The results are revealing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Composition and growth: During 1995-2019, among the 12 professional categories covered in the NCRB database, suicides committed by housewives constituted the most significant proportion (19.05%) of the total reported in the study, followed by other self-employed persons (14.16%), persons engaged in other professions (15.92%) and persons involved in farming activities (12.53%). Thus, the farming profession was only the fourth largest contributor to the overall suicides committed in India. Those working in public sector undertakings (2.07%), government service (1.58%), and retired persons (0.79%) were least vulnerable to suicide since 1995.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;More importantly, agrarian suicides recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.37% during 1995-2019. In contrast, suicide deaths among non-agricultural occupational groups taken together grew at 2.09% during the same period. The only other professional categories experiencing a negative CAGR in suicides are self-employed (others) (-4.18%) and government service (-1.14%). Suicides among &amp;ldquo;other&amp;rdquo; professions category grew at the highest rate of 3.52% between 1995 and 2019, followed by self-employed business activity (3.17%), students (2.90%), retired persons (1.55%), unemployed people (1.34%), and others.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2022/apr/08/rethinking-agrarian-suicides-in-india-2439320.html?fbclid=IwAR35Nk5-neO21x7tFjJdVlDhdW4THAZGxzqQLEnc0YDFc9ZyCE0oVr1KSGk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Farmer suicides have always been a highly debated issue in the public discourse on agriculture sector performance in India. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, 3,58,164 people engaged in the farming profession have committed suicide in India from 1995 to 2019. Though these numbers are of concern, the existing narratives on farmer suicides border predominantly on the sensational and ignore alternative viewpoints. To be specific, three significant gaps exist in our understanding of farmer suicides.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;First, existing studies have analysed the intensity of farmer suicides in isolation, i.e. without comparing farmer suicides with those by other professionals. Second, all the current analyses assume that the NCRB database on Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India captures only suicides by farmers. The fact is this database includes suicides committed by both farmers/cultivators and agricultural labourers. As per NCRB definition, farmers are &amp;ldquo;those who cultivate on their own land as well as those who cultivate on leased land/other&amp;rsquo;s land with or without the assistance of agricultural labourers&amp;rdquo;. Agricultural labourers are those who &amp;ldquo;primarily work in the farming sector (agriculture/horticulture) whose main source of income is from agriculture labour activities&amp;rdquo;. Hence, the usage of the term &amp;ldquo;farmer suicides&amp;rdquo; is a misnomer. An appropriate word to describe the suicides of both farmers and agricultural labourers would be agrarian suicides.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Third, it would be misleading to compare agrarian suicides to those among other occupational groups using absolute numbers since a substantial part of the Indian workforce is involved in agriculture. A way out is to measure suicides on a per 1,00,000 people basis, called suicide rate. To calculate the agrarian suicide rate, the existing studies consider the working population within the agriculture sector in the denominator. However, for computing the suicide rate for the general population, they consider the entire population in the denominator instead of the working non-farming population. This amounts to comparing apples and oranges.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In the updated version of my recent work, I examine the intensity of agrarian suicides in India by addressing the gaps mentioned above in the previous analyses. The study covers a 25-year period from 1995 to 2019 and 17 major states, contributing to 98.53% of India&amp;rsquo;s agricultural Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).The results are revealing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Composition and growth: During 1995-2019, among the 12 professional categories covered in the NCRB database, suicides committed by housewives constituted the most significant proportion (19.05%) of the total reported in the study, followed by other self-employed persons (14.16%), persons engaged in other professions (15.92%) and persons involved in farming activities (12.53%). Thus, the farming profession was only the fourth largest contributor to the overall suicides committed in India. Those working in public sector undertakings (2.07%), government service (1.58%), and retired persons (0.79%) were least vulnerable to suicide since 1995.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;More importantly, agrarian suicides recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.37% during 1995-2019. In contrast, suicide deaths among non-agricultural occupational groups taken together grew at 2.09% during the same period. The only other professional categories experiencing a negative CAGR in suicides are self-employed (others) (-4.18%) and government service (-1.14%). Suicides among &amp;ldquo;other&amp;rdquo; professions category grew at the highest rate of 3.52% between 1995 and 2019, followed by self-employed business activity (3.17%), students (2.90%), retired persons (1.55%), unemployed people (1.34%), and others.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2022/apr/08/rethinking-agrarian-suicides-in-india-2439320.html?fbclid=IwAR35Nk5-neO21x7tFjJdVlDhdW4THAZGxzqQLEnc0YDFc9ZyCE0oVr1KSGk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;-The New Indian Express&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;First, existing studies have analysed the intensity of farmer suicides in isolation, i.e. without comparing farmer suicides with those by other professionals.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Farmer suicides have always been a highly debated issue in the public discourse on agriculture sector performance in India. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, 3,58,164 people engaged in the farming profession have committed suicide in India from 1995 to 2019. Though these numbers are of concern, the existing narratives on farmer suicides border predominantly on the sensational and ignore alternative viewpoints. To be specific, three significant gaps exist in our understanding of farmer suicides.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;First, existing studies have analysed the intensity of farmer suicides in isolation, i.e. without comparing farmer suicides with those by other professionals. Second, all the current analyses assume that the NCRB database on Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India captures only suicides by farmers. The fact is this database includes suicides committed by both farmers/cultivators and agricultural labourers. As per NCRB definition, farmers are &amp;ldquo;those who cultivate on their own land as well as those who cultivate on leased land/other&amp;rsquo;s land with or without the assistance of agricultural labourers&amp;rdquo;. Agricultural labourers are those who &amp;ldquo;primarily work in the farming sector (agriculture/horticulture) whose main source of income is from agriculture labour activities&amp;rdquo;. Hence, the usage of the term &amp;ldquo;farmer suicides&amp;rdquo; is a misnomer. An appropriate word to describe the suicides of both farmers and agricultural labourers would be agrarian suicides.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Third, it would be misleading to compare agrarian suicides to those among other occupational groups using absolute numbers since a substantial part of the Indian workforce is involved in agriculture. A way out is to measure suicides on a per 1,00,000 people basis, called suicide rate. To calculate the agrarian suicide rate, the existing studies consider the working population within the agriculture sector in the denominator. However, for computing the suicide rate for the general population, they consider the entire population in the denominator instead of the working non-farming population. This amounts to comparing apples and oranges.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In the updated version of my recent work, I examine the intensity of agrarian suicides in India by addressing the gaps mentioned above in the previous analyses. The study covers a 25-year period from 1995 to 2019 and 17 major states, contributing to 98.53% of India&amp;rsquo;s agricultural Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).The results are revealing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Composition and growth: During 1995-2019, among the 12 professional categories covered in the NCRB database, suicides committed by housewives constituted the most significant proportion (19.05%) of the total reported in the study, followed by other self-employed persons (14.16%), persons engaged in other professions (15.92%) and persons involved in farming activities (12.53%). Thus, the farming profession was only the fourth largest contributor to the overall suicides committed in India. Those working in public sector undertakings (2.07%), government service (1.58%), and retired persons (0.79%) were least vulnerable to suicide since 1995.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;More importantly, agrarian suicides recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.37% during 1995-2019. In contrast, suicide deaths among non-agricultural occupational groups taken together grew at 2.09% during the same period. The only other professional categories experiencing a negative CAGR in suicides are self-employed (others) (-4.18%) and government service (-1.14%). 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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;First, existing studies have analysed the intensity of farmer suicides in isolation, i.e. without comparing farmer suicides with those by other professionals.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Farmer suicides have always been a highly debated issue in the public discourse on agriculture sector performance in India. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, 3,58,164 people engaged in the farming profession have committed suicide in India from 1995 to 2019. Though these numbers are of concern, the existing narratives on farmer suicides border predominantly on the sensational and ignore alternative viewpoints. To be specific, three significant gaps exist in our understanding of farmer suicides.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;First, existing studies have analysed the intensity of farmer suicides in isolation, i.e. without comparing farmer suicides with those by other professionals. Second, all the current analyses assume that the NCRB database on Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India captures only suicides by farmers. The fact is this database includes suicides committed by both farmers/cultivators and agricultural labourers. As per NCRB definition, farmers are &amp;ldquo;those who cultivate on their own land as well as those who cultivate on leased land/other&amp;rsquo;s land with or without the assistance of agricultural labourers&amp;rdquo;. Agricultural labourers are those who &amp;ldquo;primarily work in the farming sector (agriculture/horticulture) whose main source of income is from agriculture labour activities&amp;rdquo;. Hence, the usage of the term &amp;ldquo;farmer suicides&amp;rdquo; is a misnomer. An appropriate word to describe the suicides of both farmers and agricultural labourers would be agrarian suicides.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Third, it would be misleading to compare agrarian suicides to those among other occupational groups using absolute numbers since a substantial part of the Indian workforce is involved in agriculture. A way out is to measure suicides on a per 1,00,000 people basis, called suicide rate. To calculate the agrarian suicide rate, the existing studies consider the working population within the agriculture sector in the denominator. However, for computing the suicide rate for the general population, they consider the entire population in the denominator instead of the working non-farming population. This amounts to comparing apples and oranges.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In the updated version of my recent work, I examine the intensity of agrarian suicides in India by addressing the gaps mentioned above in the previous analyses. The study covers a 25-year period from 1995 to 2019 and 17 major states, contributing to 98.53% of India&amp;rsquo;s agricultural Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).The results are revealing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Composition and growth: During 1995-2019, among the 12 professional categories covered in the NCRB database, suicides committed by housewives constituted the most significant proportion (19.05%) of the total reported in the study, followed by other self-employed persons (14.16%), persons engaged in other professions (15.92%) and persons involved in farming activities (12.53%). Thus, the farming profession was only the fourth largest contributor to the overall suicides committed in India. Those working in public sector undertakings (2.07%), government service (1.58%), and retired persons (0.79%) were least vulnerable to suicide since 1995.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;More importantly, agrarian suicides recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.37% during 1995-2019. In contrast, suicide deaths among non-agricultural occupational groups taken together grew at 2.09% during the same period. The only other professional categories experiencing a negative CAGR in suicides are self-employed (others) (-4.18%) and government service (-1.14%). Suicides among &amp;ldquo;other&amp;rdquo; professions category grew at the highest rate of 3.52% between 1995 and 2019, followed by self-employed business activity (3.17%), students (2.90%), retired persons (1.55%), unemployed people (1.34%), and others.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2022/apr/08/rethinking-agrarian-suicides-in-india-2439320.html?fbclid=IwAR35Nk5-neO21x7tFjJdVlDhdW4THAZGxzqQLEnc0YDFc9ZyCE0oVr1KSGk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Third, it would be misleading to compare agrarian suicides to those among other occupational groups using absolute numbers since a substantial part of the Indian workforce is involved in agriculture. A way out is to measure suicides on a per 1,00,000 people basis, called suicide rate. To calculate the agrarian suicide rate, the existing studies consider the working population within the agriculture sector in the denominator. However, for computing the suicide rate for the general population, they consider the entire population in the denominator instead of the working non-farming population. This amounts to comparing apples and oranges.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;More importantly, agrarian suicides recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.37% during 1995-2019. In contrast, suicide deaths among non-agricultural occupational groups taken together grew at 2.09% during the same period. The only other professional categories experiencing a negative CAGR in suicides are self-employed (others) (-4.18%) and government service (-1.14%). Suicides among &amp;ldquo;other&amp;rdquo; professions category grew at the highest rate of 3.52% between 1995 and 2019, followed by self-employed business activity (3.17%), students (2.90%), retired persons (1.55%), unemployed people (1.34%), and others.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Third, it would be misleading to compare agrarian suicides to those among other occupational groups using absolute numbers since a substantial part of the Indian workforce is involved in agriculture. A way out is to measure suicides on a per 1,00,000 people basis, called suicide rate. To calculate the agrarian suicide rate, the existing studies consider the working population within the agriculture sector in the denominator. However, for computing the suicide rate for the general population, they consider the entire population in the denominator instead of the working non-farming population. This amounts to comparing apples and oranges.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In the updated version of my recent work, I examine the intensity of agrarian suicides in India by addressing the gaps mentioned above in the previous analyses. The study covers a 25-year period from 1995 to 2019 and 17 major states, contributing to 98.53% of India&amp;rsquo;s agricultural Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).The results are revealing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Composition and growth: During 1995-2019, among the 12 professional categories covered in the NCRB database, suicides committed by housewives constituted the most significant proportion (19.05%) of the total reported in the study, followed by other self-employed persons (14.16%), persons engaged in other professions (15.92%) and persons involved in farming activities (12.53%). Thus, the farming profession was only the fourth largest contributor to the overall suicides committed in India. Those working in public sector undertakings (2.07%), government service (1.58%), and retired persons (0.79%) were least vulnerable to suicide since 1995.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;More importantly, agrarian suicides recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.37% during 1995-2019. In contrast, suicide deaths among non-agricultural occupational groups taken together grew at 2.09% during the same period. The only other professional categories experiencing a negative CAGR in suicides are self-employed (others) (-4.18%) and government service (-1.14%). Suicides among &amp;ldquo;other&amp;rdquo; professions category grew at the highest rate of 3.52% between 1995 and 2019, followed by self-employed business activity (3.17%), students (2.90%), retired persons (1.55%), unemployed people (1.34%), and others.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2022/apr/08/rethinking-agrarian-suicides-in-india-2439320.html?fbclid=IwAR35Nk5-neO21x7tFjJdVlDhdW4THAZGxzqQLEnc0YDFc9ZyCE0oVr1KSGk&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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<p style="text-align:justify"><em>First, existing studies have analysed the intensity of farmer suicides in isolation, i.e. without comparing farmer suicides with those by other professionals.</em></p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Farmer suicides have always been a highly debated issue in the public discourse on agriculture sector performance in India. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, 3,58,164 people engaged in the farming profession have committed suicide in India from 1995 to 2019. Though these numbers are of concern, the existing narratives on farmer suicides border predominantly on the sensational and ignore alternative viewpoints. To be specific, three significant gaps exist in our understanding of farmer suicides.</p>

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<p style="text-align:justify">Third, it would be misleading to compare agrarian suicides to those among other occupational groups using absolute numbers since a substantial part of the Indian workforce is involved in agriculture. A way out is to measure suicides on a per 1,00,000 people basis, called suicide rate. To calculate the agrarian suicide rate, the existing studies consider the working population within the agriculture sector in the denominator. However, for computing the suicide rate for the general population, they consider the entire population in the denominator instead of the working non-farming population. This amounts to comparing apples and oranges.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">In the updated version of my recent work, I examine the intensity of agrarian suicides in India by addressing the gaps mentioned above in the previous analyses. The study covers a 25-year period from 1995 to 2019 and 17 major states, contributing to 98.53% of India&rsquo;s agricultural Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).The results are revealing.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Composition and growth: During 1995-2019, among the 12 professional categories covered in the NCRB database, suicides committed by housewives constituted the most significant proportion (19.05%) of the total reported in the study, followed by other self-employed persons (14.16%), persons engaged in other professions (15.92%) and persons involved in farming activities (12.53%). Thus, the farming profession was only the fourth largest contributor to the overall suicides committed in India. Those working in public sector undertakings (2.07%), government service (1.58%), and retired persons (0.79%) were least vulnerable to suicide since 1995.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">More importantly, agrarian suicides recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.37% during 1995-2019. In contrast, suicide deaths among non-agricultural occupational groups taken together grew at 2.09% during the same period. The only other professional categories experiencing a negative CAGR in suicides are self-employed (others) (-4.18%) and government service (-1.14%). Suicides among &ldquo;other&rdquo; professions category grew at the highest rate of 3.52% between 1995 and 2019, followed by self-employed business activity (3.17%), students (2.90%), retired persons (1.55%), unemployed people (1.34%), and others.</p>

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<p style="text-align:justify">Farmer suicides have always been a highly debated issue in the public discourse on agriculture sector performance in India. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, 3,58,164 people engaged in the farming profession have committed suicide in India from 1995 to 2019. Though these numbers are of concern, the existing narratives on farmer suicides border predominantly on the sensational and ignore alternative viewpoints. To be specific, three significant gaps exist in our understanding of farmer suicides.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">First, existing studies have analysed the intensity of farmer suicides in isolation, i.e. without comparing farmer suicides with those by other professionals. Second, all the current analyses assume that the NCRB database on Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India captures only suicides by farmers. The fact is this database includes suicides committed by both farmers/cultivators and agricultural labourers. As per NCRB definition, farmers are &ldquo;those who cultivate on their own land as well as those who cultivate on leased land/other&rsquo;s land with or without the assistance of agricultural labourers&rdquo;. Agricultural labourers are those who &ldquo;primarily work in the farming sector (agriculture/horticulture) whose main source of income is from agriculture labour activities&rdquo;. Hence, the usage of the term &ldquo;farmer suicides&rdquo; is a misnomer. An appropriate word to describe the suicides of both farmers and agricultural labourers would be agrarian suicides.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Third, it would be misleading to compare agrarian suicides to those among other occupational groups using absolute numbers since a substantial part of the Indian workforce is involved in agriculture. A way out is to measure suicides on a per 1,00,000 people basis, called suicide rate. To calculate the agrarian suicide rate, the existing studies consider the working population within the agriculture sector in the denominator. However, for computing the suicide rate for the general population, they consider the entire population in the denominator instead of the working non-farming population. This amounts to comparing apples and oranges.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">In the updated version of my recent work, I examine the intensity of agrarian suicides in India by addressing the gaps mentioned above in the previous analyses. The study covers a 25-year period from 1995 to 2019 and 17 major states, contributing to 98.53% of India&rsquo;s agricultural Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).The results are revealing.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">Composition and growth: During 1995-2019, among the 12 professional categories covered in the NCRB database, suicides committed by housewives constituted the most significant proportion (19.05%) of the total reported in the study, followed by other self-employed persons (14.16%), persons engaged in other professions (15.92%) and persons involved in farming activities (12.53%). Thus, the farming profession was only the fourth largest contributor to the overall suicides committed in India. Those working in public sector undertakings (2.07%), government service (1.58%), and retired persons (0.79%) were least vulnerable to suicide since 1995.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">More importantly, agrarian suicides recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.37% during 1995-2019. In contrast, suicide deaths among non-agricultural occupational groups taken together grew at 2.09% during the same period. The only other professional categories experiencing a negative CAGR in suicides are self-employed (others) (-4.18%) and government service (-1.14%). Suicides among &ldquo;other&rdquo; professions category grew at the highest rate of 3.52% between 1995 and 2019, followed by self-employed business activity (3.17%), students (2.90%), retired persons (1.55%), unemployed people (1.34%), and others.</p>

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Rethinking agrarian suicides in India -Sthanu R Nair

-The New Indian Express First, existing studies have analysed the intensity of farmer suicides in isolation, i.e. without comparing farmer suicides with those by other professionals. Farmer suicides have always been a highly debated issue in the public discourse on agriculture sector performance in India. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, 3,58,164 people engaged in the farming profession have committed suicide in India from 1995 to 2019. Though these numbers are of concern, the existing narratives on farmer suicides border predominantly on the sensational and ignore alternative viewpoints. To be specific, three significant gaps exist in our understanding of farmer suicides. First, existing studies have analysed the intensity of farmer suicides in isolation, i.e. without comparing farmer suicides with those by other professionals. Second, all the current analyses assume that the NCRB database on Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India captures only suicides by farmers. The fact is this database includes suicides committed by both farmers/cultivators and agricultural labourers. As per NCRB definition, farmers are “those who cultivate on their own land as well as those who cultivate on leased land/other’s land with or without the assistance of agricultural labourers”. Agricultural labourers are those who “primarily work in the farming sector (agriculture/horticulture) whose main source of income is from agriculture labour activities”. Hence, the usage of the term “farmer suicides” is a misnomer. An appropriate word to describe the suicides of both farmers and agricultural labourers would be agrarian suicides. Third, it would be misleading to compare agrarian suicides to those among other occupational groups using absolute numbers since a substantial part of the Indian workforce is involved in agriculture. A way out is to measure suicides on a per 1,00,000 people basis, called suicide rate. To calculate the agrarian suicide rate, the existing studies consider the working population within the agriculture sector in the denominator. However, for computing the suicide rate for the general population, they consider the entire population in the denominator instead of the working non-farming population. This amounts to comparing apples and oranges. In the updated version of my recent work, I examine the intensity of agrarian suicides in India by addressing the gaps mentioned above in the previous analyses. The study covers a 25-year period from 1995 to 2019 and 17 major states, contributing to 98.53% of India’s agricultural Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).The results are revealing. Composition and growth: During 1995-2019, among the 12 professional categories covered in the NCRB database, suicides committed by housewives constituted the most significant proportion (19.05%) of the total reported in the study, followed by other self-employed persons (14.16%), persons engaged in other professions (15.92%) and persons involved in farming activities (12.53%). Thus, the farming profession was only the fourth largest contributor to the overall suicides committed in India. Those working in public sector undertakings (2.07%), government service (1.58%), and retired persons (0.79%) were least vulnerable to suicide since 1995. More importantly, agrarian suicides recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.37% during 1995-2019. In contrast, suicide deaths among non-agricultural occupational groups taken together grew at 2.09% during the same period. The only other professional categories experiencing a negative CAGR in suicides are self-employed (others) (-4.18%) and government service (-1.14%). Suicides among “other” professions category grew at the highest rate of 3.52% between 1995 and 2019, followed by self-employed business activity (3.17%), students (2.90%), retired persons (1.55%), unemployed people (1.34%), and others. Please click here to read more.