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To tackle rural distress, work out an income guarantee scheme for farmers -P Raghu

-Hindustan Times

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has released data on accidental deaths and suicides in India. According to the report, 12,602 people engaged in the farm sector committed suicide in 2015, 2% more than in 2014. This highlights the growing distress in rural India thanks to consecutive years of drought and other natural calamities.

The report shows that the share of farm suicides in total number of suicides has increased from 8.7 to 9.4% when compared with the data of 2014; while there is a 7% increase in the number of farm suicides compared to 2013 when 11,772 farm suicides were recorded. In fact the number is highest since 2012 as many states reported these deaths since then.

One of the interesting trends from the data is that seven states -- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu -- reported a high number of suicides and the proportion is increasing every year.

In 2015, the number of farm suicides in these states comprised 87.5% of all farm suicides in the country. It was 68.4% in 2011.

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