-The New Indian Express BENGALURU: The number of suicides among the farming community in the state doubled in 2015 as compared to 2014, according to the Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India 2015 report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The recently released report showed that several factors such as bankruptcy, crop failure and illness were among the major reasons for the suicides. Karnataka also recorded the second highest number of...
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In 80% farmer-suicides due to debt, loans from banks, not moneylenders -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express It’s for the first time that the NCRB has categorised farmers’ suicides due to debt or bankruptcy based on the source of loans. Local moneylenders are usually portrayed as the villains in India’s farmer-suicides narrative, but government data shows that 80 per cent of farmers killed themselves in 2015 because of bankruptcy or debts after taking loans from banks and registered microfinance institutions. According to National Crime Records Bureau’s latest...
More »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...
More »In 2015, Delhi saw the most dowry suicides in the country -Abhishek Angad
-The Indian Express Thirty nine people committed suicide over love-related issues. However, Delhi stood third compared to other metro cities such as Chennai (2,774) and Bengaluru (1,855). New Delhi: In 2015, Delhi (city) recorded maximum number of suicides over “dowry-related issues” among 53 mega cities — having 10 lakh population and more — according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Of 270 suicides related to dowry...
More »Farmer suicides up 42% between 2014 & 2015 -Priyanka Kakodkar
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Farmer suicides in the country rose by 42% between 2014 and 2015, according to newly released data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). It recorded 5,650 suicides by farmers and cultivators in 2014. The figure rose to 8,007 in the latest data. Several states across the country battled severe drought in both 2014 and 2015. Some, including Maharashtra, experienced two successive years of drought. With 3,030 cases,...
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