Suicides News

Union minister Rajnath Singh said the condition of the farmers today is because of those who have ruled for yearsGandhi accused the Union government of “double standards” against farmers

Survey finds wide gap between rich and dirt-poor areas of the state and under-reporting of farm suicidesRural poverty is not restricted to Vidarbha. The study shows extreme poverty in western Maharashtra

Some perspectives on the issue seem to paper over the problem and get into comparisons

Thanks to the debt relief commission, 11,354 Kerala farmers have benefited from a disbursement of over 11 crore, and there are no farmer suicides in the state

Telangana's Rythu Bandhu scheme, an alternative to farm loan waiver, is not without criticism. Telangana farmer groups have demanded that tenant cultivators be included in it

Given the detrimental impact on credit discipline, not to mention the hole farm loan waivers are going to blow in state budgets, politicians would be wise to rethink their plans

The farm loan waiver terms make little sense in Punjab where average landholding is over three times the national average

Today 31% of the total rural household remains indebted with an average debt of 1.1 lakh

The nation accounts for over a third of the world's annual female suicides and nearly a fourth of male suicides, a significant rise in global share from 1990

Suicides, more so of married women, will have long-term consequences on the wellbeing of families and, more broadly, society. We cannot ignore this problem anymore