Maharashtra expects farmer suicide cases to drop by 70 percent in Financial Year 2014

“We are also encouraging group farming and green houses to cultivate horticulture produce and floriculture in these six affected districts,” he said.

At present, there are more than 50 green houses in the suicide prone districts of Vidarbha.

“We are undertaking many more initiatives to improve the farmers conditions in the Vidarbha region, which we expect will bring down the suicide case by 70 per cent this financial year from the peak of 2007-08,” the minister added.