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  Over 10,700 farmers died by suicide in 2023; 38% of total cases reported from Maharashtra: NCRB

  India | Oct 01, 2025, 08:01 PM IST

  Among the 4,690 farmers or cultivators who died by suicide, 4,553 were men and 137 were women. Out of the 6,096 agricultural labourers who took their lives, 5,433 were male and 663 were female.

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  14,591 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra in five years: Minister

  India | Mar 02, 2020, 06:01 PM IST

  As many as 14,591 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra between October 2014 and August 2019, state Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar said on Monday.

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  Six farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha

  India | Oct 23, 2014, 05:46 PM IST

  Nagpur: An activist Thursday blamed official apathy for the suicide by six farmers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region.Four of them were from Yavatmal district and one each from Akola and Amravati districts, Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti

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