Farmers Suicide
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How many farmers committed suicide in Marathwada during January-October 2025? Check here
Maharashtra | Nov 18, 2025, 02:09 PM ISTMarathwada is witnessing a deepening agrarian crisis, with a large number of farmer suicides reported in ten months amid devastating floods, crop loss and inadequate compensation.
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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 ISTAmong 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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Maharashtra: Over 21,000 farmers die by suicide in last 24 years, says report
Maharashtra | Apr 04, 2025, 05:27 PM ISTMaharashtra farmers suicide: As per the report, out of the total suicides in 24 years, around 9,970 cases were eligible (for government compensation), 10,963 were ineligible, while 319 cases are pending for inquiry. Assistance has been given in 9,740 cases.
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Dissatisfied with govt's response on farmer's suicide, BJP MLAs walkout of Rajasthan Assembly
India | Jun 29, 2019, 07:13 AM ISTDuring a debate on crop loan waiver issue, Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria sought to know the district-wise list of the government's crop loan waiver scheme beneficiaries. He also raised the issue of the farmer's suicide.
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Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide in Uttarakhand
India | Jul 21, 2017, 09:05 PM ISTRaj Kumar was in depression as he was unable to pay his loans and some bank officials had also visited him recently. A father of seven, Kumar had taken loans of Rs 45,000 from two banks.
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11,400 farmers committed suicide in 2016: Govt
National | Jul 20, 2017, 10:43 AM ISTThe Minister said that farmers suicides could be checked only by increasing their income and the government was taking necessary steps, including increase in budgetary allocations to the agriculture sector.
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Sensitive towards farmers' suicide, numbers have come down: Govt
National | Jul 19, 2017, 11:43 PM ISTAgriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh insisted that the number of suicides by the farmers have come down in the last two comparative years of 2015 and 2016.
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Issue of farmers’ suicide cannot be dealt with overnight: Supreme Court
India | Jul 06, 2017, 01:47 PM ISTThe issue of rising farmers' suicide cannot be dealt with "overnight", the Supreme Court said today while agreeing with the government's request for a year to show effective results of its pro-farmer schemes like Fasal Bima Yojana
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Three farmers' suicides reported in Madhya Pradesh in one day, June figure crosses 35
India | Jun 28, 2017, 11:33 PM ISTFarmers' suicides continue in Madhya Pradesh despite Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's assurances.
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Maharashtra farmers strike enter second day, food supplies hit
India | Jun 02, 2017, 03:10 PM ISTThe farmers’ strike in Maharashtra entered the second day on Friday with supply of vegetables, milk and fruits taking a hit in the state.
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Spell out policies to prevent farmers' suicide, SC tells Centre
India | Mar 04, 2017, 08:05 AM ISTExpressing grave concern over farmers' suicide due to indebtedness and crop failure, the Supreme Court on Friday observed that the government was going in a ‘wrong direction’ in tackling the menace.
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Madhya Pradesh government officially blames ‘ghosts’ for suicides of farmers
National | Jul 20, 2016, 10:51 PM ISTBhopal: Madhya Pradesh government has officially blamed ‘ghosts’ for suicides of some of the 418 farmers in Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's home district Sehore in the last three years. MP home minister
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Maharashtra: Debt-ridden farmer attempts suicide, fails; now faces prosecution
India | Jun 03, 2016, 08:14 PM ISTThane: Farmers’ suicides in drought-hit Maharashtra has touched a record number this year with a staggering 400 suicides in the first four months of 2016. Maharashtra government has announced Rs 1 lakh compensation to
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Karnataka: CM buys water-proof saree for wife as draught-hit farmers await funds
National | Jan 21, 2016, 11:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: It is an irony difficult to be missed. On one hand is the plight of farmers in Gulbarga, Karnataka, who see no end to their woes. Hit hard by drought, and an agonising
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Mumbai: Muslims of city come forward to help Marathwada's farmers
India | Oct 02, 2015, 11:12 PM ISTMumbai: Members of local Muslim community today handed over Rs 7 lakh, collected outside the mosques after the Friday prayers, to the NGO SEWA for its initiative 'Help Kisan', aimed at helping drought-affected farmers of
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Farmers' suicide: Janata Parivar to launch attack on the govt
National | Jul 26, 2015, 01:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Scaling up the controversy over a reply on farmers' suicide by the Government, the constituents of erstwhile Janata Parivar have decided to press for the resignation of Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh
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Number of farmers' suicides down due to govt's efforts: BJP
National | Jul 25, 2015, 07:36 PM ISTNew Delhi: Under attack after Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh cited love affairs and impotency among other reasons for farmers' suicides, BJP today said his statement had been misinterpreted and claimed that the number of
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Love affairs to blame for farmers' suicide: Agriculture Minister
National | Jul 24, 2015, 09:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: Union Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh today shocked many when he informed Rajya Sabha that love affairs and impotency were among the causes responsible for the suicide of more than 1400 farmers
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Rahul Gandhi kicks off padyatra in AP to raise farmers' issues
National | Jul 24, 2015, 10:27 AM ISTAnantapur (AP): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today began his 10 km-long 'padyatra' from a village in the district to highlight the issues faced by farmers and women Self-Help Groups.Rahul, who has reached out to
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Tripura CM urges agricultural scientists to stop farmers' suicides
National | May 23, 2015, 06:03 PM ISTAgartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar urged the scientific community in the agriculture and allied sectors to take suitable measures to stop farmers' suicides in the country."During the regime of both Congress and BJP led