Maharashtra witnesses 1,267 farmer suicides since January; Amravati division worst hit

The NCRB said 11,290 persons involved in the farming sector, comprising 5,207 farmers or cultivators and 6,083 agricultural labourers, ended their lives in 2022.This accounted for 6.6 per cent of all suicides in the country, which stood at 1,70,924.In 2021, 10,881 persons involved in farming, comprising 5,318 farmers and 5,563 agricultural labourers, committed suicide, with Maharashtra accounting for 37.3 per cent of these deaths.As per NCRB data, a total of 1,64,033 persons committed suicide in 2021 and those connected to farming comprised 6.6 per cent.In 2020, a total of 10,677 individuals in the farming sector (5,579 farmers or cultivators and 5,098 agricultural labourers) died by suicide, which was 7 per cent of the 1,53,052 such deaths nationwide.Maharashtra accounted for 37.5 per cent of the deaths in 2020.Incidentally, Maharashtra is also the highest contributor to the country’s GDP.



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