latest report of National Crime Records Bureau 2014
14,000 farmers ended life in 2011
As many as 14,004 farmers committed suicide in 2011
countrywide, the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau has noted. The number is lower than the
previous year's figure of 15,933 but the dip might be much less considering that Chhattisgarh, which recorded
1,412 farmer suicides in 2010, claimed that there were no farmer suicides at all in the state in 2011.
As always, Maharashtra fared the worst, with 3,337 farmers committing suicide in 2011.Gujarat, Karnataka and UP
showed a rising trend of farmer suicides since 2004.
Besides the well known farming crisis states, it is the figures from states like Assam that startle. The northeast state recorded 312 deaths in 2011 and 269 in 2010.
Besides the well known farming crisis states, it is the figures from states like Assam that startle. The northeast state recorded 312 deaths in 2011 and 269 in 2010.
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