Farmer Suicides in India with Reference to Telangana State: An Overview

Abstract

India is an agrarian country with around 48.9% of its people depending directly or indirectly upon agriculture. Nowadays the problem of farmers’ suicides is one of the vital concerns that need to be addressed by the Government. Considering the paramount importance of this issue, the NCRB, for the first time, has collected detailed data on farmers’ suicides. Since the causes of suicides of farmers are multiple, there is no single solution that can prevent such suicides. The prevention programmes need to be tailored considering the factors like age, sex, cause and setting. Undoubtedly, suicides are posing a major threat to the civil society. Combined intervention strategies with defined plan and programme of work are urgently required to reduce the burden of suicides secure the precious lives and to save the society from such unprecedented menace.