1Associate Professor, Deptt of FMT, Gauhati Medical College, Assam
2Demonstrator, Deptt of FMT, Gauhati Medical College, Assam
*Corresponding author: Dr Pradip Kumar Thakuria Associate Professor. Deptt of FMT. Gauhati Medical College. Assam. Email-pradipkaberi@gmail.com
Online published on 2 January, 2017.
Suicide is a fatal act which represents the individuals wish to die. The latin word suicide denotes “self murder”. India is an agrarian country with around 60% of its population depends directly or indirectly upon agriculture. Farmer suicide account for 11.2% of all suicides in India. Activists and scholars have cited a number of conflicting reasons for farmer suicide; such as high debt burdens, genetically modified crops, government policies etc. The current study aims at understanding the various stressful life events that lead to suicide of the farmers in Kamrup district, Assam.
Farmer Suicide, Self Murder, Stressful Life Event
