ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 10

Farmer suicides in India

  • Author:
  • M. Vadivel, S. Ponnarasu
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Page Number: 148 to 157

*PH.D Scholar, Department of Economics, Gobi Arts and Science College, Gobichettipalayam

**Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Gobi Arts and Science College, Gobichettipalayam

Online published on 11 April, 2014.

Abstract

This paper indicates about farmers suicides in India and also World Health Organization estimated that about 170 000 deaths by suicide occur in India every year, but few epidemiological studies of suicide have been done in the country. World Health Organization had aimed to quantify suicide mortality in India in 2010. It have been undergoing the largest catastrophe of our independent history the suicides of nearly a quarter of a million farmers since 1995. It has largest recorded rate of suicides in human history. government should spent amount to prevent this and care of backbone of Indian Economy. Everybody should want food three times in per day, without contribution of farmers work we can‘t survive everywhere in the world. so we must care about life of Farmers who were already did to attempt to suicide overall the country.

Keywords

Farmer suicides, NCRB report, National Crime Records Bureau, India agriculture, agrarian crisis