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Over 3,000 farmer suicides in the last 3 years

Updated - December 04, 2021 11:30 pm IST

Published - April 22, 2015 07:29 pm IST

Maharashtra is by far the epicentre of the crisis, with over 10,000 recorded farm suicides between 2011 and 2013. This year, the Marathwada region alone has seen over 200 farmer suicides in just three months.

Srikakulam Andhra pradesh (09-07-2012) Farmers experiencing bleak Kharif season as seed fields are going to dry in the absence of showers of South West monsoon in entire Srikakulam district....basheer

According to figures from the Ministry of Agriculture, the total of number of suicides committed by farmers for agrarian reasons in the last three years stands at 3313.

The five States — Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala — accounted for 3301 of them.

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