Farmer Suicide

The bodies of a farmer, his wife, and three children were found in their house in a village in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday, police said.

As many as 1,088 farmers died by suicide in eight districts of Marathwada in 2023, a report from the divisional commissioner's office revealed.

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said former prime minister Manmohan Singh was sensitive towards farmers and had visited Amravati in Maharashtra after learning about some deaths by suicide, but now nobody is bothered about their issues now.

A 55-year-old farmer allegedly died by suicide in a village in Chhattisgarh's tribal-dominated Narayanpur district, officials said on Saturday.

A 73-year-old dairy farmer was found hanging at his residence in Kolakkad, in this north Kerala district on Monday, police said.

A 28-year-old farmer was found hanging in his house at Tekadi village in Nagpur district of Maharashtra in the early hours of Saturday, police said.

A farmer died by suicide in the Kuttanad region in this southern district on Saturday allegedly due to financial problems as he did not get payment for paddy procurement.

A Karnataka minister who had linked an increase in farmer suicides with the rise in compensation has been caught on camera sitting on a sofa surrounded by currency notes - including some on his feet - as people around him throw money in the air.

A 50-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide at his farm, claiming that he was being harassed by some moneylenders, in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, police said on Monday.

A farmer from Hingoli in Maharashtra facing a debt of around Rs 20 lakh has written a letter to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seeking a compensation for his crop losses and said if he does not get it, he will have no option but to commit suicide.

Unable to repay loan, a farmer and his wife allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district, police said on Wednesday.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP-led government over farmers' suicide and claimed that the PM and BJP leaders are least bothered about it.

A couple, along with their 13-year-old daughter, allegedly died by suicide after one of their children was questioned by the police in Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh.

A 60-year-old farmer allegedly killed himself in Rajasthan's Bundi district, ostensibly after rain and hail damaged standing crops in his field, police said on Sunday.

Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar has said the farmers committing suicide is not a new issue and such incidents had been happening for many years.

The bodies of a farmer, his wife, and three children were found in their house in a village in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday, police said.

As many as 1,088 farmers died by suicide in eight districts of Marathwada in 2023, a report from the divisional commissioner's office revealed.

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said former prime minister Manmohan Singh was sensitive towards farmers and had visited Amravati in Maharashtra after learning about some deaths by suicide, but now nobody is bothered about their issues now.

A 55-year-old farmer allegedly died by suicide in a village in Chhattisgarh's tribal-dominated Narayanpur district, officials said on Saturday.

A 73-year-old dairy farmer was found hanging at his residence in Kolakkad, in this north Kerala district on Monday, police said.

A 28-year-old farmer was found hanging in his house at Tekadi village in Nagpur district of Maharashtra in the early hours of Saturday, police said.

A farmer died by suicide in the Kuttanad region in this southern district on Saturday allegedly due to financial problems as he did not get payment for paddy procurement.

A Karnataka minister who had linked an increase in farmer suicides with the rise in compensation has been caught on camera sitting on a sofa surrounded by currency notes - including some on his feet - as people around him throw money in the air.

A 50-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide at his farm, claiming that he was being harassed by some moneylenders, in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, police said on Monday.

A farmer from Hingoli in Maharashtra facing a debt of around Rs 20 lakh has written a letter to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seeking a compensation for his crop losses and said if he does not get it, he will have no option but to commit suicide.

Unable to repay loan, a farmer and his wife allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district, police said on Wednesday.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP-led government over farmers' suicide and claimed that the PM and BJP leaders are least bothered about it.

A couple, along with their 13-year-old daughter, allegedly died by suicide after one of their children was questioned by the police in Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh.

A 60-year-old farmer allegedly killed himself in Rajasthan's Bundi district, ostensibly after rain and hail damaged standing crops in his field, police said on Sunday.

Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar has said the farmers committing suicide is not a new issue and such incidents had been happening for many years.