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On March 19, 1986 first recorded suicide of farmer Sahebrao Karpe took place. Since then in last 34 years, in the tenure of various governments about 3400000 farmers committed suicide in India.
I was curious to know what happened in Gujarat. Found out the following in a news item in 2017:
"Gujarat, the ‘model’ state, is 9th among Indian states in in the number of farmer suicides taking place over 3 years. In this period, 1,483 farmers killed themselves in Gujarat
"Gujarat, the ‘model’ state, is 9th among Indian states in in the number of farmer suicides taking place over 3 years. In this period, 1,483 farmers killed themselves in Gujarat
Data with Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) indicates 582 farmers committed suicide in 2013. The year 2014 was worse with 600 deaths. In 2015, the situation apparently improved with 301 farmer suicides in Gujarat. But the state was still ranked 9th among states in farmer suicides.
