26,500 students committed suicide in 2yrs, reveals govt data
As many as 26,500 students committed suicide between 2014 and 2016, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. In 2016, the highest number of student suicides took place in Maharashtra, with an average of four suicides per day. It was followed by West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. 