Over 26,000 Maha farmers committed suicide in last 17 yrs
As many as 26,339 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra from 2001 to October 2017, the state government said on Friday. Of them, 12,805 farmers killed themselves due to unproductive land, indebtedness and insistence on repayment of loan, Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil said. Between January 1 and August 15 this year, 580 farmers from Marathwada region have committed suicide, he added.