639 farmers committed suicide in Maha between March and May
As many as 639 farmers in Maharashtra committed suicide between March 1 and May 31 this year, state Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil told the Legislative Council in Nagpur on Friday. The reasons for the suicides were crop failure, debt, and inability to repay bank loans, the minister added. "Of these 639 farmers, 188 were declared eligible for compensation," he said.