Title: Farmers' suicides in India - Wikipedia
Headings: Farmers' suicides in India
Farmers' suicides in India
Contents
History
States affected
Reasons
Government economic policy
GM crops
Misdirection of government subsidies and funds
Deadly drought
Suicide idea
Debt
Maddy's government field surveys
Statistics
Farmer suicides in the Indian states (2012)
Farmer suicides rate per 100,000 people in the state (2012)
Farmer suicides as a % of total suicides in the state (2012)
All India figures for Farmer suicides from 1995 to 2016
Farmers versus other professions
Total number of farmers
Responses to farmers' suicides
2006 relief package
Agricultural debt waiver and debt relief scheme, 2008
Regional initiatives
Maharashtra Bill to regulate farmer loan terms, 2008
Maharashtra Relief Package, 2010
Kerala Farmers' Debt Relief Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2012
2013 diversify income sources package
Effectiveness of government response
International comparison
In popular culture
See also
References

Content: Tamma Carleton, a researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, compared suicide and climate data, concluding that climate change in India may have "a strong influence" on suicides during the growing season, triggering more than 59,000 suicides in 30 years. More than 23,000 farmers have committed suicide in the state of Maharashtra between 2009 and 2016. Reasons
Various reasons have been offered to explain why farmers commit suicide in India, including: , floods, drought, debt, use of genetically modified seeds, public health, use of lower quantity pesticides due to less investments producing a decreased yield. There is no consensus on what the main causes might be but studies show suicide victims are motivated by more than one cause, on average three or more causes for committing suicide, the primary reason being the inability to repay loans. Panagariya, an economist at the World bank states, "farm-related reasons get cited only approximately 25 percent of the time as reasons for suicide" and "studies do consistently show greater debt burden and greater reliance on informal sources of credit" among farmers who commit suicide. Reasons for farmers suicides. ( in 2002)
Percent (of suicides)
Failure of crops
16.84
Other reasons (e.g. chit fund)
15.04
Family problems with spouse, others
13.27
Chronic illness
9.73
Marriage of daughters
5.31
Political affiliation
4.42
Property disputes
2.65
Debt burden
2.65
Price crash
2.65
Borrowing too much ( for house construction)
2.65
Losses in non-farm activities
1.77
Failure of bore well
0.88
¶ Note: Reasons given by close relatives and friends. Every case
cited more than one reason."