Farmer Suicides in India Causes and impacts
Published: Dec 30, 2018
Photo Courtesy: Parij Borgohain
Children are left in a lurch when heads of farming households lose confidence in the system and resort to the act of suicide. Photo: Ilustrative, Telangana
Abstract: Economic distress, coupled with social isolation and
remoteness of location often leads to farmers committing suicide in India. Based on a nation-wide survey the paper outlines how rich farmers, as opposed to the poorer ones, are able handle agricultural indebtedness from alternate sources of income.
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