Farmers Suicide in India: Issues, Challenges and Remedies

The purpose of the study is to examine why Farmers suicide is a burning issue in India. Farmers are life savers then why they are killing themselves. Is there any nexus between farmers' suicide and government actions. Agriculture sector data like GDP for 1960-2016, Share of agriculture sector t...

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Published inEconomic affairs (Calcutta) Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 387 - 394
Main Author Kumar, Anil
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi New Delhi Publishers 01.06.2019
Subjects
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Farmers
Five year plans
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Growth rate
Industrial development
Interest rates
Irrigation
Livestock
Peasants
Population
Suicides & suicide attempts
Sustainable development
India
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Summary:The purpose of the study is to examine why Farmers suicide is a burning issue in India. Farmers are life savers then why they are killing themselves. Is there any nexus between farmers' suicide and government actions. Agriculture sector data like GDP for 1960-2016, Share of agriculture sector to GDP and disparities in Agriculture and Non agriculture income also agriculture census data from 1951 to 2011 were obtained. Study depicts about what NSSO and NCRB data says about farmers' distress in India. Doubling farmers' income by 2022-23 could become the only panacea for thwarting farmers' suicide in India comparison of agricultural income with non agricultural income also another area of study. In this way farmers suicide issues challenges and remedies has been discussed.
ISSN:0424-2513
0976-4666
DOI:10.30954/0424-2513.2.2019.14