2. 1. On average, one Indian farmer was committing suicide every 32 minutes
before 2009.
2. Since 2009, this has become one suicide every 30 minutes.
3. States affected with this problem are States of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and including Chhattisgarh.
-The NCRB Report 2012
•60% of our Indian Economy is contributed by farmers directly or indirectly.
•There are now nearly 9 0,00,000 fewer farmers than there were in 2001, the first time
in four decades that the absolute number of cultivators has fallen.
•Farmers are leaving their profession, selling their lands and settling in cities.
They are sending their children abroad .

5. Data Analysis
91-94 % of suicides are by family heads.
91-97 % of those who committed suicide are males.
84 to 89 % are married.
98 % had no access to irrigation.

6. •Heavy Indebtedness
•Involvement of middleman
•Neutral seeds
• Expensive technologies
• Rising costs of cultivation
•Over dependence on the monsoons
•Decreasing level of ground water
•Lack of financial support
•Mismatch in the Cost of Production & Selling Price
•Crop Failure due to:
•Overuse of Fertilizers
•Reliance on HYV (High Yield Variety) Seeds and now recently on Genetically
modified seeds such as BT Cotton
Resulted in reduction of land Productivity
•Availability of Credit – dependence on Private Money Lending
•Availability of electricity
•Starkly apathetic Government Attitude

8. 1. Govt. should Make and Execute proper policies
2. Proper pricing for the crop
3. Rain water harvesting plants and construction of dams
4. Free education to the farmers
5. Development of villages
6. Removal of middleman
7. Training programs and seminars to teach use of latest technologies.
8. Timely availability of electricity
9. Compensation in case of loss caused by natural calamities
10. Avail easy and low rate financing options by govt.
11. Increase visibility of agriculture as a separate stream in colleges along with research
12. Encourage youth to take agriculture as a profession option

9. 1. Ask your parents to buy farm products directly from the farmers or the
weekly vegetable market organized by farmer.
2. Visit villages and meet farmers, ask their problems, chances are there
you might be knowing a better solution
3. Create awareness on social network sites
4. Use less water and less electricity
5. Organize seminars, workshops and training sessions for farmers
6. Take agriculture as your area of research work
7. Do live projects with the help of companies involving farmers too