This document analyzes the causes of farmer suicides in India from different perspectives, including the impact of globalization on the farming sector. It examines age and gender factors in farmer suicides and notes that Maharashtra has the highest rate, mostly due to bankruptcy. The document recommends various measures to prevent farmer suicides, such as reducing agriculture's dependence on nature, increasing access to funds and technical support for farmers, and checking money lenders' power.

1. BY
JUILI SALVI
M.A. ECONOMICS
SEMESTER 4

2. 1. INTRODUCTION
2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
3. FARMERS’ SUICIDES – SCENARIO OF INDIA
4. AGE AND GENDER WISE SUICIDES
5. REASONS OF FARMERS SUICIDES' IN INDIA
6. FARMERS SUICIDES - SCENARIO OF MAHARASHTRA
7. REMEDIAL MEASURE FOR PREVENTION OF FARMERS
SUICIDES

3.  The study is conducted to examine the causes of farmers’
suicide in India from different perspective.
 The study analyses how the capitalist path of development
through globalization affects the farming sector and leads
to agrarian crisis.
 Age and gender factors are also taken into consideration for
the analysis of farmers’ suicides.
 According to economic survey 2014-15, India is an agrarian
country with around 48.9% of its people depending
directly or indirectly upon agriculture.

4.  The farmers’ suicide rate in India has ranged between 1.4
and 1.8 per 1 lakh total population.
 Farmers’ suicides have become important socio-economic
concern in India that has profound implications on the
quality of life of farmers and their families.
 The farmers’ suicide outbreak in India is alarming , it is
wrong to say debt is the main reason for suicides.
 Suicide is caused by many factors , and there are evidence
to believe that this phenomenon is contagion in India, as
farmers are committing copycat suicides.

5.  This phenomenon requires immediate policy intervention for
which there is need to have deeper understanding of factors that
trigger and contribute to suicides among different states of India.
 Public health intervention should address need for mental
health care and also restrict use of organ phosphorous poisons
 The data for study are taken from National Crime Record
Bureau(NCR B)of India, under ministry of home affairs, Govt. of
India.
 NCRB compiles and disseminates information on suicides,
including profile of suicide victims classified according to
profession and publish as “Accidental Deaths and Suicides in
India” every calendar year.

6. The sources included relevant use of literature the
sources included various books, journals, scholarly
articles.

8. Farmers’ suicides – scenario of India
 In year 2002, highest farmers’ suicides have been
recorded.
 Maharashtra is at rank 1 in case of farmers’ suicides as
compared to all sates and /Uts
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9. AGE AND GENDER WISE DISTRIBUTION OF
SUICIDES
 The female farmers/angricultural laborers are also
committing suicides.
 More suicides are committed under age group of 30
years to below 45 years.

10. Reasons of farmers suicides in India.
 Among farmers bankruptcy and indebtedness is the major
reason of suicides.
 Among agricultural laborers family problems is the major reason
for suicide.
 There are various causes of farmers suicides such as, poverty, drug
abuse, marriage related issues, financial reasons, unsatisfactory
realisation of prices, inadequate storage facility, scale of
operations, lack of farm laborers, quality of seeds, pesticides and
fertilisers, natural calamities, increase in the cost of production,
political reasons, global reasons, illiteracy , tradition and culture,
new changes, and other reasons etc.

11. Farmers’ suicides - scenario of Maharashtra
 2006 has been recorded highest farmers’ suicides in
Maharashtra.
 Vidhabha has the highest number of suicides in
Maharashtra.
 Bankruptcy is the major reason for farmers’ suicide in
Maharashtra.

12. Remedial measures for prevention of farmers
suicides
 Dependency of agriculture on nature should be reduced by effective
implementation of water management techniques by the government.
 institutionalized funds should be made available to the maximum farmer.
 farmers should be provided with technical support to enhance the agricultural
productivity.
 The World Trade Organization forced the India to decrease its subsidies.
 Organic farming must be encouraged.

13.  Indian farmers are forced to buy the high-priced seeds manufactured
by the multinationals.
 Farmers with small land holdings must be encouraged to pursue
community farming.
 The farmers should be provided with direct instead of indirect
subsidies.
 The excessive powers of the money lenders must be checked.
 There is a need for social and cultural awakening with in the village
communities. This may be done by providing elementary education
and vocational training to the farmers and their families.