| Given
the very large number of suicides by farmers in various
parts of India over the last decade, there is a need
to probe the issue by utilizing a data source which
would provide a comprehensive, nation-wide picture.
This paper is a modest attempt to fill that gap. Its
basic objective is to put together, and carry out a
preliminary analysis on, the secondary data that are
available on farmers’ suicides in the country. The paper
studies, first, the magnitude and trends in farmers’
suicides in India over 1997-2006; and second, the regional
patterns, if any, in the incidence and trends in these
suicides. |
