farmer sucide

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Paper Presentation On

resented ByMr. Sahil Gothe Mr. Shrunay DhageMr. Amar Dhok Mr. Shubham Bhone

Mr. Akash Thomare Mr. Pavan Sorte

1st Year Diploma in Mechanical ngg.

Mrs. S.S. !har"an

#ect. Mechanical ngg. Dept..

GUIDED By

Government Polytechnic Arvi, Dist Wardha

Farmers' suicides


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Introduction$n%ia is an agrarian country &ith aroun% '() o* its people%epen%ing %irectly or in%irectly upon agriculture. +armer suici%esaccount *or 11.,) o* all suici%es in $n%ia.Farmer suicide in India is the intentional en%ing o* one-s li*e by a

person %epen%ent on *arming as their primary source o* livelihoo%.$n ,(1, the /ational !rime 0ecor%s Bureau o* $n%ia reporte%1 234 *armer suici%es.


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conficting reasons or

armer suicidesMonsoon failure, High debt burdens, Government policies,Public mental health,Personal issues and family problems.


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Over dependence on the monsoons

Break down in themeteorological cycleof rainfall.

!" of area underdry land farming.#hich means, totally

dependent on therainfall.


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$ack of proper irrigation%" of farmers having committed

suicides had absolutely no irrigationfacilities.


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&ndebtedness ' (elated factorsOut of )*.+ $akh farmers only - /.!"0 farmerscould avail institutional 1nance in 22/32+.Private money lenders charge high interest ratesbetween %3+2" p.a.Higher rate of interest in the cooperative creditsystem e.g. up to ) ./" to ) " till last year.cooperative sector brought down their interest ratesto *", even then the farmers are taking loans fromthe private individuals.


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45pensive technologies

&t is too risky to adopt e5pensivetechnologies.


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General In ormation

6idarbha remains a grim statistic.One suicide in every eight hours.More than half of those whocommitted suicide were between 2and /

&n Maharashtra alone, there was onesuicide every three hours.


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In India


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Responses to armers'suicides

The government appointe% a number o* in5uiries to look intothe causes o* *armers suici%e an% *arm relate% %istress ingeneral. 6rishak Ayog 7/ational +armer !ommission8 visite%all suici%e prone *arming regions o* $n%ia then in ,(('

publishe% three reports &ith its recommen%ations.2006 relie package

the Government of &ndia identi1ed !) districts inthe four states of 7ndhra Pradesh, Maharashtra,

8arnataka, and 8erala with high relative incidenceof farmers suicides. 7 special rehabilitationpackage was launched to mitigate the distress ofthese farmers. 9he package provided debt reliefto farmers, improved supply of institutional credit,improved irrigation facilities


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:onclusion

;uicide rates among &ndian farmers were achilling * per cent higher than they were for therest of the population in 2)). &n some of the;tates worst hit by the agrarian crisis, they werewell over )22 per cent higher.Big /? in total farm suicideswas higher in 2)) than it was in 22).


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