10,349 Farmers Took Their Own Lives in 2018: NCRB

'At least 10,349 people working in the farm sector ended their lives in 2018, accounting for 7.7% of the total number of suicides in the country which was 1,34,516, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The 2018 figure is less in comparison to 2016 when 11,379 farmers killed themselves, according to the agency which is responsible for collecting and analysing crime data... The data of 2017 was not made public by the NCRB in its report released on Wednesday. According to the report, a vast majority of farmers who killed themselves were men...'