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228 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra in Apr-Jan FY13' [1]

The number of farmers suicides declined to 346 in 2011 from 565 in 2006 in Vidarbha region

The government today said 228 farmers committed suicide in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra because of agrarian distress during the April-January period of 2012-13 fiscal. "The number of farmers in the six identified suicide prone districts of Vidarbha region who committed suicide due to agrarian distress is 228 during the last 10 months till January 31, 2013," Minister of State for Agriculture Tariq Anwar said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

Publication Date: 
26/04/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi) [2]
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Maharashtra [3], Farmers [4], Agriculture [5], Sustainable Development [6], Drought [7], Sugarcane [8]

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