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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
TopicFarmer suicides

Topic: Farmer suicides

Ambitious PMFBY is failing. It has the same flaws of earlier schemes

Karti P Chidambaram -
A fundamental flaw resides in the impenetrable, convoluted and excessively technical process of settling claims.

‘Marching in the Dark’ flips the lens on farmer suicides—it’s about those left behind

Triya Gulati -
Kinshuk Surjan’s experience growing up in a ‘family of farmers and journalists’ informs every twist, turn and texture of the docu-film

Daily wagers worst affected by suicide, numbers for housewives twice that of farmers — NCRB data

Mayank Kumar -
Self-employed & unemployed individuals and students also among groups with high numbers of suicide cases according to NCRB data for years 2018-2022.

BJP picks Singur for stir against WB govt ‘apathy’ towards farmers, TMC says it’s all ‘publicity’

Sreyashi Dey -
BJP to protest over ‘farmer suicides, severe distress’, TMC says it has no issue at hand & is 'rattled' after defeat in last Assembly polls.

More businesspeople died of suicide than farmers in 2020, shows NCRB data

Nikhil Rampal -
NCRB data shows 11,716 businesspersons died of suicide in 2020, while farmer suicides stood at 10,677, which is around 1,039 cases fewer.

New book by journalist Jaideep Hardikar puts a face to farmers’ suicides in Vidarbha

ThePrint Team -
'Ramrao: The Story of India’s Farm Crisis' by Jaideep Hardikar, published by HarperCollins India, will be released on 20 August on ‘SoftCover’.

35 years ago on this day, first farmer family suicide was recorded in Maharashtra

Barun S. Mitra -
It is the so-called ‘organised’ sector of the economy that has consistently failed to keep up with the changing socio-economic dynamics of Indian agriculture.

No farmer suicide numbers for second year in a row as NCRB releases crime data for 2017

Aneesha Bedi -
The Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India report – a crucial source for data on farmer suicides – brought out by NCRB was last published in 2015.

Why farmer suicides that peaked under BJP-Sena govt couldn’t become Maharashtra poll issue

Neelam Pandey -
Maharashtra has reported 31,523 farmer suicides since 1 January 2001 — 44%, or 13,820 of them, took place in last 5 yrs of BJP-led government.

Maharashtra farmer suicides have nearly doubled under BJP govt, drought to blame

Manasi Phadke -
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis says his govt has tried to handle the drought situation, but any farmer suicide remains a matter of concern.

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India & EU announce “mother of all trade deals”. This is why it matters

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Two sides also announce signing of a Security & Defence Partnership, launch negotiations for an intelligence sharing agreement & explore India’s addition to Horizon Europe programme.

Defence

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Vaibhav Pant -
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

National Interest

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Shekhar Gupta -
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