1,088 farmers committed suicide in 2023 in Maharashtra’s Marathwada: Report
Mumbai: As many as 1,088 farmers committed suicide in eight districts of the Marathwada region in the Indian state of Maharashtra in 2023.
A report from the divisional commissioner’s office revealed that the figure has gone up by 65 compared to 2022.
Of these 1,088 suicides, Beed recorded the highest 269 such deaths, followed by 182 in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, 175 in Nanded, 171 in Dharashiv and 103 in Parbhani, the report said. Jalna, Latur and Hingoli reported 74, 72 and 42 such deaths respectively, it added.
As per the report, 1,023 farmer suicides were reported in 2022 in Marathwada.
According to a report on The Wire, an average of 30 farmers have died by suicide every day in India since the Narendra Modi government came to power in 2014.
