Lok Sabha Question No. 4447 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-08
Subject: Flood and Farm Suicide
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4447

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH   JANUARY, 2019

## FLOOD AND FARM SUICIDE

## 4447.   SHRI SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  farmers  who committed suicide in flood affected States including Assam during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the details of the amount allocated by  the  Government  to  various  States  to tackle the flood and the amount utilized/ unutilized so far during the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has conducted  any  survey  to  ascertain  the causes  of farmers  suicides  all  over  the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  PARSHOTTAM  RUPALA)

- (a): The  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  under  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs compiles and disseminates information on suicides, in its publication titled 'Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India' (ADSI). These Reports on suicides are available upto 2015 on its website. The Reports for the year 2016 onwards have not been published as on date.  As per the ADSI Reports  which  were  published  for  the  years  2013  to  2015,  the  total  number  of  suicides  by farmers and agricultural labourers in the country State-wise is Annexed.
- (b): The scheme for flood control are planned and executed by the State Governments. This Department does not maintain such information, centrally.
- (c): Directorate of Economic & Statistics has conducted a study titled 'Farmer Suicides: An All India Study' during 2016-17 to ascertain various reasons for the growing number of farmers suicide in the country which inter alia are on social, farming  & debt related causes.

## Annexure

Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4447 due for 08.01.2019 Statement in respect  of Part (a) of the

## Question  regarding 'Flood and Farm Suicide'

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | 2013   | 2014    | 2014      | 2014   | 2015    | 2015      | 2015   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|---------|-----------|--------|---------|-----------|--------|
|           |                   |        | Farmers | Labourers | Total  | Farmers | Labourers | Total  |
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 2014   | 160     | 472       | 632    | 516     | 400       | 916    |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 37     | 0       | 3         | 3      | 7       | 3         | 10     |
| 3         | ASSAM             | 305    | 21      | 38        | 59     | 84      | 54        | 138    |
| 4         | BIHAR             | 127    | 0       | 10        | 10     | 0       | 7         | 7      |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH      | 0      | 443     | 312       | 755    | 854     | 100       | 954    |
| 6         | GOA               | 1      | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| 7         | GUJARAT           | 582    | 45      | 555       | 600    | 57      | 244       | 301    |
| 8         | HARYANA           | 374    | 14      | 105       | 119    | 28      | 134       | 162    |
| 9         | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 33     | 32      | 31        | 63     | 0       | 46        | 46     |
| 10        | JAMMU& KASHMIR    | 18     | 12      | 25        | 37     | 0       | 21        | 21     |
| 11        | JHARKHAND         | 142    | 0       | 4         | 4      | 0       | 21        | 21     |
| 12        | KARNATAKA         | 1403   | 321     | 447       | 768    | 1197    | 372       | 1569   |
| 13        | KERALA            | 972    | 107     | 700       | 807    | 3       | 207       | 210    |
| 14        | MADHYA PRADESH    | 1090   | 826     | 372       | 1198   | 581     | 709       | 1290   |
| 15        | MAHARASHTRA       | 3146   | 2568    | 1436      | 4004   | 3030    | 1261      | 4291   |
| 16        | MANIPUR           | 1      | 0       | 0         | 0      | 1       | 0         | 1      |
| 17        | MEGHALAYA         | 5      | 0       | 2         | 2      | 2       | 1         | 3      |
| 18        | MIZORAM           | 6      | 0       | 5         | 5      | 0       | 1         | 1      |
| 19        | NAGALAND          | 2      | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| 20        | ODISHA            | 150    | 5       | 97        | 102    | 23      | 27        | 50     |
| 21        | PUNJAB            | 83     | 24      | 40        | 64     | 100     | 24        | 124    |
| 22        | RAJASTHAN         | 292    | 0       | 373       | 373    | 3       | 73        | 76     |
| 23        | SIKKIM            | 35     | 35      | 0         | 35     | 15      | 3         | 18     |
| 24        | TAMIL NADU        | 105    | 68      | 827       | 895    | 2       | 604       | 606    |
| 25        | TELANGANA         | NA     | 898     | 449       | 1347   | 1358    | 42        | 1400   |
| 26        | TRIPURA           | 56     | 0       | 32        | 32     | 1       | 48        | 49     |
| 27        | UTTAR PRADESH     | 750    | 63      | 129       | 192    | 145     | 179       | 324    |
| 28        | UTTARAKHAND       | 15     | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 2         | 2      |
| 29        | WEST BENGAL       | 0      | 0       | 230       | 230    | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| 30        | A&NISLANDS        | 5      | 8       | 0         | 8      | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| 31        | CHANDIGARH        | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| 32        | D&NHAVELI         | 15     | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0      |
| 33 34     | DAMAN&DIU         | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0      |
|           | DELHI (UT)        | 8 0    | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0         | 0 0    |
| 35        | LAKSHADWEEP       |        | 0       | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0         |        |
| 36        | PUDUCHERRY        | 0      | 0       | 16        | 16     | 0       | 12        | 12     |
|           | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 11772  | 5650    | 6710      | 12360  | 8007    | 4595      | 12602  |

Source : Report on 'Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India' for relevant years, National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs

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