Lok Sabha Question No. 2004 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: Data of Suicide/Deaths
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2004 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2022

## DATA OF SUICIDE/DEATHS

2004.  DR. T.R. PAARIVENDHAR:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)whether the Government is aware of the fact that the large number of  youth committed suicide have been reported in the recent past across the country due to unemployment, closure of many companies,  Government  units  and  privatization  of  Government Public Sector which leads to unemployment and low income which is insufficient to lead their normal life;
- (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether the Government is having any data of number of suicide/deaths occurred during the last three years, State-wise;
- (d)the  steps  taken/being  taken  to  provide  employment  to  all  eligible youth and discourage privatization of public sector etc., to prevent
- such suicide deaths in future; and
- (e)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a) to (e): The  National  Crime  Records  Bureau,  Ministry  of  Home Affairs,    maintains  the  State/UT-wise  data  on  number  of  suicides committed by youth due to various reasons including unemployment, on the basis of data provided by States/UTs. The State-wise number of suicides  committed by people due to various reasons in the country during 2019-2021 is Annexed.

Employment generation coupled with improving employability of the youth is the priority concern of the Government. Government has taken various steps for generating employment in the country through  various  schemes viz.   Prime Minister's  Employment

Generation  Programme  (PMEGP),  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  and  Deendayal Antodaya  Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM), Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana(PMMY),  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  Rozgar Yojana (ABRY) etc.

The Government has also provided fiscal stimulus of more than  rupees  twenty  seven  lakh  crore  as  part  of  the  Aatmanirbhar financial package specifically to create employment opportunities for migrant  workers,  workers  for  unorganised  sector,  strengthening  of MSME  Sector  and  promoting  rural  economy.  It  includes  plethora  of initiatives for all these sectors.

Government has implemented the National Career Service (NCS)  Project  as  a  Mission  Mode  Project  for  transformation  of  the National  Employment  Service  to  provide  a  variety  of  employment related  services  like  job  matching,  career  counselling,  vocational guidance,  information  on  skill  development  courses,  apprenticeship, internships, etc.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2004 for 19.12.2022 raised by Dr. T.R Paarivendhar regarding 'Data of Suicide/Deaths'.

State/UT-wise Number of Suicide committed by people in the country during 2019-2021

| Sl.No.   | State/UT                   | 2019   |   2020 |   2021 |
|----------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh             | 6465   |   7043 |   8067 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh          | 112    |    160 |    160 |
| 3        | Assam                      | 2370   |   3243 |   3262 |
| 4        | Bihar                      | 641    |    809 |    827 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh               | 7629   |   7710 |   7828 |
| 6        | Goa                        | 259    |    308 |    321 |
| 7        | Gujarat                    | 7655   |   8050 |   8789 |
| 8        | Haryana                    | 4191   |   4001 |   3692 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh           | 584    |    857 |    889 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                  | 1646   |   2145 |   1825 |
| 11       | Karnataka                  | 11288  |  12259 |  13056 |
| 12       | Kerala                     | 8556   |   8500 |   9549 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh             | 12457  |  14578 |  14965 |
| 14       | Maharashtra                | 18916  |  19909 |  22207 |
| 15       | Manipur                    | 58     |     44 |     49 |
| 16       | Meghalaya                  | 198    |    224 |    226 |
| 17       | Mizoram                    | 70     |    108 |     99 |
| 18       | Nagaland                   | 41     |     48 |     43 |
| 19       | Odisha                     | 4582   |   5546 |   5651 |
| 20       | Punjab                     | 2357   |   2616 |   2600 |
| 21       | Rajasthan                  | 4531   |   5658 |   5593 |
| 22       | Sikkim                     | 220    |    285 |    266 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                 | 13493  |  16883 |  18925 |
| 24       | Telangana                  | 7675   |   8058 |  10171 |
| 25       | Tripura                    | 728    |    845 |    771 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh              | 5464   |   4804 |   5932 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                | 516    |    943 |    717 |
| 28       | West Bengal                | 12665  |  13103 |  13500 |
|          | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 135367 | 148737 | 159980 |
| 29       | A &NIslands                | 181    |    180 |    159 |
| 30       | Chandigarh                 | 131    |    128 |    120 |
| 31       | D&N Haveli and Daman&Diu@+ | 141    |    156 |    171 |
| 32       | Delhi UT                   | 2526   |   3142 |   2840 |
| 33       | Jammu &Kashmir@*           | 284    |    287 |    247 |
| 34       | Ladakh@                    | -      |     12 |     11 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep                | 0      |      2 |      1 |
| 36       | Puducherry                 | 493    |    408 |    504 |
|          | TOTAL UT(S)                | 3756   |   4315 |   4053 |
|          | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          | 139123 | 153052 | 164033 |

As per data provided by states/UTs

Source: Accidental Deaths & Suicide in India

'+' Combined data of erstwhile D & N HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU UT during 2019

'*' Data of erstwhile JAMMU & KASHMIR State Including LADAKH during 2019

'@' Data of newly created Union territory

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