Lok Sabha Question No. 5476 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Sucide by Farmers in Telangana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Anumula Revanth Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5476

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  APRIL, 2022

## SUICIDE BY FARMERS IN TELANGANA

5476. SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY:

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

- (a) the number of farmers who have committedsuicide in Telangana since 2014, districtwise;
- (b) the major reasons behind such suicides inTelangana;
- (c) the details of the steps taken and schemeslaunched by the Government to stop such suicides  andthe  number  of  the  farmers  benefitted  from  such  schemesin  Telangana, district-wise; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  given  anycompensation  to  the  families  of  the  victim farmers and ifso, the number of families compensated, district-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a)& (b): 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). NCRB has published reports upto 2020 which are available on its website. NCRB does not publish district-wise data for suicides by farmers/cultivators, however, as per the  NCRB Reports, the details of the number of suicides by farmers/ cultivators in the State of Telangana from 2014 to 2020 is as under:

|   Year |   No. of farmers committed suicide in the State of Telangana |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2014 |                                                          898 |
|   2015 |                                                         1358 |
|   2016 |                                                          632 |
|   2017 |                                                          846 |
|   2018 |                                                          900 |
|   2019 |                                                          491 |
|   2020 |                                                          466 |

Reasons of farmers suicide were given in ADSI Report 2014 & 2015. As per ADSI Reports for the years2014 and 2015, the major causes of farmers suicide were bankruptcy or indebtedness, farming related issues, family problems and illness, etc.

(c) : Agriculture being a State Subject, the State  Governments  take  appropriate measures  for  development  of  agriculture  in  the  State.  However,  Government  of  India supplements  the  efforts  of  States  through  appropriate  policy  measures  and  budgetary support  and  various  schemes/  programmes.  The  various  schemes/  programmes  of  the Government  of  India  are  meant  for  the  welfare  of  farmers  by  increasing  production, remunerative  returns  and  income  support  to  farmers.  The  Government  has  initiated various  interventions/  projectsfor  the  welfare  of  farmers  such  as,PM-KISAN,  Minimum Support Price (MSP) by providing minimum 50% return over cost of production,Soil Health Card  (SHC),   Neem  coated  urea,  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinhchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY), National  Food  Security  Mission  (NFSM),     National  Mission  on  Oilseeds  and  Oil  Palm (NMOOP),  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (PKVY),  Mission  Organic  Value  Chain Development for North Eastern Regions (MOVCDNER), Mission Integrated Development of  Horticulture  (MIDH),  Integrated  Pest  Management,  Integrated  Nutrient  Management, National  Mission  on  Sustainable  Agriculture  (NMSA),  Watershed  Development  Project, Sub-mission  on  Agricultural  Mechanization(SMAM)  and  Custom  Hiring  Centres  (CHCs). Sub-mission  on  Seeds  and  Planting  Material  (SMSP),  Per  Drop  More  Crop  (PDMCPMKSY), Kisan Credit Card (KCC) and Interest Subvention Scheme.

Further,  the  Government  supported  these  schemes  by  providing  higher  budgetary allocations, non-budgetary financial resources such as creating Corpus Funds like Micro Irrigation Fund, Agriculture Infrastructure Funds, PM Matasya Sampadana Yojana, Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund and formation of FPOs, Gramin Agriculture Markets etc.

(d):     Agriculture being a State Subject, the State Governments provide relief.

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