• Dr.N.Muthuraju

The pattern of farmer suicide in India shows an increasing trend during 1995-2015. There are 10720 farmers committed suicide in 1995 and 12,602 farmers committed suicide in 2015. As per the NCRB 2015 report most of suicides were reported in Maharashtra followed by Karnataka, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu during 2015, they together represented 87.5 per cent of total suicides in the nation. Indebtedness and crop failure due to climate change are the significant reasons for suicides among farmers. Other major reasons for farmer suicides were family problems, health problems and alcoholic addiction. The suicide rate is higher among the farmers with small land holdings. This study examines the nexus of farmer suicide and land holding in India. The study largely relay on secondary sources of data which were collected from the various reports of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

Farmer Suicide, Land Holding, Stagnation, Agriculture distress

"NUXES OF FARMER SUICIDE AND LAND HOLDING IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.830-836, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812D22.pdf

"NUXES OF FARMER SUICIDE AND LAND HOLDING IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp830-836, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812D22.pdf