3 farmers committed suicide in Rajasthan in 2015

Three farmers died in Rajasthan in 2015 -- two committed suicide due to cash crunch and one due to domestic issues, the state government said in the Assembly today.
The government said there was not a single farmer suicide in the state in 2014.
BJP legislator from Luni constituency Jogaram Patel had put up a question in the Assembly seeking the number of farmers suicide in state and the country between 2008 and 2015.
In reply to the question, the home department submitted that 796 suicides were registered in the state in 2008, 851 in 2009, 390 in 2010, 268 in 2011, 270 in 2012, 292 in 2013, zero in 2014 and three in 2015.

Across India, 16,196 farmers committed suicide in 2008, 17,368 in 2009, 15,964 in 2010, 14,027 in 2011, 13,754 in 2012, 11,772 in 2013, 4,949 in 2014 and 7,114 in 2015, respectively.