Many states, union territories reported 'nil' data on farmer suicides: Home Ministry

Many states and union territories have reported "nil" data on suicides by farmers, cultivators and farm labourers, the Home Ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said this in response to a question by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking to know if the farmer suicide data for the past four years was available.

The Wayanad MP asked whether the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) had received the data on farmer suicides from states and union territories since 2016 and if not, the reasons.

He also sought to know the reasons for not publishing reports of accidental deaths and suicides in the country by the NCRB since 2015 and whether the bureau proposes to re-start publication of the data on farmer suicide.

Responding to the parliamentarian, the minister said the data on accidental deaths and suicides, including farmer suicides, are reported by states and union territories to the NCRB which publishes it as the "Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India" (ADSI) Report,