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As many as 9,474 students committed suicide in 2016 – almost 26 every day, according to a reply to the Lok Sabha by H G Ahir, Minister of State for Home Affairs, on January 2.
Student suicides in the country have increased 52 per cent – from 17 every day (6,248) in 2007 to 26 every day in 2016, data show.
Around 75,000 students committed suicides in India between 2007 and 2016.
Maharashtra reported the most — 1,350 — student suicides in 2016, or four every day, followed by West Bengal (1,147) and Tamil Nadu (981).
Student suicides in the country have increased 52 per cent – from 17 every day (6,248) in 2007 to 26 every day in 2016, data show.
Around 75,000 students committed suicides in India between 2007 and 2016.
Maharashtra reported the most — 1,350 — student suicides in 2016, or four every day, followed by West Bengal (1,147) and Tamil Nadu (981).
