In a shocking revelation by National Crime Record Bureau, more number of Unemployment suicides took place than farmers in the year 2017 and 2018. As per NCRB, a total of 12,936 unemployed gave up their lives, representing 9.6% of total suicides, as compared to 10,349 in the farming sector which made for 7.7% of total suicides.
The highest number of suicides – 12.3 per cent – committed by unemployed persons were in Kerala (1,585 out of 12,936 suicides), 12.2 per cent in Tamil Nadu (1,579), 9.7 per cent in Maharashtra (1,260 suicides), 8.5 per cent in Karnataka (1,094 suicides) and 7 per cent in Uttar Pradesh (902 suicides). “Each suicide is a personal tragedy that prematurely takes the life of an individual and has a continuing ripple effect, dramatically affecting the lives of families, friends and communities. Every year, more than 1 lakh people commit suicide in our country. There are various causes of suicides like professional/career problems, sense of isolation, abuse, violence, family problems, mental disorders, addiction to alcohol, financial loss, chronic pain etc,” says the NCRB adding it collects data on suicides from police recorded suicide cases.
