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Socio-economic status and its effect on Karnataka (India) Farmers\' Suicidal Tendencies - An overview

Author Affiliations

  • 1Teaching Assistant, Karnatak University’s, Dept. of Criminology and Forensic Science, Karnataka Science College, Dharwad, Karnataka, India

Int. Res. J. Social Sci., Volume 9, Issue (3), Pages 37-40, July,14 (2020)

Abstract

Being India\'s primary industry, agriculture has always been celebrated. India is an agrarian economy, meaning that agriculture is Indian economy\'s primary sector. True to this, almost Seventy percent of the population still relies on agriculture for their livelihood, given the Indian economy opening up to the word and globalization. India\'s secondary and tertiary sectors are growing at rapid rates; a vast majority of Indians still rely on farming. Every strategy for the growth of the Indian economy is directed at the development of agriculture, which is justified because it is important to first address the growth rate of the major sector of the economy in order to achieve the growth rates that the economy is aiming for. One would be tempted to say yes by a superficial analysis of the above points, but the truth is far from it. The fact that Indian farmers face extreme poverty and financial crisis driving them to suicide lies behind all growth and development. The year 1997 saw the first few cases of farmers committing suicides, these cases steadily increased over the next decade, peaking in 2001, and reports say that in the state of Karnataka alone as many as 9642 farmers committed suicide over the past eleven years. The worst cases of suicide farmers come from the Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra regions. The tackling of farmer’s problems thus becomes key factor in rebuilding new India. In order to provide human face to the liberalized economy agricultural credit reforms are urgently needed to bridge the gap between agriculture and other sectors. A dawn of new awakening through policy and practice can usher a new age of happiness of thee millions of distressed families of farmers tomorrow.

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