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Farmers’ suicides in India
In the past 20 years, nearly 300,000 farmers have committed suicide, says India’s National Crime Records Bureau.
Unseasonal rainfall and hailstorms in many parts of India in recent weeks have destroyed crops, putting further strain on impoverished farmers and driving many of them to kill themselves.
In the first four months of this year alone, 257 farmers in Maharashtra have taken their own lives, according to the state government.