Why farmers end their lives?
High time for a thorough investigation by Ranjit Singh Ghuman Suicide, in general and by farmers and agricultural labourers in particular, is an unnatural and a serious phenomenon. This is an indicator of serious limitations of the countrys social, economic and political policies. Such a phenomenon needs an urgent and systematic investigation. The National Farmers Commission of India had highlighted that nearly 1.5 lakh farmers have committed suicides in India, since 1990s. Incidentally, these have taken place in those states where green revolution has been a success story Punjab, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. In Maharashtra alone, the figure touched 1.31 lakh during 1993-2006. Hardly any state has undertaken comprehensive enumeration of the suicides. As regards Punjab, the most widely acclaimed success story of green revolution, the only systematic and authentic enumeration of the farmers suicides has been undertaken by the Punjab Agricul
