50% Farmers Committing Suicide in Drought-Hit Marathwada Are Under 40 | Read
Younger farmers in Maharashtra's Marathwada region may be more vulnerable and prone to commit suicide, a survey has found. Dilasa Janvikas Pratishthan, an Aurangabad-based NGO, has carried out a sample survey by studying farmer suicides in the eight districts of the region. Their findings are startling: 50 per cent of farmers are between the ages of 20 and 40 years.
