57 farmer suicides in 2016 in Maha: Centre
The Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday that 57 farmers have so far committed suicide in Maharashtra in 2016 due to agrarian reasons. The data was shared by MoS for Agriculture Mohanbhai Kundariya as per official reports by the state governments. In 2015, over 1,600 cases of farmer suicides were reported with maximum of these suicides reported in Maharashtra.