80% debt-related farmer suicides due to bank loans: NCRB
According to government data, 80% of the farmers who committed suicide in 2015 due to debt or bankruptcy had taken loans from banks and registered microfinance institutions. Only about 10% of those farmers had taken loans from moneylenders, the data added. This is the first time NCRB has categorised such suicides by farmers based on the source of loans.