Nagpur: A shocking discloser, as per ABP MAJHA TV reports, has come to the fore regarding figure of farmer suicides in Maharashtra. The State Relief and Rehabilitation Department has disclosed that a total of 3052 farmers committed suicide between January and December 2016 resulting from the agrarian crisis.
Out of 3052 suicide cases, families of 1621 deceased farmers were provided with compensation of Rs 1 lakh each by the State Government. At the same time, 1167 proposals for compensation were disposed of as ineligible. An enquiry is going on in 264 proposals. Amravati Division topped the chart with 1085 farmers ending their lives due to agrarian reasons while Konkan Division reported nil.
Division-wise figures of farmers’ suicides:
Gold Rate
Wednesday 05 Feb. 2025
Gold 24 KT
84,400 /-
Gold 22 KT
78,500 /-
Silver / Kg
96,200 /-
Platinum
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- Nagpur — 360
- Amravati — 1085
- Nashik — 479
- Aurangabad — 1053
- Pune — 75
- Konkan — 0
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