Farmers Suicide: Facts and Possible Policy Interventions

Product description This informative book contains a large amount of unique primary data on the condition of farmers. The data sources include Police Station Records, Collector Office Records, the Agriculture Market Committees, the Health Directorate, the State Crime Records Bureau and extensive Field Interviews with 37% of the cases of reported suicides in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. All this information would be of considerable use to anyone interested in understanding and/or doing further research on the condition of farmers in India. It would be of particular use to those interested in the making of public policy and the distressing issue of farmers suicide. About the Author Meeta is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service currently based in Maharashtra. Rajivlochan researches and teaches Contemporary Indian History at the Panjab University Chandigarh.