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What is the news?
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has released the Accidental Deaths and Suicides report 2020.
About the Accidental Deaths and Suicides report 2020
The report divides suicides into nine categories — apart from daily wagers, housewives and people working in the farm sector, etc, The NCRB omitted a chapter on Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in the 2020 edition of its Accidental Deaths and Suicides report.
What are the key findings of the report?
Report on Suicides: Suicides in India rose 10% from 2019 to an all-time high of 1,53,052 in the pandemic year of 2020.
The share of daily wage earners among those who died by suicide has doubled between 2014 and 2020.
The number of agricultural labourers who died by suicide in 2020 was 18% higher than the previous year. However, suicides among landowning farmers dropped slightly during the pandemic year.
Worst States: The worst among States continues to be Maharashtra. The other states include Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Report on Accidents: The data shows that the number of accidental deaths came down to 3,74, 397 in 2020 from 4,21,014 in 2019– a decline of 12.47%. This is the lowest since 2010. The rate of accidental death (accidental death per lakh) has also come down this year.
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Source: This post is based on the article following articles
- “Suicides among farm workers rose 18% in 2020” published in The Hindu on 29th October 2021.
- “Suicides rose to all-time high in 2020, daily wagers made up greatest share” published in Indian Express on 30th October 2021.
