TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - Farmer suicides in India JO - Economic and political weekly A1 - Basu, D. A1 - Das, D. A1 - Misra, K. SP - 61 EP - 65 VL - 51 IS - 21 N2 - In an effort to understand the trends of farmer suicides, this article uses data from the National Crime Records Bureau to estimate the suicide mortality rate of farmers and non-farmers for India and its states The methodology used corrects for an error present in previous studies and alters some commonly held views about the level and trend of farmer suicides in India.

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