Chennai: The latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data on accidental deaths and suicides says as many as 42,480 farmers and daily wagers committed suicide in 2019, an increase of about 6 per cent from the previous year.
As the number of farmers committing suicide fell marginally, that of daily wagers increased 8 per cent.
While 10,281 farmers committed suicide in 2019, down from 10,357 in 2018, the figure for daily wagers went up to 32,559 from 30,132.
In 2019, a total of 5,563 male farmers and 394 female farmers committed suicide while agricultural labourers included 3,749 males and 575 females, said the report. States and Union Territories such as West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep and Puducherry reported zero cases of farmers and agricultural labourers committing suicide.