Farmer suicides in Telangana fell by 95.84% between 2015 and 2023, with the State’s share in India dropping from 11.1% to 0.51%. Welfare schemes like Rythu Bandhu, crop procurement, and irrigation expansion helped reduce debt distress.

Hyderabad: Farmer suicides in Telangana recorded a dramatic fall during the ten-year rule of former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao , with official data showing a 95.84 per cent decline between 2015 and 2023. The State’s share in farmers suicides in the country declined sharply from 11.1 per cent in 2015 to 0.51 per cent in 2023.

According to the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 10,786 farmers died by suicide across India in 2023, but Telangana’s share was just 0.51 per cent. When Telangana was formed in 2014, the St

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