Hyderabad, Oct. 2 -- The latest report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reveals that at least one person in the farming sector died by suicide per hour in the year 2023, with 10,786recorded suicides. This, however, is still a decline from the 2022 figure of 11,290.

Farm suicides have accounted for 6.3 percent of total (1,71,418) suicides in 2023 and include 4,690 cultivators and 6,096agricultural workers.

Maharashtra topped the chart, accounting for 38.5 percent, followed by Karnataka with 22.5 percent, Andhra Pradesh with 8.6 percent, Madhya Pradesh with 7.2 percent and Tamil Nadu with 5.9 percent.

West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Chandigar...