Hyderabad, Feb. 3 -- The Centre acknowledged on Friday that Telangana's farmer suicide rate has drastically decreased from 846 in 2017 to 352 in 2021.

This was ascribed to a number of state government measures, whereas farmer suicides in BJP-ruled Maharashtra were on the rise and in Karnataka showed little change.

Friday in the Rajya Sabha, MP Narain Dass Gupta asked a question, and on that day, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar presented information about the number of farmer suicides in various States since 2017.

According to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Telangana had 846 farmers and cultivators commit suicide in 2017, which subsequently declined to 352 in 2021.

The declaration from the Centre is signi...