New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- September 10 is observed as the World Suicide Prevention Day. According to Government of India figures (National Crime Records Bureau), around 13,000 students (7.6% of the total suicides in India) committed suicide in 2022, and it is quite possible that the actual unrecorded figures may be much higher.

This is a much higher number than that of farmer suicides (~11,000). The farmer's suicides are always in the news yet the major crisis in Indian society is the suicides by the young students. Also, the highest number of student suicides are in Maharashtra (~14% of total student suicides), India's most industrialised and one of its richest states. India unfortunately also has the highest number of student suicides in t...