869 Farmer Suicides From Jan to April: Oppn Leader

Leader of the opposition in the legislative council, Ambadas Danve, on Wednesday said that from January to April 2025, 869 farmers had died by suicide across Maharashtra.

- Saurabha Kulshreshtha

MUMBAI: He blamed the government's failure to ensure adequate prices and crop losses due to natural calamities compounded by pending compensation as reasons for the farmers' distress.

To be sure, the number of farmer suicides in the first four months of 2025 is largely the same as it was last year, according to government data. During the budget session earlier this year, while responding to a question in the legislative council, relief and rehabilitation minister Makrand Patil told the house that in 2024, a total of 2,706 farmers had died by suicide across Maharashtra. Of this, 1,267 farmers died by suicide from January to June 2024.