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Dealing with a suicide crisis
Hindustan Times Pune
|October 01, 2025
Institutional remedies and interventions at various levels are necessary to address mental health issues
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At 12.3 per 100,000, India’s suicide rate in 2023 was the second-highest since 1966, when the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) started giving such data.
The highest suicide rate, of 12.4, was recorded in 2022. That the spike in suicides post the Covid-19 period was yet to abate in 2023 reflects persisting agony, perhaps from the exacerbation of factors contributing to suicide.
This story is from the October 01, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Pune.
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