Suicides In India

COVID-19 drove up suicide numbers by 10% in 2020; Maharashtra most affected with nearly 20,000 cases

The country recorded 1,53,052 suicides — an average of 418 daily — last year

Kin of those who die by suicide within 30 days of COVID-19 diagnosis to get ex-gratia: Centre

The court also held that deaths occurring within 30 days from the date of testing positive for COVID will be treated as ‘deaths due to COVID-19’, even if the death takes place outside the hospital/ in-patient facility

NCRB data shows more self-employed and unemployed people took their own lives than farmers in 2018

'Self-employed category accounted for 9.8 percent of total suicide victims (13,149),' said the latest report by the NCRB

Daily wage earners, housewives comprised 40% of suicide victims in 2018, shows NCRB data; fewer farmers ended lives as compared to 2016

Of the 1,34,516 suicide victims in 2018, 26,589 were daily wagers (22.4 percent) and 22,937 were housewives (17.1 percent), data from the NCRB, the agency responsible for collecting and analysing crime data, revealed.

Nitrogen gas suicide can trigger more such cases, warn experts

Nitrogen gas suicide may lead others suffering from chronic depression and having suicidal thoughts to follow suit, researchers fear