1. The document provides statistics on farmer suicides in various Indian states between 1997-2011 according to government sources, with the highest numbers in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Tamil Nadu. 2. It identifies the main causes of farmer suicides and agrarian distress as rising cultivation costs, unremunerative prices, unsustainable farming practices, and lack of adequate support systems for farmers. 3. It lists demands to address the crisis such as providing compensation for crop failures, remunerative prices, modifying trade policies, and long-term solutions like a price compensation system and promoting sustainable agriculture.

1. FARMER SUICIDES AND AGRARIAN DISTRESS Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture

3. States Male Female Total 1 Andhra Pradesh 2130 395 2525 2 Arunachal Pradesh 18 0 18 3 Assam 352 17 369 4 Bihar 91 4 95 5 Chhattisgarh 778 348 1126 6 Goa 15 0 15 7 Gujarat 458 65 523 8 Haryana 261 36 297 9 Himachal Pradesh 59 2 61 10 Jammu & Kashmir 16 2 18 11 Jharkhand 150 23 173 12 Karnataka 2128 457 2585 13 Kerala 797 98 895 14 Madhya Pradesh 973 264 1237 15 Maharastra 2947 194 3141 16 Manipur 0 4 4 17 Meghalaya 15 1 16 18 Mizoram 5 0 5 20 Odisha 145 17 162 21 Punjab 80 0 80 22 Rajasthan 351 39 390 23 Sikkim 19 0 19 24 Tamil Nadu 442 99 541 25 Tripura 46 12 58 26 Uttar Pradesh 432 116 548 27 Uttarakhand 33 6 39 28 West Bengal 800 193 993 Total States 13541 2392 15933

4. 29 Union Territories 0 30 Andaman & Nicobar 8 0 8 31 Chandigarh 0 0 0 32 Dadar and Nagar Haveli 10 0 10 33 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 34 Delhi (UT) 9 0 9 35 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 36 Puducherry 4 0 4 Total UTs 31 0 31 Total Farmer Suicides 13572 2392 15964

5. Suicides in 6 districts of Vidarbha Year As per NCRB As per Vasantrao Naik Shetkari Swalabhan Mission and Crime Records 2001 116 59 2002 254 105 2003 328 143 2004 456 441 2005 666 431 2006 1886 1215 2007 1556 1160 2008 1680 1080 2009 1954 991 2010 2023 1060 2011 N.A. 680

6. 95 suicides in 1 month in 6 districts, A.P. District No of Suicides Adilabad 18 Medak 13 Karimnagar 13 Khamma 17 Mahaboobnagar 10 Ananthapur 24 Total 95

7. No. of suicides in Oct-Nov 2011, A.P. District October November Total Adilabad 16 11 27 Ananthapur 25 3 28 Karimnagar 11 6 17 Khammam 14 8 22 Kurnool 6 1 7 Mahabubnagar 8 16 24 Medak 7 9 16 Nalgonda 3 0 3 Prakasam 0 1 1 Rangareddy 1 0 1 Srikakulam 1 0 1 Warangal 2 8 10 Total 94 63 157

8. List of Genuine Farmer Suicides by Govt of A.P. District 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total Adilabad 9 18 23 25 25 25 2 68 60 83 48 42 18 6 0 452 Ananthapur 9 9 27 35 60 22 13 59 70 65 90 95 40 41 19 654 Chittor 0 6 2 4 1 4 7 33 21 26 24 17 9 0 0 154 East Godavari 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 3 2 1 0 8 2 24 Guntur 5 12 1 4 5 1 4 69 24 31 22 36 3 20 19 256 Kadapa 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 18 17 9 26 21 10 4 1 115 Karimnagar 12 15 15 36 38 36 11 96 73 48 55 64 42 0 0 541 Khammam 1 7 0 9 4 7 2 37 23 22 7 12 2 0 0 133 Krishna 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 23 13 6 4 2 4 6 2 65 Kurnool 13 6 3 6 11 7 1 77 64 72 68 66 59 22 9 484 Mahbubnagar 4 15 20 9 22 17 4 112 57 35 30 29 17 4 0 375 Medak 2 1 5 5 11 25 17 92 45 30 28 32 32 21 7 353 Nalgonda 10 9 8 15 19 11 34 53 52 48 13 43 17 11 0 343 Nellore 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 6 7 1 2 2 3 0 0 31 Nizamabad 1 3 6 8 24 9 8 64 27 12 17 7 10 0 0 196 Prakasham 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 44 9 8 10 8 0 9 6 104 Rangareddy 0 4 2 1 6 5 2 56 40 19 21 18 25 0 0 199 Srikakulam 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 11 Vishakapatnm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 2 1 1 2 3 0 23 Vizianagaram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 W. Godavari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 11 Warangal 46 78 79 95 97 77 27 112 45 32 24 11 2 0 0 725 Total 113 188 197 255 327 253 143 1045 655 552 493 509 297 158 66 5251