From Farmers To Labourers: The New Face Of India's Changing Farm-Suicide Crisis

Agricultural labourers now account for more farm-sector suicides in India than farmers. Reporting from Maharashtra's suicide belt shows how shrinking landholdings, falling farm incomes, debt and climate shocks are pushing small farmers into wage labour—and to give up on life.

25 Jun 2026        Partha Sarathi Biswas