Question raised in Lok Sabha on crop loss due to natural calamities, 21/04/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on crop loss due to natural calamities, 21/04/2015 . The State Governments provide information on suicides by farmers due to agrarian distress. As per the reports received from some State Governments namely, Punjab, Karnataka, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, there have been no incidents of farmers suicide due to agrarian distress caused by recent untimely rains and hailstorms. However, Government of Maharashtra has reported three cases of farmers suicide due to untimely rains and hailstorm during the period January to March, 2015. In the month of February- March 2015 many States like Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttara- khand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal, Telangana and Kerala were hit by hailstorm followed by untimely rainfall. As per inputs received from States, State-wise crop area affected due to hailstorm and unseasonal rains in country on the basis of preliminary assessment is annexed.