FARMER SUICIDES IN KARNATAKA

1 FARMER SUICIDES . IN KARNATAKA . MANJUNATHA. RAMAPPA. May 2017. All India Study Coordinated by Agricultural Development and Rural Transformation Centre INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE. Bengaluru - 560 072. Prepared by Dr. Manjunatha, Principal Investigator Dr. Ramappa, Co-Principal Investigator Research Team Dr. Pesala Peter, Consultant Ms. Mamatha, Research Associate Ms. Preethika, Research Associate Mr. Keshav Murthy, Consultant Mr. Bangarappa, Research Assistant Mrs. Prema Kumari, Research Associate Draft report submitted in April 2017.

2 Final report submitted in May 2017. Contact: Dr. Manjunatha, in Agricultural Economics (Justus Liebig University, Germany). Assistant Professor Agricultural Development and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRTC). ISEC, Bengaluru - 560 072. Ph: +91-80-23215468, 23215519 (O). Email: Citation: Manjunatha, and , Ramappa (2017), FARMER SUICIDES in KARNATAKA , Agriculture Development and Rural Transformation Centre Report, Institute for Social and Economic Change, KARNATAKA Design by: dataworx, Bengaluru; website: FARMER SUICIDES IN KARNATAKA .

3 A. V. M a n j u n a t h a Ramappa Report Submitted to Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & farmers Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi All India Study Coordinated by Agricultural Development and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRTC). INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE. Bengaluru - 560 072. M a y 2017. FARMER SUICIDES in KARNATAKA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The study titled FARMER SUICIDES in KARNATAKA is a part of all-India coordinated study.

4 The study was entrusted by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & farmers Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, to the Agricultural Development and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRTC), Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru. We thank the Directorate of Economics and Statistics (AER division). of the Ministry of Agriculture & farmers Welfare as we received strong support for carrying out the study. The study enabled to understand the causes of FARMER SUICIDES and suggestions to prevent the same.

5 For this purpose, both secondary and primary data has been used pertaining to the agriculture year 2015-16. Primary data was collected from 107 victim households covering four major districts namely Mysuru, Mandya, Haveri and Belagavi. We are grateful to Director of ISEC, Prof. Chandrakanth and Former Director of ISEC, Prof. Deshpande for their encouragement and support. We have received support from the concerned officials from the Department of Agriculture, Government of KARNATAKA . We highly appreciate for their cooperation.

6 We profusely thank Prof. Vasant Gandhi, Centre for Management in Agriculture, IIM, Ahmedabad and Shri. Bodh, Advisor, AER Division, DES, MOA & FW, Govt. of India, New Delhi for their valuable suggestions. The study would not have reached to this stage without the cooperation of the victim households who provided the data required for the study. We thank each one of them for their invaluable support. Special thanks to our colleagues in the ADRTC, Dr. I. Maruthi and Prof. Parmod Kumar. We greatly thank the support rendered by the research team: Dr.

7 Pesala Peter, Ms. Mamatha, Ms. , Mr. Keshav Murthy, Mr. Bangarappa and Mrs. Prema Kumari. The secretarial assistance by Mr. N. Boopathi and Mr. Mutthuraja is thankfully acknowledged. Last but not the least, we thank all participating AERCs staff for their support and active involvement in this study. Manjunatha Principal Investigator ii FARMER SUICIDES in KARNATAKA TABLE OF CONTENTS. Sl. No. Particulars Page No. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY vi Chapter I INTRODUCTION 1-8. Background 1. Review of literature 2.

8 Objectives 6. Data and Methodology 6. Structure of the report 8. Chapter II FARMER SUICIDES SCENARIO IN KARNATAKA 9 - 13. Intensity of FARMER SUICIDES in KARNATAKA 9. Details of Compensation 12. Chapter III SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS AND CROPPING PATTERN 14 - 29. Socio-economic characteristics of victims 14. Socio-economic characterisitcs of victim households 14. Characteristics of operational holdings 17. Sources of irrigation 18. Leasing of land 18. Sources of income and expenditure 19. Cropping pattern and net returns 21.

9 Details of Credit 25. Chapter IV CAUSES AND IMPACT OF SUICIDES 30 - 38. Symptoms of SUICIDES 30. Causes of SUICIDES 31. Impact of SUICIDES on victim households 35. Suggestions to prevent SUICIDES 36. Chapter V FINDINGS AND POLICY SUGGESTIONS 39 - 42. Findings 39. Policy Suggestions 40. REFERENCES 43. ANNEXURES 46. iii FARMER SUICIDES in KARNATAKA LIST OF TABLES. Table No. Particulars Page No. Number of SUICIDES and indebtedness in major suicide prone states of Table 1. India Table Sample size 8. Details of FARMER SUICIDES in KARNATAKA from 1st July, 2015 To 30th June, Table 11.

10 2016. Table Details of compensation during 2015-16 13. Table Socio-economic characteristics of victims 15. Table Socio-economic characteristics of victim HHs 16. Table Characteristics of operational holdings of victim HHs 17. Table Source-wise distribution of irrigated area 18. Table Details of land leasing arrangement 19. Table Sources of income and expenditure 20. Table Cropping pattern and Net returns 22. Table Details of credit 26. Table Symptoms observed by family members before suicide 30. Table Social causes of SUICIDES 31.