70 suicides daily by jobless, self-employed, says NCRB
New Delhi, January 18
An average 35 unemployed and 36 self-employed people ended their lives every day in 2018, with the two categories together accounting for 26,085 suicides during the year, according to an official data.
Unemployed persons (12,936) were slightly behind those self-employed (13,149) who took their own lives, while both categories outnumbered the suicide figures of those working in the farming sector — 10,349 — in 2018, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data stated.
Overall, 1,34,516 suicides were reported in the country during 2018, showing an increase of 3.6% in comparison to 2017. The suicide rate also increased by 0.3 per cent during 2018 over 2017.
“Housewives accounted for 54.1 per cent of the total female victims (22,937 out of 42,391) and constitute nearly 17.1% of total victims who committed suicides during 2018,” the report said.
“Government servants accounted for 1.3% (1,707) of the total victims as compared to 6.1 per cent (8,246) of total victims from private sector enterprises. Employees from public sector undertakings formed 1.5 per cent (2,022) of the total suicide victims, whereas students and unemployed victims accounted for 7.6 per cent (10,159) and 9.6 per cent (12,936) of total suicides respectively,” it said. — PTI
