NCRB Report Finds Drastic Rise in Suicide Among Businessman

The National Crimes Records Bureau (NCRB) on 28th October released its report on ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India’ (ASDI) for 2020. While road accidents and related deaths fell in the pandemic year, the number of deaths by suicides rose by 10% from 2019, taking the total figure to an all-time high of 1,53,052, the Hindustan Times reported.

The number of deaths by suicide per lakh population in 2020 stands at 11.3%, up from 10.4% in 2019 and the highest since 2010 (11.4%).

Deaths by suicide in the ASDI category titled ‘self-employed’ increased by 7.67% from 2019 to 2020, however, this impact was disproportionately distributed within the sub-categories.

Deaths by suicide among vendors increased by 26.1% and those of tradesmen by 49.9%, seemingly indicating that the adverse effects of the pandemic were felt more harshly by small businessmen.

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