16,000 people commit suicide over indebtedness

People bury the body of a man at a graveyard in New Delhi

Burying the dead in India

Over 16,000 people committed suicide due to bankruptcy or indebtedness India’s Council of States, known as Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

Another 9,140 people ended their lives due to unemployment between 2018 and 2020,

The grim statistics was given by Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai in a response to a written question.

He said 5,213 people committed suicide due to bankruptcy or indebtedness in 2020, 5,908 in 2019 and 4,970 in 2018.

A total of 3,548 people committed suicide due to unemployment in 2020, 2,851 in 2019 and 2,741 in 2018.

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