Suicides Due to Job Loss in india
Over 16,000 people committed suicide due to bankruptcy or indebtedness while 9,140 people ended their lives due to unemployment between 2018 and 2020, the Ministry of Home Affairs informed the Rajya Sabha.
As many as 9,140 people ended their lives due to unemployment, the highest
number of such cases — 3,548 were reported in 2020, the year a lockdown was
imposed in the country due to COVID-19 and large-scale job losses and economic
slowdown were reported in many sectors.
• Minister of State for Home 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.