New Delhi: How did the global epidemic coronavirus affect accidental deaths and self-impurities in India? The 2020 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report released on October 28 answers this question. According to the report, the number of road accidents and related deaths declined sharply, while suicides registered a major increase.
The 2020 report covers cases from January to December 2020. This shows that the number of deaths due to suicides increased rapidly. In all, 1,53,052 people lost their lives in suicides, the highest since 1967. This is the earliest period for which data exists. This number has increased by 10 per cent since 2019, the fourth highest year-on-year figure since 1967. Certainly, as part of the population, the rate of such deaths is not unprecedented. The number of deaths due to suicide, when adjusted by per million population, was 11.3 in 2020. While this is the highest rate in the last 10 years, it was 11.4 in 2010.
One of the biggest collateral disadvantages of the corona epidemic is education because schools and colleges were not open even after a long hard lockdown of 68 days that came into effect from March. A report released by the Education Ministry stated that 29 million students in India do not have digital devices. There have been several reports of students being self-immolated due to their inability to use resources to continue online education. Among the causes of suicide, which make up at least one per cent of such deaths, poverty (69%) and unemployment (24%) registered the biggest increases. This is followed by drug abuse or alcohol addiction (17%), illness (16%), and family problems (14%).
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