In an attempt to remain in a state of denial, the Modi-led government has said it has no data on farmer suicides after 2015. Union agriculture minister, Radhamohan Singh said this in Parliament at a time when the country is going through agrarian crisis and poor crop prices have hit farmers in several states.

Radhamohan Singh informed Parliament on Tuesday that the National Crime Records Bureau which publishes such data, has not done it since 2016.

The Union minister was replying to a question by Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi, who had asked details about the number of farmers who had committed suicide since 2016, and whether the government planned to rehabilitate their families.

"The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs compiles and disseminates information on suicides... These reports on suicides are available up to 2015 on its website. The reports for the year 2016 onwards have not been published yet," the minister said in a written reply.