A post by Veena Seetharama Annadanaa says the number of suicides is actually higher: "The rising costs of seeds, pesticides and fertilizers have pushed peasants into mounting debts, and led untold thousands of them to commit suicide by drinking the same pesticides that created their liabilities… …By the government's own admission, over 100,000 farmers committed suicide in the last decade in the four states of western Maharashtra, central Madhya Pradesh and southern Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka." brianc79, posting on CaseIndiaTrips 2, speculates that many who attempt suicide don't even make it to the hospital.
Una entrada escrita por Veena Seetharama Annadanaa dice que el número de suicidios es en realidad más alto de lo que dice el autor mencionado anteriormente: