Abstract

Suicide is a worldwide complex phenomenon as well as a major public health concern. According to WHO, about one million people die by suicide every year, which is a matter of main concern. Objective: The article is an attempt to understand the suicide scenario in India with the help of existing literature and the data from the period of 1967to 2021. Methodology: The Information is collected by secondary data (Research Papers are based on suicide in India and worldwide), different data sources are NCRB, News, WHO Report and state level reports. Findings: There is a steady increase in the number of suicides during the study period around one person every 40 seconds, the main causes factors of which were domestic problems, illness, marriage issues, love affairs, bankruptcy and unemployment etc. after that it has been seen that most of the suicides were committed by housewives, self-employed people, salaried people, unemployed people, students and people working in the agriculture sector. The economic status has been found that 64.2 percent of the total suicides were committed by persons whose annual income is less than one lakh. Suggestion: There is a need to increase awareness among people, campaign to reduce stigma, Regulation of over the counter medication, In which area more work needs to be done as well as provision of some main policies should also be made by the government.