Which of the following is NOT a reason for farmers' suicide in India?

none of the above

The correct answer is option 4: cheap imports leading to decline in pricing and profits  (All the given options are correct)

Scholars cite several factors that have led farmers to commit suicides

(i) the shift from traditional farming to the farming of high yielding commercial crops without adequate technical support combined with withdrawal of the state in the area of agricultural extension services in providing counselling on farm technologies, problems faced, immediate remedial steps and lack of timely advice to farmers

(ii) decline in public investment in agriculture in the last two decades

(iii) low rates of germination of seeds provided by large global firms, spurious seeds and pesticides by private agents

(iv) crop failure, pest attack and drought

(v) debt at very high interest rate of 36 per cent to 120 per cent from private money lenders

(vi) cheap imports leading to decline in pricing and profits

(vii) lack of access to water for crops which forced the farmers to borrow money at exorbitant rates of interest to sink borewells that failed.