On the second day of the monsoon session of Parliament, on Tuesday, SP member Ram Gopal Yadav raised the issue of unemployment in the Rajya Sabha. The SP MP emphasized the increasing trend of suicides due to the mass unemployment of people due to the coronavirus epidemic and the frustration that is occurring in them.

Yadav requested the government to give an allowance of Rs 15,000 every month to those who lost their livelihood due to the lockdown implemented to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Yadav raised this issue during the Zero Hour and said that the livelihood of crores of people was affected due to the lockdown and many families were shattered. In such a situation, the education of the children remained far away, they were forced to sleep hungry.

He said that due to this epidemic, mental stress and frustration are increasing among the people. In such a situation, people are moving towards suicide. Giving the example of Noida in this episode, he said that 44 people died due to this disease while 165 people committed suicide there in the last few months.

Yadav demanded to give 15 thousand rupees every month to the unemployed people, saying that this will give some support to the people and they will be able to survive. He said that every government from west to east is doing this and we should also do so.

Raising the issue of mental health and suicide, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma also said that the situation has become more serious due to Kovid-19 in India. He said that according to an estimate, eight lakh people commit suicide every year worldwide and the number in India is around 1.39 lakh.

He said this means that 15 percent of the total incidents of suicide occur in India. According to the report, in 2019, the number of such cases in India increased by four percent. He said that in India there is an incident of suicide in three and a half minutes which is very sad.

Sharma said that according to a report, one in every seven people in India is estimated to be suffering from depression. He said that due to the coronavirus epidemic, the problem of depression in school children and students increased rapidly. He said that this problem is more serious among the children who do not have the facility of online education etc., cannot get a mid-day meal and there are fear and uncertainty in the mind about Kovid.