4. Soldiers and suicide
This year, 100 soldiers and paramilitary troopers committed suicide.
Most of the cases were reported from the Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir where insurgency has declined, but not died down.
Troops at the front often spend many sleepless nights in the pursuit of terrorists.
Experts cite stressful conditions, inadequate housing, paltry salaries, few promotion avenues, strict leave restrictions and early retirement as some of the causes for this dreadful tragedy.
