1078 farmers died by suicide in Maharashtra in 5 months: Maharashtra Minister
Maharashtra Minister informed that a total of 1078 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra from June-October
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Mumbai, December 25: Maharashtra relief and rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar, informed the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in a written reply in the question hour at the assembly that a total of 1078 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra from June-October.
Wadettiwar said, “In my view, farmer suicides should be included as ‘disaster’ so that the heirs of the deceased farmers can be given aid of Rs 4,00,000. I shall bring up this proposal before the state cabinet.”
The Minister also stated that 491 of these cases were considered to be eligible by the respective district level committees for receiving this benefit of state government’s Mahatma Jyotirao Phule loan waiver scheme. These farmers would receive financial assistance under this loan waiver scheme, according to Vijay Wadettiwar.
He added that these farmers committed suicide because of the high debt burden and their inability to repay loans, damage of crops caused because of natural calamities, soil infertility, and due to personal reasons. The minister said that the govt is serious about the issue, and suggested that compensation paid to families of deceased farmers should be increased from the current Rs 1 lakh to Rs 4 lakh.
Wadettiwar said, “In my view, farmer suicides should be included as ‘disaster’ so that the heirs of the deceased farmers can be given aid of Rs 4,00,000. I shall bring up this proposal before the state cabinet.”
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Earlier, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told Parliament that there was no record of the exact
number of farmers who had died during farmers protests and hence there was no possibility of giving compensation to their families.
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