BJP demands ₹25L compensation for TS farmers who committed suicide
The Hindu
Seeks bonus of ₹500 per quintal for paddy farmers
Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar demanded Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to give ₹25 lakh compensation to farmers who had committed suicide in the last seven years and also declare a bonus of ₹500 per quintal to paddy farmers.
“Mr. Rao is welcome to give ₹3 lakh compensation to Punjab farmers but why ignore the travails of farmers here? Are they not Telangana people? Was any kind of compensation paid to farmers who had faced losses due to natural calamities or due to the maladministration of this government ever?,” he sought to know at a press conference on Sunday.
The BJP leader pointed out that as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), TS stands fourth with 419 farmer suicides in 2019 and 471 in 2020. “This is only due to KCR’s arrogant nature and flimsy policies. Did he even utter a single word offering condolences to the grieving families during farmer deaths or youngsters committing suicides due to lack of employment opportunities,” he questioned.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.