Maharashtra: 73 farmers commit suicide in Chandrapur from Jan to July 2023

By PTI

CHNADRAPUR: As many as 73 farmers have dedicated suicide in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district from January to July this 12 months, together with 13 final month, as per the district administration information.

From 2001 to 2023, 1,148 farmers have ended their lives within the district, together with 446 within the final 5 years, in response to the info.

A committee comprising the district collector, zilla parishad chief govt officer and superintendent of police had declared 745 farmers, who dedicated suicide between 2001 and 2022, as eligible for presidency compensation and 329 deceased cultivators as ineligible, as per the district administration.

The district administration had despatched a proposal to the federal government for offering compensation to the kin of the deceased farmers and 48 instances are pending from December 2022, the info stated.

“We are following guidelines updated in 2006 for providing the compensation amount of Rs 1 lakh to the kin of farmers who commit suicide,” a senior official from the collectorate stated.

In case of suicide by farmers, the federal government supplies compensation based mostly on mounted standards.

For causes like crop loss, incapability to repay mortgage from nationalised banks/co-operative banks or recognised moneylenders, and failure to repay the mortgage, the kin of farmers might be eligible for a compensation of Rs 1 lakh, out of which Rs 30,000 might be handed over to them, whereas the remaining quantity of Rs 70,000 might be deposited for 5 years into their accounts, as per the federal government decision issued in 2006.

A complete of 54,514.65 hectares of crops belonging to 64,379 farmers within the district had been broken not too long ago because of the flood in June-July this 12 months, a senior official from the agriculture division stated.

He stated a complete of 852 villages had been affected because of the flood within the district. Gondpipri tehsil recorded the very best crop injury on 12,571 hectares of land, he stated.

The division has already despatched a proposal of Rs 44.63 crore of compensation for crop damages within the district, the official stated.

A complete of three,51,091 farmers have taken Re 1 (premium) crop insurance coverage beneath the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) within the district, together with 50,890 farmers who’ve taken loans and three,00,201 non-loanee cultivators, in response to the agriculture division.

A complete of three,28,155.26 hectares of crop have been insured beneath the PMFBY within the district, it stated.

The state authorities can pay the premium of Rs 98,59,30,865.33 whereas the central authorities can pay the premium of Rs 45,05,15,938.23 to the insurance coverage firm on behalf of farmers for crop insurance coverage, the official stated.

Loans price Rs 87489.25 crore got to 98,177 farmers from district cooperative banks, public sector banks (nationalised) and gramin banks through the kharif and rabi seasons in 2022-23, in opposition to the goal of Rs 129100 crore given to the banks by the federal government, a senior official from the district administration stated.

CHNADRAPUR: As many as 73 farmers have dedicated suicide in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district from January to July this 12 months, together with 13 final month, as per the district administration information.

From 2001 to 2023, 1,148 farmers have ended their lives within the district, together with 446 within the final 5 years, in response to the info.

A committee comprising the district collector, zilla parishad chief govt officer and superintendent of police had declared 745 farmers, who dedicated suicide between 2001 and 2022, as eligible for presidency compensation and 329 deceased cultivators as ineligible, as per the district administration.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The district administration had despatched a proposal to the federal government for offering compensation to the kin of the deceased farmers and 48 instances are pending from December 2022, the info stated.

“We are following guidelines updated in 2006 for providing the compensation amount of Rs 1 lakh to the kin of farmers who commit suicide,” a senior official from the collectorate stated.

In case of suicide by farmers, the federal government supplies compensation based mostly on mounted standards.

For causes like crop loss, incapability to repay mortgage from nationalised banks/co-operative banks or recognised moneylenders, and failure to repay the mortgage, the kin of farmers might be eligible for a compensation of Rs 1 lakh, out of which Rs 30,000 might be handed over to them, whereas the remaining quantity of Rs 70,000 might be deposited for 5 years into their accounts, as per the federal government decision issued in 2006.

A complete of 54,514.65 hectares of crops belonging to 64,379 farmers within the district had been broken not too long ago because of the flood in June-July this 12 months, a senior official from the agriculture division stated.

He stated a complete of 852 villages had been affected because of the flood within the district. Gondpipri tehsil recorded the very best crop injury on 12,571 hectares of land, he stated.

The division has already despatched a proposal of Rs 44.63 crore of compensation for crop damages within the district, the official stated.

A complete of three,51,091 farmers have taken Re 1 (premium) crop insurance coverage beneath the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) within the district, together with 50,890 farmers who’ve taken loans and three,00,201 non-loanee cultivators, in response to the agriculture division.

A complete of three,28,155.26 hectares of crop have been insured beneath the PMFBY within the district, it stated.

The state authorities can pay the premium of Rs 98,59,30,865.33 whereas the central authorities can pay the premium of Rs 45,05,15,938.23 to the insurance coverage firm on behalf of farmers for crop insurance coverage, the official stated.

Loans price Rs 87489.25 crore got to 98,177 farmers from district cooperative banks, public sector banks (nationalised) and gramin banks through the kharif and rabi seasons in 2022-23, in opposition to the goal of Rs 129100 crore given to the banks by the federal government, a senior official from the district administration stated.