TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The Supreme Court expressed concern over the rising number of farmer suicides stating that the direction adopted by the Centre was “wrong” to tackle the issue and a proper scheme in place was needed more than just paying compensation on the death of a farmer.
The court is hearing a PIL filed by NGO Citizens Resource and Action and Initiative, which has prayed for an overhaul of the agriculture policy and provisions for adequate compensation to farmers during drought and other natural calamities. The plea had initially asked for directives to Gujarat government to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to families of 692 farmers who reportedly committed suicide in the state between January 2003 and October 2012.
SC on Friday remarked that the “government was going wrong in some direction while dealing with such cases.” “You should have schemes in place, giving grants to the family of a suicide victim is not the remedy. If you pay for the suicide, you are not dealing with the issue,” remarked the Apex Court. To this the counsel for the Centre submitted that schemes are being readied to tackle this issue.
