Farmer Suicide Ex-Gratia

The scheme provides financial assistance of [?] 7,00,000 to the family members of the deceased farmers/tenant farmers.

The reason agrarian reasons for the suicides can be: Failure of Bore wells, Raising of Commercial crops with a high cost of cultivation, Non-Remunerative Prices, Oral tenancy, ineligibility to avail of Bank Loans, Private lending with higher interest rates, Adverse seasonal conditions, Heavy expenditure incurred towards Children education, ill health, and marriages.

The term "farmer" shall include every person who derives substantial livelihood from farming, not limited to those with title to land, but including tenant farmers and women farmers.

The beneficiary of the financial assistance should be a family member of the deceased farmer.

Any farmer or a friend, relative, family member, or well-wisher may bring to the notice of the Collector, any situation of extreme distress of a farmer or the livelihood of such extreme act by making use of the helpline at the Collectorate. Such information shall be flashed from the Collectorate to Division Office and Mandal office immediately and the RDO and his staff will get in touch with that family immediately and organize appropriate counseling at the District level and work out a package to insulate them from the pressures of money lenders.

The RDO and his staff will get in touch with that family immediately and organize appropriate counseling at the District level and work out a package to insulate them from the pressures of money lenders.

Any farmer or a friend, relative, family member, or well-wisher may bring to the notice of the Collector, any situation of extreme distress of a farmer or the livelihood of such extreme act by making use of the helpline at the Collectorate.

The Special Grievance Day shall be held at the Collectorate once a month for farmers to cover all issues of farmers including farmer suicide, distress, Government schemes, and land issues.

The Government Order of the Scheme Guidelines was first issued on 14th October 2019.

The objectives of this scheme are to support the family members of the deceased farmers/tenant farmers, who commit suicide due to agrarian reasons.

A Point of Contact at the Collector's office of the rank of Superintendent shall be designated as in charge of farmer suicide cases and assistance to victim families.

In the process of Rehabilitation, benefits of other Government schemes should be provided on a priority basis to the family members of the deceased farmer as per the eligibility.

The District Collector shall visit the place of occurrence along with Agriculture and Revenue department officials to extend moral support and initiate further necessary action.

If the suicide is committed by a tenant farmer, documentary evidence of the lease such as Revenue Records, or Crop Cultivators Rights Card (CCRC).

The Mandal Level Committee shall comprise the following: | Tahsildar : Chairman. | Agricultural Officer: Convener. | - Sub-Inspector of Police: Member.

The Division-level Three Member Committee comprises the following: | R.D.O./Sub Collector: Chairman. | Asst. Director of Agriculture (concerned): Convener. | - Deputy Superintendent of Police (concerned): Member.

Mandal-level Committee shall visit the place of occurrence of farmer suicide, conduct an inquiry and furnish their preliminary report to the Divisional Level Committee within 24 hours positively.

This scheme is managed by the Agriculture & Cooperation Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.

No, there is no such mention in the scheme guidelines.

No, there are no age-related criteria mentioned in the scheme guidelines for this scheme.

No, in order to be eligible to apply, the applicant should be a resident/domicile of the state of Andhra Pradesh.

This scheme is a 100% State Sponsored Scheme.