' GOVERNML::.NT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (AGRICULTURE II BRANCH)

To,

1 . All Divisional Comm;.;sioners in the State of Punjar., \ 2. All Deputy Commissioners in the State of Punjab 3. All Senior Superintendents of Police in the State of Punjab. 4. All Chief Agricultural Officers in the State of Punjab.

Memo No .2/7/2008-Agri.2(10)/6398-6401 Chandigarh, dated, the:23.07.2015

Subject: Relief for Families of Farmers/Farm Labourers Affected by Suicides -Policy Regarding .

Concerned with the tragic incidents of suicides by farmers and farm

labourers in the recent past in various parts of the State, ~he Govt. constituted a

Committee to formulate measures to deal with the situation arising out ·of such

suicides. In its report the Comm .tee observed that the State agriculture is facing a

crisis both in terms of its economic and environmental sustain ioility of agriculture.

The increasing cost of inputs and marginal increases in Minimum Support Price have squeezed the margins of the farmers. The private investments in irrigation .111frastructure have increased manifold ·during the. last two decades due to

continuously depleting water table and consequent high cos .:; on deepening of.

tubewells <md replacement of centrifugal pumps with submersible pump sets.

Consequently, the farming sector of State is heavily indebted.

~? 0 The perform:nce of agricultural sector has ,;,so influenced the

economy of agricultural labourers who are witnessing a severe e~onomic squeeze

and their incomes are not sufficient to meet even the subsistence expenditure. The

high inflation rate , poor public health facilities and high cost of private health

serviCEfS and education have fur. 1er aggravated the proble~s of rural society. As a

consequence, the economic distress in the farm sector is il1 ~reasing leading to

some farmers and farm labourers to extreme step of committins·suicides.

3 0 As an endeavor to provide relief in case of suicidal d~aths of farmers

and farm labourers due to indebtedness in the State, the Gover · ment of Punjab has

p1 epa red tl1is Policy framework which envisages to provide a package as a measure of support the distressed family. For the purposeL of this policy, the

'Farmer' means a person cultivating agricultural land (as owner or tenant or sharf;)

sropper) and 'Farm Labower' IT'~ans a person principally eng<., .Jed with a farmer in

the capacity of a labourer on hire or exchange and who get t1is wages in cash or

kind in connection with the agricultural occupation he performs.

4.0 The Policy frame" nrk provides as under:

A) Financial Assistance:

• To mitigate the sense of economic insecurity, monetary assistance should be provided -on priority basis. A sum of Rs. 3.00 lac !:;hould be given afler

the reported death to the next of the kin with a view to tide over the

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financial distress of the family because of the death of the bread earner of the family;

• Revolving Fund for Rl• ief to the suicide affected families should be

created with State Revenue Department to ensure ~imely relief to the affected families;

• 25% of relief amount should be paia to the mother and balance to the wife , if mother is not alive then full relief to be paid to the wife;

• If wife remarries outside the family or is not alive, then ·to the children; and

in case the deceased is un-married/has no children, it shcruld be paid to

the parents in case they are dependent on the deceased;

• A Committee would be ccnstituted to receive and ve1 ify documents and disburs~ment of assistance with Deputy Commissioner as Chairman and Chief Medical Officer, Senior Superintendent of Police, Sarpanch of

victims' village as Members and Chief Agricultural Officer as a Member Convener; and

• The Committee would decide the matter within a period of one month

from the date of receipt of completed application. The application should

be submitted within a period of three months from the date of suicide. It

should be submitted to Chief Agricultural Officer, or the SDM concerned.

All such applications when~ver received, shall be forwnrded to CAO, who should process these for consideration of-the Committee as per above.

B) Rehabilitation •

• The officials of Revenue and Agriculture Departmer ts would work with

the distressed far:-1ilies for at least one year or as long as"it is necessary

to bring the family out of distress. These officials/employees would guide

the deceased families regarding agricultural technology. inputs use.

diversification, marketing etc.; and ~ • Preference wou!d be QPien to the affected fam1hes 1n ~ rov1dtng subs1d1zed

inputs under various development programmes of t1qriculture and allied

departments including Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY), Nat1onal

Food Security Mission (NFSM), National Horticulture Mission (NHivl) , etc

C) Preventive Measures

• The State Government has constituted District level and block level

Bankers Committee as per Reserve Bank of India guidelines under Lead Bank Scheme. The District Collector is the Chairman of District Level Committee and ·. ead :>i ;trict Manager of the district is the Chairman of

the Block . Level Bankers' Committee. All the banks operattng the

blocks/district including the district central cooperative banks and RRB.

Block Development Officers, Technical Officers in the· block such as

Extension Officers for '\griculture, Industries and Cooperatives are held at

quarterly intervals. These Committees shall also ·vork as Institutional Finance Promotion Committees (IFPC) at block <ctnd district level to promote and extend institutioqal credit to thE"; farmers. ThesE:

Committees,. apart from monitoring advancement of institutional credit to

farmers as per Oistnct Credit Plan, would chalk 'lUt programmes for

expansion of such credit in their respective areas of JUrisdiction ;

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.. • For improving the econo.my of farmers, the State would assist .in creating

cool-chain infrastructure and modern processing and storage facilities to

provide opportunities ln the production of high value livestock products, fruits and vegetables and fisheries;

• A mass campaign would be launched by the state government to create work culture among the rural youth which would reduce the menace of . . drug abuse. For this purpose, drug de-addition centres should be set-up;

• Likewise a mass campaign would be launched by the .State Government

to create aw~reness and persuade farmers community to desist from

unproductive and avoidable ostentatious spending on social functions

such as marriages·, Bhogs etc.; and

• Implementation of Atta-Dal Scheme.

D) Special Initiatives by Department of Agriculture

• Promotion of Dairy Farming for small farmers through induction of animals and creation \lf re.lated infrastructure viz. modern sheds for

animals, milking machines, bulk milk coolers etc. at suhsidized cost;

• Establishment of Integrated Buffalo Development Centre~ (IBDCs) for

improvement of Buffalo Breed to improve their productivity and thereby

the income of milk producers.

• Promotion of subsidiary occupations including Bee-Reeping, ·Fisheries, Goatery and Piggery by providing subsidy on creation of required infrastructure under various central and State Plan schemes;

• Reduction in cost of production by facilitating of setttng up Agricultural Machinery Centres in Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies for

providing equipment on custom hiring basis;

• Interest subvention of 3 percent for Crop loans to provide c;redit at a lower

interest rate i.e. 4 perce 1t; ~

• Facilitating the farmers in food-grain production and ' cultivat!on of fruits and. vegetables by providing appropriate technology and subsidized· inputs through coverage under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) and National Horticulture Mission (NHM);

• Promotion of cultivation of vegetables in peri-urban an~as and also under

Net House;

• Organization of Farmers into producers companies to start small scale

farm-gate processing· of agricultural produce and its rr.arketing; and

• Awareness Campaign for propagation of latest agriculture technologies

for improving productivity and reducing cost of production through timely

and adequate supply of inputs and their efficient use.

E) Implementation

• A Committee for providing Relief in _Suicidal Death: (CFSD) would be

constituted with Financial Commissioner, Revenue- as Chairman and

Financial Commissioner, Development, Pfincipal Secretary (Finance) and

Principal Secretary Power, as Members and Director, Disaster

Management as Member Secretary to coordinat : and monitor the

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implementation of Policy. The Committee may co-opt any other officer as member or can seek attendance of any officer for its efficient implementation.

• District level committees would be constituted under Deputy

Commissioners of the districts and should be responsible for verification of claims and disbursement of aid.

5.0 The State Government in the Department of Rural Development and

Panchayats would recommend and pursue with the Government of India to allqw

coverage of farm labour under MNREGA. Further, the State Government in the

Department of Revenue ~auld urge upon Government of India to share the cost of

providing relief and rehabilitation and preventive measures as outlined above on

50:50 basis.

6.0 The expenditure on 3ccount of provision of financial assistance shall

be met from the State Budget and for all other interventions it will b~ met from the

existing schemes.

7 0 This issues with the approval.of State Finance D

vide their I.D. No.S/21/2015-1 FE3/530390/1- of71h July, 2015.

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A copy is of the above is forwarded. to the following for information and necessary action :­

1. Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Punjab.

ii. Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Animal ·Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fi~heries, Punjab.

iii ~inancial Commissioner, Cooperation, Punjab.

iv. Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Punjab

v. Principal Secretary, Food & Civil Supplies, Punjab

vi . Principal Secretary, Finance, Punjab

vii. Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Punjab

viii. Principal Secretary, School Ed_ucation, Punjab

ix. Secretary, Rural Development and Panch~yats , Punjab

x. Director General of PoliGe, Punjab

xi Commissioner Agriculture, Punjab

xii. Officer lncharge, Le1d "Bank

xiii. Director Agriculture, Punjab

xiv. Director Horticulture, Punjab

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.­Government of Punjab

Department of Agriculture (Agriculture~ll Branch)

ORDER

In pursuance of the Policy for relief to families of

farmers/ farm labourers affected by suicides is:sued by the !

Department of Agricylture, Government of Punjab vide its letter ./

v No. 2/7/2008:.Agri.2(10)/6398-6415 of 23.07.2015, it is decided to ,._.t. {7 I -1 ""'

constitute a Committee comprising the followin-g · to oversee the ,.

provision of relief in suicidal deaths:­

i) Additional Chief Secretary/ Financial Chairman Commissioner Revenue

ii) Additional' Chief Secretary (Dev) Member iii) Pri,ncipCJI Secretary, Finance. Member iv) Principal Secretary, Pow.er Member v) Director Disaster Management Member Secretary

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The terms of refrence of the Committee would be as/ .

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following:­

i) to arrange and provide requisite funds for relief under ~ l 1

the policy; . "\{

ii) to review implementation of the policy to·provide relief to the affected famil ies of farmers and farm labourers who commit suicide in various distri cts of the State; and

iii) to issue appropriate advice/guidelines to the District Level Committees and ~he . Deputy ~ommissioners to ensure full compliance of the policy~l in darryihg out ~ts objectives.

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3.0 The Committee may meet as often as m~y be required I

but it shall meet atleast once in a quarter. ·

Chandigarh, dated Suresh Kumar, lAS I /

Additional Chief Secretary (Dev.) and .~ l\ July 2015 Principai Secretary to Governm~nt of Punjab,

Department of Agrfculture

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End st. No.2/7/2008-Agri.2( 1 0)/

A copy is forwarded to the following to t information

and necessary action:­

1. Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Punjab 2. Principal Secretary , Finance , Punjab 3. Principal Secretary, Power, Punjab 4. Director, Disaster Management, punjab 5. Commisioner, Agriculture, Punjab 6. Director, Agricuiture, Punjab 7. Director Horticulture, Punjab 8. PS to ACS(D)- for information of ACS(D) .

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Government of Punjao Department of Agriculture

(Agriculture-11 Bra.nch)

ORDER

In pursuance of the Policy for relief to families of

farmers/ farm labourers affected by suicides issued by the

Department of Agriculture, Government of Punjab vide its letter

No. 2/7/2008-Agri.2(1 0)/6398-6415 of 23.07.2015, it is decided to

constitute District Level Committees as following :- (~....

i) Deputy Commissioner of the Chairman concerned District

ii) Senior Supdt. of Police Member iii) Chief Medical Of{icer Member iv) Sarpanch of Victim's Village Member v) Chief Agriculture Officer Member Secretary

lhe terms of reference of the Committee ~auld be asA~

following:- · '-\j i) to receive and verify docum~nts for disbursement of

relief/ assistance as per the ·policy issued by Government vide its .letter No. 2/7/2008­Agri.2(1 0)/6398-o6415 of 23.07.2015;

ii) to resolve grievances of the families of farmers/farm labourers affected by suicide's, if any;

iii) to ensure all requisite riecessary action in addition to provision of relief for effective implementation of the policy particularly with. regard to rehabilitation of the affected families; · ·

iv) to ensure preventive measures to avoid and checl< .... suicides in future and provision of assistance under sch,~mes and programmes of various departments as per the policy; and

v) any other measure as may. be considered necessary to ensure effective implementation .. of the p0licy to carry out its objective. ..

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2. 0 The committee would decide the matter as may be i

brought be·fore it with in a period of one month .

from the date of Ii

receipt of such matter/application. The affected .families would be iI

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required to submit their applications within a period of three j i

months from the date of suicide to the Chief Agriculture Officer or !

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the SDM concerned. All such applications wherever received :

should be forwarded to Chief Agriculture. Officers who should ·

process these applications and place them before the Committee

for its consideration.

3 .0 The Committee should consider· these applications/

matters as may be placed before it in its tota li ty to ensure that ~J i

the affected families are provided requisite assi~tance in free and

fair manner.

The Committee may meet as oftt3n as required, but it

shall meet atleast once in a month.

Chandigarh, dated Suresh Kumar, lAS .. ~- ~-!\ July 2015 Additional Chief Secretary (Dev) and

Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Agriculture

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Endst. No. 2/7/2008-Agri.2 (1 0)/ 6 -~ $~ - Dated: d.t--;/7 r)~ ~ A copy is forwarded to the following for information

and necessary action:­ '4

1. Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Punjab, o · 2. Financial Comrnissioner, Rural Develdpment Ul

Panchayats, Punjab 3 .· Principal Secretary, Health & Fami.ly We:lfare, Punjab, 4. All Deputy Cominissiqners in the ~tate of PunJab 5 . A.ll Senior Superintendents of Police in the State of

Punjab

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6. Commissioner, Ag riculture, Punjab, 7. Director Agriculture, Punjab 8. Director Horticulture, Punjab 9 . . All Chief Agriculture Officers in the State of Punjab 'I 0. PS to ACS(D)- for information of ACS(D) .

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