Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said his government ensured that not a single farmer suicide went unrecorded, unlike the previous (TDP) dispensation, which never acknowledged the suicides to avoid becoming unpopular and paying compensation.
While making that observation during a short discussion on agriculture and allied sectors in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said the YSRCP government paid ₹23.65 crore towards ex gratia of ₹5 lakh each to the families of 473 farmers who died during the TDP term.
In contrast, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy claimed that the YSRCP government paid ₹21.56 crore to the families of 308 farmers who ended their life between June 1 and December 31, 2019, at the rate of ₹7 lakh per family, ₹7 lakh each to 260 families amounting to ₹18.20 crore in 2020, and ₹8.82 crore to the families of 126 farmers who killed themselves in 2021.
