Human Rights Forum (HRF) and Rythu Swarajya Vedika (RSV) have found the claims and action at variance, vis-a-vis the State government’s assertion on having given ex-gratia to families of farmers who had committed suicide.
A three-member fact-finding team, comprising members of HRF and RSV, visited eight families of such farmers in Tirupati and Chittoor districts recently to determine the reasons for their suicide and also ascertain the relief provided, if any, by the State.
Only one of the eight families living in KVB Puram, Nindra, Vijayapuram, Puttur and Karvetinagaram mandals of the combined Chittoor district had received ex-gratia of ₹7 lakh, as per G.O.No.43.
