To ensure timely payment of relief to the families of debt-ridden farmers who have committed suicide in the State, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday directed all the Deputy Commissioners to hold monthly meetings of district level committees to expeditiously dispose of such cases in order to grant compensation to next of kin of the deceased farmers.
Badal, taking the during a meeting with the delegation of various farmers’ organisations on Thursday, said that the compensation to the families of farmers, who had committed suicides, was given by the state government after recommendation from the district level committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioners.
Till now, the State Government has released about Rs99 crore for this purpose. “But, if any case is still pending, it would be cleared on priority basis,” said Badal.