Farmer Suicide Ex-Gratia
"Farmer Suicide Ex-Gratia" is a Financial Assistance Scheme by the Agriculture & Cooperation Dept. of the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. The scheme provides financial assistance of ₹ 7,00,000 to the family members of the deceased farmers/tenant farmers, who commit suicide due to agrarian reasons.
Who can apply
- The deceased farmer should have been a resident/domicile of the state of Andhra Pradesh.
- The cause of death of the farmer should be suicide.
- The reason for the suicide should be an agrarian reason, such as Failure of Bore wells, Raising of Commercial crops with a high cost of cultivation, Non-Remunerative Prices, Oral tenancy, and 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.
How to apply
Offline
Documents to carry
- Residential/Domicile Certificate
- Passport Size Photo
- Ex -gratia proposals with the recommendations of the District Collector (Letter to be addressed to the Special Commissioner of Agriculture by the District Collector)
- Mandal Level and Divisional Level three-member committee report.
- Aadhar Card
- Ration Card
- Death Panchanama
- Post Mortem Report
- Death Certificate
- FIR Copy
- Xerox Copies of the Promissory Notes
- Details of the Legal Heir along with Bank Details duly certified by the Tahsildar for Direct Benefit Transfer.
- If the suicide is committed by a tenant farmer, documentary evidence of the lease such as Revenue Records, or Crop Cultivators Rights Card (CCRC).
Details
"Farmer Suicide Ex-Gratia" is a Financial Assistance Scheme by the Agriculture & Cooperation Dept. of the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. The scheme provides financial assistance of ₹ 7,00,000 to the family members of the deceased farmers/tenant farmers, who commit suicide due to agrarian reasons as a rehabilitation package to support the families of the farmers. The reasons for committing such suicides may be the Failure of Bore wells, Raising of Commercial crops with the high cost of cultivation, Non-Remunerative Prices, etc.