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Title: Need to introduce Crop Insurance, taking village as a unit, in Andhra Pradesh to mitigate sufferings of the farmers of the State. -Laid.
Dr. B. N. REDDY (MIRYALAGUDA) :
I would like to bring to the knowledge of this August House, the painful State of affair of scores of A.P. farmers. For the last six months, more the 200 farmers have lost their crops, they could not return the crop loan borrowed from banks and other money lenders, and finally committed suicide at the rate of 4 to 5 each day. Even now, one or two farmers are ending their life out of financial crisis due to failure of rains and lack of irrigation facility, more in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh.
I would request to Central Govt., through you Sir, to help ease out this community of farmers from their suffering, stopping the banks nfrom pressing the recovery of loans and asking the State Government to stop collection of laqnd revenue, etc. and arrange further loans to the farmers, to stop farmers from committing suicide.
Sir, Crop Insurance, taking village as a unit, is the only saving factor to be taken up, on top priority to take care of this Farmer’s Comunity, in this great country.