{"id":47565,"date":"2017-03-27T07:16:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T01:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=47565"},"modified":"2017-03-27T07:16:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T01:46:31","slug":"tell-us-plan-tackle-farmer-suicides-sc-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/tell-us-plan-tackle-farmer-suicides-sc-centre","title":{"rendered":"Tell us plan to tackle farmer suicides: SC to Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44343\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/killing.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44343\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/two-get-life-sentence-killing-labourer\/killing\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/killing.jpg?fit=259%2C195&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,195\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"killing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/killing.jpg?fit=259%2C195&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44343 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/killing.jpg?resize=259%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tell us plan to tackle farmer suicides: SC to Centre\" width=\"259\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/killing.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/killing.jpg?resize=133%2C100&amp;ssl=1 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tell us plan to tackle farmer suicides: SC to Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to inform it about the line of action to be taken by states for dealing with the &#8220;serious issue&#8221; of farmers&#8217; suicide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a very serious issue and the Centre should file the proposed line of action to be taken by states with regard to the farmers&#8217; suicide with the apex court registry within four weeks,&#8221; a bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, the bench also comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul said the government should come out with a policy which deals with the root causes of farmers taking the extreme step.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Solicitor General P S Narasimha said that the government is taking all possible steps like procuring food grains directly from farmers, increasing insurance cover, granting loans and crop loss compensation.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government is coming up with a comprehensive policy to deal with the issues of farmers committing suicide.<\/p>\n<p>The bench said, &#8220;Agriculture is a state subject and the Centre will cordinate with states and come up with a line of action to address root cause of farmers committing suicide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Appearing for the petitioner NGO &#8216;Citizens Resource and Action and Initiative&#8217;, senior advocate Colin Gonsalves said over 3,000 farmers have committed suicide and the government should address all the real issues and implement a proper policy.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing grave concern over farmer suicides, the apex court had earlier said that it felt the government was going in a &#8220;wrong direction&#8221; in tackling the real problem.<\/p>\n<p>Asking the Centre to apprise it of the policy roadmap to address the burning issue, the court had said the issue of farmers&#8217; suicide was of &#8220;extreme importance&#8221; and paying compensation to the families of such victims &#8220;post-facto&#8221; was not the real solution.<\/p>\n<p>The ASG had earlier told the court that the government has initiated many schemes for farmers and the 2015 crop insurance scheme would drastically reduce such fateful incidents.<\/p>\n<p>He had said other schemes also needed to be strengthened to make farmers feel that the government would stand behind them in distress.<\/p>\n<p>The plea was filed by the NGO on the plight of farmers in Gujarat and suicide committed by many of them there. 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