Telangana: ‘2,800 ryot families yet to get govt aid’

U Sudhakar Reddy / Updated: Jun 17, 2024, 15:35 IST

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Telangana: ‘2,800 ryot families yet to get govt aid’

HYDERABAD: Farmers groups have asked the Telangana govt to honour its election promise of providing ex-gratia to the families of farmers who died by suicide owing to the agrarian crisis. The demand comes as several families are still awaiting relief.
Rythu Swarajya Vedika (RSV), an advocacy group for farmers, said that 2,800 families were yet to receive any form of relief that was promised by the previous BRS regime.

According to RSV, out of 125 suicides reported during the Congress govt, only 82 families got Rythu Bima insurance benefit.
Kondal Reddy, convenor of RSV, said that between 2014-2023, around 7,000 farmer suicides have been reported, and only 1,600 families received ex-gratia following court orders.

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U Sudhakar Reddy

Sudhakar Reddy Udumula is the Editor (Investigation) at the Times of India, Hyderabad. Following the trail of migration and drought across the rustic landscape of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Sudhakar reported extensively on government apathy, divisive politics, systemic gender discrimination, agrarian crisis and the will to survive great odds. His curiosity for peeking behind the curtain triumphed over the criminal agenda of many scamsters in the highest political and corporate circles, making way for breaking stories such as Panama Papers Scam, Telgi Stamp Paper Scam, and many others. His versatility in reporting extended to red corridors of left-wing extremism where the lives of security forces and the locals in Maoist-affected areas were key points of investigation. His knack for detail provided crucial evidence of involvement from overseas in terrorist bombings in Hyderabad.

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