The Andhra Pradesh Government has asked the SERP (Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty) to conduct a study on the socio-economic conditions of the kin of farmers who committed suicide in the last seven years.
“You need to study whether they have received the Rs 1.5 lakh compensation they supposed to get.
"The other aspects the study could cover are to see whether the children in those families are getting their fee reimbursed, whether the kin are getting pension,” Revenue Minister N. Raghuveera Reddy said.
In a review meeting held here on Tuesday, he said the Ministry would hold a meeting of Joint Collectors on September 25 and 26 to take stock of implementation of various schemes.
Keeping in view the controversies over mining deals, the Minister has asked the officials to send a team to study the applications and visit the area in question before preparing a detailed report.
He also asked the officials to finalise the list of beneficiaries of the sixth phase of land distribution by September 25. “In order to encourage wind power, we need to give land on lease at a nominal rent,” he told the officials.