New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to file a detailed plan of action to tackle farmer suicides in the country within four weeks. “Centre will take steps but implementation is at state level,” he said. Citizens Resource and Action Initiative, a Gujarat-based non-profit had moved the court in 2014 seeking Rs5 lakh each for about 700 families. Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul said farmer suicides are a serious issue. The Centre has also set up a committee to suggest ways to double real (inflation adjusted) farmer incomes between 2016-17 and 2022.

Source: Mint March 27, 2017 15:11 UTC