Punjab CM sanctions Rs 65 crore as financial assistance to next of kin of farmers and farm labours who committed suicide due to economic distress

Chandigarh, February 18, 2014: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sanctioned Rs 65 crore to grant financial assistance to the next of kin of the farmers and farm labour who committed suicides in the state due to economic distress during past few years.  
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office said that the Chief Minister has directed the state Revenue department to issue detailed instructions to all the Deputy Commissioners for ensuring prompt payment to all the affected families.
It may be recalled that the state government was making payment of Rs 2 lakh each as financial assistance to such families under its policy. The state government has already released Rs 31 crore on this account and till date a total financial assistance to the tune of Rs 96 crore had been disbursed to 4800 affected families.
Meanwhile, Badal also asked the Revenue department to ensure that if any such unfortunate incident took place in future then this financial assistance must be paid to the aggrieved families promptly.  //punjab news live, punjab news online, punjab news, punjab news headlines, punjab breaking news, india news, punjab news, world news,

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