Farmers' suicide: Jharkhand government announces Rs 2 lakh compensation

RANCHI:The Jharkhand government on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the families of each of the farmers who committed suicide in the state.
Three farmers committed suicide due to debt burden in Ranchi during last month.Due to financial crisis.
The cheif minister Raghubar Das announced compensation of Rs 2 lakh for each farmer who committed suicide.
This was announced in the 20-point programme execution committee meeting,from CM's Discretionary Fund.
At state-level committee CM said that the 20-point programme would be known as the committee of commitment.
He said during the meeting that the administration at the state, district and block levels should be answerable to people.
The two farmers committed suicide in Pithoria and Ormajhi villages.