Bengaluru: Minister of State for Agriculture Krishna Byre Gowda on Friday said that all deputy commissioners had been instructed to give priority to families of farmers, who committed suicide, while selectiong beneficiaries for the Pashu Bhagya scheme.
spealing on the sidelines of a programme organised to release Agri Diary–2016, brought out by the Karnataka Agriculture Graduate Officers’ Association, on Friday, minister said that dairying was one of the best options to ensure assured and regular returns as there was a co-operative mechanism for milk procurement.

The decision comes in the wake of increasing number of farmer suicides over failed crop and burden of agricultural loans. The state government is trying to ensure regular income to the families of farmers who have ended lives, and to bring them to the mainstream.