According to an official statement issued today, a notice has been issued in this regard to the Chief Secretary, Government of Telengana calling for a report in the matter within two weeks.
The notice was issued after the commission took suo motu cognizance of a media report that 76 farmers committed suicide in Telengana since its formation.
"Reportedly, thousands of farmers are caught in a vicious cycle of debts due to low yields or total crop failure and there was constant pressure from moneylenders and when it does not rain and crops start failing, all they can think of is escaping it by taking their own lives," the statement said.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the farmers.