Telangana tenant farmers demand identity cards and benefits

Telangana Koulu Rythula Gurtimpu Sadhana Committee has demanded identity cards for every tenant farmer in the State. The committee said the cards would help farmers access crop loans, fertilisers and other benefits and sought action under the 2011 Act

Sangareddy: Telangana Koulu Rythula Gurtimpu Sadhana Committee has demanded the Telangana government issue identity cards to every tenant farmer in the State following the guidelines framed by Land Licensors Cultivators Act, 2011. The committee, which organised a meeting with tenant farmers from eight mandals in the district in Sangareddy on Tuesday, urged the government to provide all the benefits to tenant farmers.

The committee also observed that tenant farmers can borrow crop loans and book fertilisers online, apart from getting multiple benefits with the identity card. The committee representatives later met Additional Collector TL Sangeetha at her chambers and presented a representation in this regard. Several tenant farmers aired their woes during the meeting.

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Convenor of Rythu Swarajya Vedika B Kondal Reddy explained the struggles of tenant farmers based on the facts they had collected during a survey carried out in 22 districts. He said that they would conduct a State-level public meeting with tenant farmers to discuss the issues and demanded that the government issue identity cards. Committee leaders Kanneganti Ravi, Vissa Kiran Kumar, P Shankar, Y Ashok Kumar, R Lakshmi and others were present.