Begin identifying tenant farmers under 2011 Act, parties urge govt.
Eight political parties in Telangana are demanding the immediate implementation of the 2011 Licensed Cultivators Act to provide tenant farmers with identity cards and access to government support. They argue that current land-ownership-based schemes exclude a large portion of the agricultural workforce.
Why it matters
Tenant farmers represent a significant, vulnerable segment of the agricultural economy that often lacks institutional support.
Eight political parties in Telangana on Wednesday jointly urged the State government to immediately implement the Licensed Cultivators Act, 2011, and begin the process of identifying tenant farmers across the State. They demanded that licensed cultivators be issued identity cards and provided direct access to government schemes, agricultural inputs and other support systems.
The demand was made at an all-party meeting organised by the Telangana Tenant Farmers Recognition Struggle Committee at the Sundarayya Vignana Kendram presided over by the committee’s convenor, Prof. D. Narasimha Reddy.
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