West Godavari Collector P. Prasanthi on Tuesday said that the banks had disbursed crop loans to 11% of the total tenant farmers holding Crop Cultivator Rights Cards (CCRC) in the district by mid-September.
In West Godavari district, 21,225 tenant farmers have CCRCs, which is an eligibility criterion for getting crop loans from banks.
In a District-Level Review Committee on bank loans, Ms. Prasanthi asked the banks to ensure that crop loans were disbursed to all eligible tenant farmers.