Social activist Medha Patkar was all ears to the woes of tenant farmers and assured them that she would take their plight to the notice of the State government.
At a public hearing on tenant farmers’ issues, conducted by Rythu Swarajya Vedika (RSV) here on Wednesday, activists demanded that the State government give its full attention to providing Crop Cultivator Rights Cards (CCRC) to tenant farmers. Rights organisation ‘People’s Jury’ also sought that the government see that the benefits of all its schemes were extended to 30 lakh tenant farmers in the State.
The tenant farmers narrated the ordeal in trying to obtain a CCRC, which is a prerequisite for accessing government support systems such as crop loans, crop insurance, disaster relief and even the chance to sell their crop at procurement centres at minimum support price (MSP).
