Begin identifying tenant farmers under 2011 Act, parties urge govt.

MLC M. Kodandaram speaking at an all-party roundtable on tenant farmers. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement 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.In a joint statement, the parties said tenant farmers should be identified during the ongoing K