Tenant farmers plan protests in A.P. on June 9 for ID cards, crop loans
In a statement on Friday, association president E. Katamayyah and general secretary P. Jamalayya said the kharif season was about to begin in the first week of June but the State government has not yet issued identification cards to tenant farmers. Without these ID cards, the farmers will be ineligible for crop loans.
They demanded that the State government conduct Grama Sabhas and issue ID cards to tenant farmers without requiring landowners' consent. As per the RBI guidelines, they demanded that unsecured crop loans up to ₹2 lakh be issued as per the Scale of Finance norms.
They also demanded that the 'Annadata Sukhibhava' scheme be extended to farmers for the upcoming kharif season. To pressure the government to implement these resolutions, the association called upon tenant farmers to participate in widespread protests on June 9 at all mandal headquarters across the State.
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