Crop insurance: Association seeks permanent solution to end agony of tenant farmers

THANJAVUR The Tamilnadu Cauvery Farmers Protection Association has sought a permanent solution to the agony faced by tenant farmers in availing insurance cover for the corps raised by them on the lands taken on lease. In a memorandum addressed to President, Droupadi Murmu and the Union and State governments, association secretary Sundara Vimalanathan pointed out that around 4.60 lakh tenant farmers in Tamil Nadu were finding it difficult to apply for insurance cover to the crops raised by them on the lands taken on lease from land owners, ever since the crop insurance scheme was announced and implemented.

The association said the Union and State governments adopt ‘adhoc arrangements’ whenever pleas were made to include tenant farmers in the crop insurance scheme. The situation turned worse after the introduction and implementation of Farmers Registry Scheme, wherein unique farmer identification numbers were allotted to those who own land.