# Telangana SC farmers mostly landless, crop insurance negligible: Study 2026-08-15T15:50:46+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet More than 61 per cent of Scheduled Caste households in Telangana own no land, and only 0.68 per cent have crop insurance, a study by the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) has found. The survey covered 10,213 SC households across all 33 districts, 300 villages and 100 urban wards. Landlessness blocks SC farmers from welfare schemes like Rythu Bharosa and Rythu Bhima. The study also found that 70.9 per cent of rural SC households rely on borewells for irrigation, while access to canals and surface water remains limited. ## Coverage - siasat.com Tags: agriculture, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, crop insurance, Rythu Bharosa, Scheduled Castes, Telangana Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/telangana-sc-farmers-mostly-landless-crop-insurance-negligible-study/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/telangana-sc-farmers-mostly-landless-crop-insurance-negligible-study/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.