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Telangana SC farmers mostly landless, crop insurance negligible: Study
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…
The Story in Brief
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.
The Indian Opinion
This study punctures the narrative that Telangana's farm schemes are inclusive. The numbers show that the poorest Dalit farmers are systematically excluded because they lack land titles. Insurance coverage is near-zero. The state must ask itself whether its flagship programmes are reaching the landless or merely entrenching existing inequalities. A concrete test: will the next state budget include a dedicated allocation for landless SC agricultural labour?
Source: siasat.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above.
