Just 1% of Telangana's tenant farmers got crop damage compensation: Study

Almost 61% of tenant farmers in the state belong to the backward castes

Only 0.4 per cent of the tenant farmers in Telangana received a share of the much-vaunted Rythu Bandhu income support of the state government from the landlords, while just one per cent were compensated for crop damage. This, despite 77 per cent suffering some sort of damage during the past three years, a recent study has found.

The study, an exhaustive insight into the plight of tenant farmers, was conducted by grassroots organisation Rythu Swarajya Vedika.

Though the study released today concentrated largely on Telangana, it throws some light on the status of tenant farmers in India in general.

According to the National