AP Licences cultivators ordinance 2011 promulgated

Hyderabad, Jun 10 : The state government today promulgated 'AP Licensed Cultivators’ Ordinance-2011' aiming to bring the tenant farmers under coverage of bank loans facility, seed subsidy, input subsidy and crop insurance on par with the landlord farmers.While announcing this to the mediapersons here , Minister for Revenue Mr N Raghuveera Reddy said some 26 lakh tenant farmers were denied bank loans, seed and input subsidies offered by the state government. The efforts of the state government to draft an Act in the budget session to deal with the situation did not bear fruit. As it was necessary to wait for the start of the Assembly to bring an Ordinance, there was some delay in promulgating the Ordinance, he said, adding that the order was issued after it was approved by the Governor.The government would issue 'Loan Eligibility Cards' to the tenant farmers, who are eligible for bank loans, seed subsidy, input subsidy and crop insurance coverage.He further said the Ordinance was formulated to benefit the tenant farmers simultaneously without affecting the rights of the owners on the land, he added. The validity of the Ordinance was one year from the date of issuance, the Minister, who held a review meeting with the officials concerned, said and fixed road map and rules for implementation of the Ordinance.A notification on rules of the Ordinance will be released on June 13, he said, adding that they would also conduct a video conference on June 16 with the district Collectors, Joint Collectors and the officers concerned to discuss the rules and road map.The Minister said the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who was busy with North coastal tour, would launch the distribution of 'Loan Eligibility Cards' to the tenant farmers in any one of the districts of East Godawari, West Godavari, Krishna and Guntur, wherever the tenant farmers were more in number.The function would be held between July 8 and 15, he added.
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