Nagpur, Nov. 7 -- In a major relief to cultivators left out of official land records, the Maharashtra government will provide Farmer IDs to nearly 1.6 lakh farmers across the state, Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced on Saturday.
The benefit will cover those who have been cultivating land since January 1, 2015, but are yet to obtain a Farmer ID or have their names incorporated in the 7/12 land records. Such cultivators will be able to register by furnishing even one valid supporting document, Bawankule said.
The initiative is expected to bring thousands of excluded farmers, particularly tribal cultivators who have received land allotments but are not reflected in government records, within the ambit of the official databa...