Covid-19 woes: Before sale of crops, a marathon for tenant farmers

Nirmala Sitharaman announced an additional aid of Rs 2,000 to all 140 million PM-Kisan beneficiaries, marked on the basis of the Agriculture Census, 2015-16

Vikram Jadhav, a tenant farmer in Andhra Pradesh, is concerned about the 10-km journey he has to make to sell his harvest, which is 100 quintals of paddy and maize.

With only five days left to sell his family’s seasonal output, he is worried about the cost of logistics and daily expenses as he gets ready to leave for the collection centre.

“This is one of the worst years I have seen in two decades. The cost of production has been more than the return. It is not easy to make ends meet with a big family, yet we manage