At 10:17 PM +0530 3/31/08, shantikam hazarika wrote: >I think this has been happening all along in Assam. A few years back >I came across farmers in Kharupetia allowing their tomato crop to >rot because the price they were fetching in the nearby market would >not even meet their transportation cost to the market.
**** And the answer to it is??????? >Unless the power situation improves, cold storage may not be the solution. **** The SOLUTION therefore is??????????? >Also, simply having the cold storage may not be adequate, unless we >have the total linkages in place. **** Therefore we ought to ---??????????? >Your jibe at the freedom seekers at the end of your note was not necessary. **** How mature an observation! >I am sure they are still looking into our antecedants before they >can reply to the queries raised by us. **** Yes indeed! The blind looking at the blind to lead the way. >So please do not disturb them with such issues which may be beyond >their comprehension. **** Now that shows true maturity and deliberative skills so needed to engage in a productive discourse. **** I am not sure if I should laugh or cry. >As far as I remember, Assam Unnati Sabha need not worry since they >have already contracted their production to a buyer at a >predetermined rate. For any one starting a new business, that is the >most sensible thing to do.State intervention is the only answer, but >how it is to be done is again a matter that can be decided by in >depth going into the problem. Unless the power situation improves, >cold storage may not be the solution. Also, simply having the cold >storage may not be adequate, unless we have the total linkages in >place. >Your jibe at the freedom seekers at the end of your note was not >necessary. I am sure they are still looking into our antecedants >before they can reply to the queries raised by us. So please do not >disturb them with such issues which may be beyond their >comprehension. > >Shantikam Hazarika >Director, >Assam Institute of Management >PO Box 30, GUWAHATI 781001, India >HOME PAGE: www.aimguwahati.edu.in > >> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:44:27 +0100> From: >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: >>[Assam] Potatoeconomics of Assam> > > > > A news item in Pratidin >>makes a difficult reading. Less of facts, more of opinions. > But >>an item published on 31st March2008 is of concern. The prices of >>potato have suddenly plummetted in Assam. Apparently it should >>indicate the positive impact of withdrawal of Value Added Tax on >>food items. But it is not, because of the simple reason that the >>prices of rice-cereals etc. have remained sky-high.> > Then why >>this sudden drop in potato prices? Its answer can be found in the >>huge production of potato in Barpeta district under the aegis of >>the Oxom Unnati Sabha. In order to ensure that the Oxomiya farmers >>producing potato incur loss and do not dare to cultivate it again >>successfully, the mainland India trading lobby or the oligopoly or >>the cartel, by whatever name called, has suddenly reduced the >>market prices of potato so that the reigning market prices would >>not allow the local cultivators recover the input prices, let alone >>make a profit. Moreover, storing in Assam is a bit difficult, >>because of dearth of cold storage facility and lack of electricity >>to run the cold storages effectively.> > Such things have been >>taking place in Assam for a number of years in respect of tea, >>vegetables and now Potato. Some people may argue that let the >>market forces rule, as in any free market system. But history of >>economics shows that it is the trade barriers, subsidies and in >>short the protective policies of the state that have allowed the >>economies of rich nations grow. So such advocates actually are the >>spokespersons of the mighty, and in this case that of the mainland >>India that uses Assam like a hinterland. Moreover, had it been a >>fairplay, it would have been acceptable. But here is a design >>working to stifle capital formation in Assam and the Indian State >>and its local lackeys are helping such a design to succeed by its >>inaction or covert helping hand.> > I believe that we should do >>whatever we can to foil and expose such nefarious designs. Yes, >>desecration of archeological relics is important issue to tackle. >>But brazen economic loot is no less a question.> > I am also >>surprised that the outfits that want secession or sovereignty of >>Assam, do not point out these injustices in everyday life and >>restrict themselves to denouncing state atrocities, to which >>campaign people have become desensitized to an extent, as it smacks >>of partisanship. The major problem with these outfits are that they >>have failed to give anyone an alternative picture or system, if >>they have one, to fire the imaginations of the people, who they >>apparently want to win over.> > > Uttam Kumar Borthakur> > > >>---------------------------------> Unlimited freedom, unlimited >>storage. Get it now> >>_______________________________________________> assam mailing >>list> [email protected]> >>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >_________________________________________________________________ >Technology : Catch up on updates on the latest Gadgets, Reviews, >Gaming and Tips to use technology etc. >http://computing.in.msn.com/ >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >[email protected] >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
