*Friends & Foes of Indian Farmers ?* The spate of Farmers' Loan Waiver schemes being announced by various state governments is likely to wipe out their Development-kitty by @ Rs 1.25 L Cr. It is now amply clear that the Loan Waiver Scheme-2009 didn't help the farmers in the long run. The only entity which pocketed the benefit was the UPA-1 which retained the power by turning a possible defeat into the victory.
What next ? There is likelihood of a rat race among the political parties to appease our Veto-King with 50% Vote-Share - the farmers. This is one off the many inbuilt perils of the democratic governance. It is easy for any/all political outfit/s to announce grandiose schemes at the cost of the exchequer. But the moot question remains whether different political parties or other pillars of democracy are Friends/ Foes our farmers ? Let us analyze the role of related groups A) Bureaucracy, B) Political Parties, C) Militant Organizations, D) Farmers' Unions & E) The Farmers themselves. A) Bureaucracy - The Steel Frame of the Government is certainly not the farmers' friend : A.1) Our P.M. did cut a sorry figure in the Australia last year due to the absurd data provided by the bureaucracy. He appealed all Agri. Scientists of Australia to guide us to raise our Agri. Productivity. This was a goof up caused by our ignorant Agri.-Technocrats, IAS & IFS baboos who didn't know that a) We needed their guidance for the Cotton Crop only & b) We can, in fact, offer them guidance to boost their Productivity of Cereals by @ 40% (Source : World Bank's Global data on Cereals Productivity). A.2) Non-availability of Real Time Agri. Data : Our bureaucracy carries out the routine job of compiling Agri. Productivity data as if we are still in the Pre-Slide Rule & Pre-Calculator era. We still take 5 years to finalize our Tri-Annual Average data whereas the developed countries (those in Super-Computer era) finalize it in 3 years flat. A.3) Problem Areas which cause Farmers to commit Suicides : Every Economic Survey Report (published every year by all states) offers massive data on the problem areas in that particular state. Our bureaucracy doesn't take proactive cognizance of that data. A.4) Lack of Awareness of Global Agri. Data : Let us sincerely hope that the awareness of the global data makes us wise from next year. B) Political Parties : The Visionary Eyes of the Governance are also not farmer friendly. B.1) These supposed to be Visionary Eyes lack foresight & are not in a position to become masters of the bureaucracy. B.2) The Political parties are in the know of scientific progress being made within the country. The resultant rise in Productivity could render almost 50% of our farmers jobless. That means our politicians face an Himalayan Task of arranging alternative source of livelihood to our @ 25% population. It is vital to note here that the Developed World has very low Farmers' Population Percentage ranging between 1.5 to 3% & that that in the Fast Developing China is @ 26%. None of our political parties have dared to venture any where near this High-Risk Zone. C) Militant Organizations : C.1) Separatist Organizations from J&K (& Pakistan included) : The poor fellows from J&K are either ignorant of the very high Cereals' Productivity achieved by many of the Arab Nations or they must be sure in their minds that those Agri.-Reach Arab states won't support the Agri. Productivity Enhancement drive in J&K (& in Pakistan). C.2) The Naxals dominate sizable chunk of our Tribal Heartland : Our poor Naxals are either ignorant of the dismal Agri. Productivity in our tribal belt or they must be sure of not getting any technical support from their mentor, whose productivity is roughly 6 times that of their tribal followers. D) Farmers' Unions : The less said about these unions is better. E) The Farmers - the Biggest Stake Holders : A biggest stakeholder has to take bigger risks to overcome the present crisis. Majority of our farmers try to run away from new Agri. experiments &/ trials. Otherwise, they will have to acquire new skills & switch over to new vocations. They won't flourish unless & until they change themselves. Circulated by. K.Raman. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
