Well yet another time, read an article on "Framer's Suicide" in India especially in Maharashta. Itz a real shame for a country where IT is going from 0 to Ferrari. It’s a grim statistic that says that one suicide in every eight hours. Alas, more than 2000 farmers committed suicide from January 2001. Intensity has increased to 300 from the last 6 weeks. Ultimately, agriculture is somewhat dragging the booming economy down.
Its very complex issue. The old favorite drought is surely a problem but its one amongst the others. The major problems are personal bankruptcy, high inflation rate, cost of cultivation, old technologies in agriculture, disastrous policies, politics, and the list continues.
Basically, Farmer is an entrepreneur and farming is his business. It’s again a management principle of cash flow. Well, Just had an overview of our Budget 2007-2008. From my opinion yet again a cautious budget. Some what focusing on agriculture, inflation, growth and of course politics ;-) with a laughing point of pet food. I really laughed my heart out!
Again the infrastructure is our main bottleneck. Now, the budget has increased farmers credit but is it enough? The power and electricity may play big role here as well as in IT. We know our sorry condition about power. Whats the formula for that? Leave it; budget can be a HUGE discussion.
Well, they say number of proposals to perk up agriculture is in progress. Lets see. Basically, Indian farmer is mostly illiterate. So it’s difficult to run a business. Agriculture is all about business that should be an organized process with fundamentals of entrepreneurship. In US, it works in a business way. World is changing, so the needs. Infrastructure has to be setup. Modern scientific methods have to be used. There should a perfect plan for farming business with ample equity capital. Big guns have to come up with farming organization giving employment to these farmers. Our brains have to be utilized to foster the great fruits from Indian Agriculture.
4 comments:
Govt from last 11 5 year plan have given a better opportunity to farmer. Not because they earn zero or care for people, but farming had really not improved and here they get better chance to earn under table.
Govt may say we construct 240 mile cannal in next 2 year.. It never completes in 2 year. Then tender price increase.. inflation increases budget for the same cannal increases.. tender price also increases.. like this sab bhai log bole to Neta log mil baat kar khate hai.
The success of agri will be when farmer community raise there voice in delhi direct..
There should be a cross check with every govt project by people them self. Havinf rules on paper and high budget to farmer will never help.
Lai bhari..! Content and language!
Yes definitely there needs more to be done, esp. in this world where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer with every upgrade in technology or policy. Coz we cannot call ourselves developed, until the ppl at grassroot level, i.e. the farmers get benefitted.
Good for people to know.
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