RELEVANCE OF PUBLIC SECTOR TO FARM SECTOR
RELEVANCE OF PUBLIC SECTOR TO FARM
SECTOR
The role of PSUs has to shift from
meeting basic needs to create free and fair market environment.
NDDB under the dynamic leadership
of Dr V Kurien understood the need for evaluation of milk price based on the
composition and created transparent milk pricing mechanism by giving due
weightage to fat and SNF. This transparent policy is the market n reason for
india becoming largest milk producer of the world.
Though similar interventions are
possible in few other agriculture commodities, there is no serious attempts
from policy makers. For example in case of sugar cane, farmers can be paid
based on juice bricks/juice sucrose coupled with other recommendations of
Rangarajan commuter report, rather than present system of uniform pricing irrespective of quality. This type of
pricing is essential to encourage farmers in adopting good cultivation
practices.
Similarly other PSUs are expected
to perform their role in larger interest of people’s welfare. Petrochemical units in public sector are
established to break monopoly of RIL in the sector by creating completion and
to give choice to customers. In reality, They are hand in glove with RIL and
follow RIL pricing. It’s nothing but coterie operations. Due to this monopoly, the
small reprocessing units and end users like farmers in case of drip, mulching
etc are suffering.
The desired goals of Govts like
doubling farmers income, happiness index etc can be achieved only if we can break
such existing coteries and create confidence in common man.
JAI BHARAT.
BGR
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