KISSAN BHAIYO - JOIN HANDS TO FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL
KISSAN BHAIYO - JOIN HANDS TO FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL
Pulses, Food grains, sugar etc are at their lowest ever rates and no signs of recovery.
Today I went to market to buy fruits and vegetables. Tomatoes 8/kg, Onions 15/kg, most of the vegetables around 20/kg, Mosambi 20/kg, Pomogranate 50/kg all retail prices, imagine what will be farmers realisation. With soaring transportation costs, inputs, increased labour cost, fertilisers and pesticides farmers are mostly ending up with negative realisations, resulting in debts. Like adding fuel to fire, due to abnormal climatic changes, intensity of pest and new type of pest attacks became another headache. I am surprised how the natural farming practitioners are able to face these pests?
India shining, stock markets booming, comfortable growth rates, India emerging as future super power, increased spending on white goods, cars, expensive weddings, malls, five star hotels etc all these at what cost? 5 to 10 % of the population enjoying at the cost of 60% , who fight for daily survival and about 30% who are always hanging in air.
Economists talking about reduction in food inflation as big thing. When economy is booming let food prices are increase and farmers get decent share of food chain, what is the problem?
Indian situation is different from west and same formulas of western economics may be disaster for our nation.
Leaders in power , please do something drastic to bring in change for better economic condition of farmers, bring in drastic changes in education and health sectors with focus on rural and bridge the gap.
If there are no signs of improvement , the rulers irrespective of party in power has to face the heat of farmers and poor people anger.
Jai Kisan
BGR
Pulses, Food grains, sugar etc are at their lowest ever rates and no signs of recovery.
Today I went to market to buy fruits and vegetables. Tomatoes 8/kg, Onions 15/kg, most of the vegetables around 20/kg, Mosambi 20/kg, Pomogranate 50/kg all retail prices, imagine what will be farmers realisation. With soaring transportation costs, inputs, increased labour cost, fertilisers and pesticides farmers are mostly ending up with negative realisations, resulting in debts. Like adding fuel to fire, due to abnormal climatic changes, intensity of pest and new type of pest attacks became another headache. I am surprised how the natural farming practitioners are able to face these pests?
India shining, stock markets booming, comfortable growth rates, India emerging as future super power, increased spending on white goods, cars, expensive weddings, malls, five star hotels etc all these at what cost? 5 to 10 % of the population enjoying at the cost of 60% , who fight for daily survival and about 30% who are always hanging in air.
Economists talking about reduction in food inflation as big thing. When economy is booming let food prices are increase and farmers get decent share of food chain, what is the problem?
Indian situation is different from west and same formulas of western economics may be disaster for our nation.
Leaders in power , please do something drastic to bring in change for better economic condition of farmers, bring in drastic changes in education and health sectors with focus on rural and bridge the gap.
If there are no signs of improvement , the rulers irrespective of party in power has to face the heat of farmers and poor people anger.
Jai Kisan
BGR
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