In its election manifesto released on Thursday, the BJP promised farm loan waivers upto Rs 2 lakh, free laptops to students as well as regulation of liquor sale in the state.
In the last 12 months alone, two poll-bound states, Karnataka and Rajasthan, have announced loan waivers, as have Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab.
The BJP govt has failed to effectively tackle the farm crisis. Putting up safety nets seems just another way to protect itself, rather than the farmers.
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Loan waivers are not made out to be a panacea for farmers. It is just a starting point and has to be coupled with other Government action. The author needs to understand that clearly . I would very seriously doubt his co-relation of FMCG items with the farmers. It would be good if the author figured out the average land holding of the so called farmer who does not realize how well off he is. then as a simple exercise approach an Agricultural University and ascertain the maximum possible income such a farmer can obtain – given 100 % land quality – 100 % water and weather – No pests. then assuming that such factors never get together for a poor farmer , cut the maximum output by 30 % to 40 % and then let us see if the author can survive on this amount . We can talk about suicides later. Finally remember the distribution of land holdings has a long tail towards below average land holdings
Loan waivers are not made out to be a panacea for farmers. It is just a starting point and has to be coupled with other Government action. The author needs to understand that clearly . I would very seriously doubt his co-relation of FMCG items with the farmers. It would be good if the author figured out the average land holding of the so called farmer who does not realize how well off he is. then as a simple exercise approach an Agricultural University and ascertain the maximum possible income such a farmer can obtain – given 100 % land quality – 100 % water and weather – No pests. then assuming that such factors never get together for a poor farmer , cut the maximum output by 30 % to 40 % and then let us see if the author can survive on this amount . We can talk about suicides later. Finally remember the distribution of land holdings has a long tail towards below average land holdings