Farm Law Stuck Between Farmers’ Opposition And Government

Farm law stuck between farmers’ opposition and government, know- the story behind the scenes: Farmers Day 2020.

The ongoing deadlock in Farm law between the farmers and the central government does not seem to stop.

Although there is hope of a solution after the advice of the Supreme Court, but still no party seems to back down from its stand.

The central government believes that these three agrarian reform laws will eliminate middlemen and increase the income of farmers.

Farmers are adamant that the government is trying to get rid of the sediment given to them through agriculture.

There is also the danger of more powerful corporate houses replacing middlemen.

It is certain that these three agrarian reform laws will increase the role of market forces and the private sector much more because it will give contract farming.

It is also convenient to sell or store food items anywhere. In such a situation, some important points throw light on the importance of these laws.

Adequate food nutrition

The arrival of the government in the procurement process of grains to be distributed among the poor has its roots after independence when there was not enough food grains in the country.

The use of high-yielding crops after the Green Revolution was successful because governments decided to provide minimum support prices for the produce with subsidies on input costs.

Only then do many experts believe that we should not give such facility now because India is now a food-producing country. India’s rapid agricultural exports confirm this.

However, arguments are made against it that Indian developed countries are not only behind China and Vietnam in terms of taking an average nutritious dose.

Therefore, the excess of food grains seen in the country may be the result of low consumption at the household level.

Expensive dose

Inflation may be one of the reasons if Indians are not taking balanced doses despite the presence of excessive food grains.

Research findings from the International Food Policy Research Institute and others suggest that 63.3 percent of the people in rural areas of India cannot afford the cost of nutritional supplements.

Different Earnings in Every State, Deepening Economic Gap Between Farmers Farmers of Punjab and Haryana are more prosperous than farmers in other parts of the country.

The non-proportional share of the government’s purchase of food grains on the MSP has a major role to play.

In 2019-20, 65 and 30 per cent of wheat and rice procurement from all over the country were taken only from Punjab and Haryana respectively.

The share of wheat and rice in the country of these two states was 28.7 percent and 15.9 percent in 2017-18.

Where MSPs do not have procurement resources, a lower price is paid during private-level purchases.

Prosperous farmer and destroying environment

Punjab is not suitable for cultivation of paddy on the basis of climate, but due to the highest procurement under MSP, the farmers there cultivate this crop the most.

This water-consuming crop has raised the groundwater level of the state. Now a new problem that spoils the air of Delhi by burning straw.