Know from agricultural experts: Why is the fire of farmer movement getting wind only from Punjab?

Farmers' tractors and trolleys have been stationed on the national highways connecting Delhi to Punjab to cause frequent jams on the surrounding roads. Why is the fire of the peasant movement getting air from Punjab? If you are also entangled in this question, it becomes necessary to know agricultural experts' opinions. According to experts, a few traders are misleading the farmers through this movement.

When the farmer movement was discussed during the self-reliant India program, experts related to the agriculture sector explained it in detail. Former Additional Secretary of the Agriculture Department, Alok Sinha, said that the Adhatiyas in Punjab has a huge income due to MSP.

The Central Government pays about 5 thousand crores rupees to the artisans and State Governments. That is why the Adhatris fear that if the MSP process is stopped, their income will stop. In comparison, the truth is that the process of MSP will never stop.

He further said that the Adhatiya and the Punjab government also fear that the day these 10 percent of farmers start selling their produce directly to big traders instead of selling their produce on MSP, their income will stop. The Adhatiyas and the government are afraid of the loss of these five thousand crore rupees.

In this phase of the 21st, it is said that economic growth will only happen when competition increases. So why should farmers be excluded from this competition? Today, farmers are stronger than ever and are independent in terms of selling their crops.

Why confusion is being spread among farmers

On the confusion that is being spread about MSP, CCI Agriculture Council Chairman Salil Singhal said, "It is simple math. If they understand, all the confusion will go away. When produce is sold, then 4 percent of it. There is a mandi tax, a 2.5 percent merchant tax. If the big companies in the private sector buy food grains directly from the farmers, this money will now go directly into the farmers' pockets.

Keep in mind that these merchants are not government agents. They are merchants, those who take the middle commission. Those who say that the big companies of the private sector will exploit the farmers are the ones who do not want to allow the economy to be strong for these few factions. I do not agree with them. Why reduce farmers' income for the five-six hundred families who have been doing the job of trade for centuries. "

How does money play in the mandis

Salil Singhal explained this game like this-

> Go to any market in the country; when the farmers reach there with their grain, they can deal only with a few selected factions; when the government cannot officially deploy any job seats, then why only a small number of jobbers are in the market. The money game is lazy here.

> Second, when the farmer puts his grain in front, then two to four architraves stand. One says there is moisture in your grain, so I will give 10 percent less than the MSP, the other says the grain is more pebble, 12 percent less, the quality of the grain is not good, I will not be able to sell in the market, so 15 percent from the MSP I will give less ... In this way, farmers have to sell their grain in a compulsion for 10 to 20 percent less than the MSP and sometimes even less. Because if withdrawn, it can go bad.

> The merchants who do the job of trading are buying grain and providing the farmers with beech, urea, and necessary equipment, etc., with interest in borrowing. In this business, the agents charge 5 to 10 percent interest. The forced poor farmer remains trapped in their clutches.

Now you think that thousands of crores of rupees should go in the pockets of these five-six hundred families, or the farmer should get them.

Why is there an uproar in Punjab only

After all, why are the farmers of Punjab opposing the agricultural laws? Why are the farmers of UP, Rajasthan, and other states not doing it? The answer is simple. The protests are only by those who fear the loss of MSP, and these people are confusing the farmers.

The chairman of the CCI Agriculture Council said that in Punjab, 70% of procured wheat is procured at MSP, only 10% in Uttar Pradesh and 16% in Rajasthan. In terms of paddy, 92 percent of rice in Punjab is sold at MSP, while India's average is 44 percent.

He said, "Now look at the prices too, recently in Punjab, rice was sold at 1888 per quintal, while in Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu, it sold for Rs 1525. Why is this so true that the aristocracy in Punjab is more is."

What has the Modi government done for farmers in the last six years?

On this question, Salil Singhal said that the Modi government started focusing on reforms in agriculture. First, the work of connecting rural areas with roads was done. Today every village is connected by road and insists on building small warehouses not to spoil. The government implemented the crop insurance scheme, which ended the farmers' fear that if the crop went bad, how would the householder do.

Even though crop insurance is still in a dilemma, the government is trying to overcome it.

The government has implemented several other technologies, including biotechnology Efforts, which are being made to increase the yield of grains with help. The farmers are benefited by giving advance information on weather, swill, etc. The government is trying to change the Indian agriculture mantra. This mantra is to earn more money from a higher yield, not to earn more money at a lower yield. Its effect is visible on the ground.

There was a time when Mac Donald's units used to import potatoes from New Zealand in India; today, it is buying from farmers in India itself. In Maharashtra, grape yield increased very rapidly. Today, 1.5 million tonnes of fresh grapes from Maharashtra were exported all over the world. PepsiCo has invested money in oranges in Maharashtra. It is these companies that can make the farmers self-reliant, not the tradesmen working in the job.