Should Agricultural Subsidies be stopped?
Last Updated: Mar 13, 2013
Agricultural Subsidies be stopped
Should agricultural subsidies stopped or not has been topic of talk shows without proper representatives from farming side ,According to my opinion agriculture subsidy should not be stopped as our agriculture contribute 15% to our GDP and 60% of total employment beside it we know that our economy is agriculture dependent and beside it 95% of farmer comes under small land holding farmer who are not able to do cultivation without subsidies. We know that agriculture input is crucial thing for cultivation of land and our farmer can not afford that much of costly input.
agriculture subsidies should be removed or not
I think instead of stopping agriculture subsidy we should focus on.
Agriculture policy which restrict the produce within the state some state not allow to sell or buying the produce in other state which increase the cost and inflation also along with this.
To impose levied duty on essential commodities,
And monopoly condition in procurement of produce (cotton in Maharastra).
All these factor cause huge cost to farmer and less price for their produce.
Along with these farmer can not afford the costly fertilizer which is important factor to increase yield also and if govt will not provide subsidy than how farmer can produce and fulfill the consumption need of India.
Obstacles for the farmer.
1. Indian farmers have less land and are basically illiterate or less educated.
2. Obstacles to understand and apply the technology.
3. Government Subsidies don’t reach to themselves as the larger part of the subsidies are theft by the middlemen or bought by the rich farmers.
4. Gambling is done during monsoon.
5. The Infrastructure of Storing Crop, like Cold Storage is not available on every area -this is why 30% of Yearly Production of Vegetables in India are rotten.
Government should take appropriate steps to face these challenges.
Providing higher rate of subsidies to the marginal farmers and lower rate to the rich farmers.
Providing appropriate teaching of innovative methods to every farmer.
Growth of Canal and Tank Irrigation.
Low Rate Loans and Crop Insurance Facility should be provided.
The Govt should also inspect the Proper Distribution of Subsidy.
This is how the Government should meet the challenges and ensure the Farm Productivity.
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As we know that India is an agricultural country and more than 60% of Indian population depends on agriculture for there livelihood and we also know that the percentage of farmers decreases with the time. So, we have to motivate them by giving them funds and various agricultural facilities. But removing subsidy on agriculture will just increase unemployment and decrease in production.
The Infrastructure of Storing Crop, like Cold Storage is not available on every area ,So in this case is 30% of Yearly Production of Vegetables in India are rotten.It is true,a Indian Infrastructure are storing crop are not available in more places.Mostly producation of vegetable are sell in low rate.
A Indian farmer are lost in vegetable business,so mostly farmer are not interest in vegetable agriculture.
according to me india is most famous country for growing any kind of crop and the amount of crop is more than consume so there are required for storing the extra crop.according to me a number of cold storage are available in all rural area. the storage area must be consist a number of facility like a number of fans are available in storage area all different different type of crop ,vegitable , fruit ,are seprate area in storage
because for safety point of view all type of view. storage area must be build where easily all type of vehicle are rich and all type facility like elecric water etc must be easily available.
obstacles are part of human being because everyman face obstacles .and fight them to find out solution of the perticular obstacle.many people are fear from the obstacle.but modern time amde a peole to mor powerful .and give power to understand the obstacle and to apply a good technology to solve the obstacles .every people able to itself to solve the his own obstacle.so that is the good approach to understand to his obstacle and solve them.
A Government subsidies don’t reach to themselves as the larger part of the subsidies are theft because all higher level officer are cerrupted.It is very big problem of any middle class famaily are not used for any polecy in Government polecy,Because all level polation are used the policy are shell in out side.In case a Government policy are not find out the any simple public,so in this case Government policy is theft.
A all politic party are currepted in India ,So all Goverment policey are faild.It is a larger part of subsidies are theft because a all indian people are not interest in Government policy.
Mostly Indian are depend in agriculture,so mostly people living in village. A village are not fully information are conformed in any Government policy.so in case are Government policy are failed.
agriculture subsidies are parts of our people those only living on the agriculture.the most of the people only want to works on the land .and the important point is that if agriculture subsidies are stopped than population is decrese and if no budy work on that then how we will live so its my opinion agriculture should not be stopped.
new technology is not obestracle because technology is always helpfull to human being.the new technology are always help to becomes easy to human work and life stander of human so i think each and every person must be learn new technology and apply them.
this is a time of learn more new technology because this time apply all world accept new technology a implement so in genral life all person must be easily use of new technology .
for my opinion i have to say that agriculture subsidies is more important for agriculture farmer because we are seeing that many formers are so beggar and they do not have enough money to buy seed to cultivate the agriculture so government could not have to do for farmer.Government have always be favor to local farmer those who are staying in villages and town and so many other rural places and have to think that beggar garmer have less land and less education so that why farmer are less knowledge about it……Government must have to subsidies the agriculture…..
gambling are very powerfull for monson based .suppose in dewali time many people like to play a gambling to time to time .so in india in festval time every people are free.so has no othe work to ,so gambling are very useful to play a gabling in a monson seagon. in india gambling are the done in monson.
Agricultural Subsidies should not be stopped in my view because people that live in city depend on the
farmer.so new strategy to handle the agricultural subsidies. most of villagers are poor and illtierate so require the provides the education to the farmer.so my opinion require the work in this field.
well every farmer doesn’t have any good facility get improvement in crops, yes govt. should take appropriate action for subsidy. As i concerned many farmers are not making rich, they don’t have many more space to earn money. They should get more crops for earning money. Farmers should not have money for get educated for their children. so govt should also take quickly for action and also think about that. Govt. should allowed subsidy for farmer.
Unarguably every farmer needs subsidy in present political system.
Subsidy can be removed provided farmers are given the opportunity to fix price for their products like others in other sectors and are allowed to export their products with out govt intervention.
We need to understand the whole lot of issues and uncertainties of farming community.
How many of us go to work when our transportation expenses are more than what we earn?
How long do we do business when the business is running in to losses?
But, farmer do not have secondary option.
Input cost for farming like pesticides, insecticides, nutrients, manure, labor charges, diesel charges, machinery charges like tractor etc. , charges for repairing water pumps all these have increased abnormally. For example male labor charge increased 3. 5x to 4x. In-spite of this availability of labor is not easy in most of the villages.
On top of this, adequate power is not available for farmers. Low/voltage issues burn motors frequently and transformer issues all these expenses goes from farmers pocket. On top of this bribe for transco guys.
If these things go well, weather may not support. Some times drought and at times heavy rains and floods.
Even if every thing goes goes fine and once the product comes to market, minimum support price that is promised to the farmer is not given many times. In the present scenario, even if the farmer gets minimum support price they will run in to losses. And this is the reason why farmers started agitation declaring crop holiday in some parts of the country and some ransacking agri markets.
People want all the pulses, food grains, milk, meat, eggs at a cheaper price and no one fights for the farmer who feeds billions of mouths.
If oil companies goes in to losses govt jumps in and increases price more than 10 to 15 times in few years and why not the same for the poor farmer?
It is true that poor people suffer if food prices go high. This does mean that the farmers have to give subsidized products to all making losses working under hot sun/rain walking between snakes and scorpions. In a way farmer is giving food security to all billionaires and poor workers investing his resources and in turn making loss for what he/she do.
Moreover, one need to notice that Indian youth are no longer interested in doing farming. Number of youth doing farming are decreasing to a greater extent. None neither the farmers son nor the farm workers son interested nor their parents want their kids to do farming. This explains the scenario. Who is going to feed billions of mouths.
Most shocking thing is that none of them either from urban or rural areas are not showing interest to elope their daughter to a young farmers even if they are holding 30 acres of land. These guyz and their families are really frustrated as they are cornered in the society.
All the above factors are forcing people to move out of agriculture. What will happen next. Corporate agriculture? If so, are the corporate going to sell products at a cheaper price? They’ll give millions to those who help them in making things easier by forcing farmers out of this sector. Where do they collect these millions from?
these all comments are basically based on my personal experience .
according to my opinion the agriculture subsidies shouldn’t stop.the 95% of farmer comes under small land holding farmer who are not able to do cultivation without subsidies properly. The agriculture input is crucial thing for cultivation of land and our countries farmer can not afford that much of costly input.so in last the agriculture subsidies shouldn’t stopped.
70 to 80 person population are living in village and depand upon farmer.A indian farmer is not a active to education ,it is amostly farmer are less education because mostly farmer are collect in money.It is a big problem of any Indian farmer are not education.
A indian farmer We cannot think of stopping the agricultural subsidies because India is a developing country where more than 70% population depends on agriculture for its survival. Besides, most of the villagers are poor and illiterate. Subsidies given to them are an aid which reduce their incapability to become self-reliant.
The indian farmer are illiterate and not well educated, so he is suffer a lot of problem in self improvement and self family planning. Most of indian farmer are not able to deal own selling crop as well he not able to get information of current market rate so most of time he is not earn actual cost of his crop.
he is not well able to accept new technology as well as new information so i think at least must be all farmer are get education.
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subdies is not stop because india people is not so much money and indian pepple baesd on agricultural it is not stop because maximum people baesd on agriculture for its servive max people belong to village and we can not prefer yo all of cost ,so ti is good.
subdies is not stop because india people is not so much money and indian pepple baesd on agricultural it is not stop because maximum people baesd on agriculture for its servive max people belong to village and we can not prefer yo all of cost ,so ti is good.
yes, i think agricultural subsidies is just wastage for the govt because in number of villages no. of farmer is doing this subsidies in a non manner form . i think in the present time every farmer is just capable to full fill their requirement so whenever any govt just give any subsidies to the agriculture then the utilization of that money is not going so properly so according to my opinion it have to be stop or get less according to the requirement
We cannot think of stopping the agricultural subsidies because India is a developing country where more than 70% population depends on agriculture for its survival. Besides, most of the villagers are poor and illiterate. Subsidies given to them are an aid which reduce their incapability to become self-reliant. Also by giving them subsidies, government can make them satisfied and thus, motivates them to grow more and more so as to fulfill the need of hunger. When farmers get subsidies, they do their agricultural work with comparatively more diligence and thus, we get better produce. So, in our country we should not stop subsidies given to farmers.
Agriculture role in Country GDP is 18% So this is the Big Nos & Also need to Boost in The way of Subsidy
i think subcidies should not be stoped in agricultue as it provide lots of income to our goverment .Now a days it is seen that agriculture causes lots of economy to our economy and it ius one of the improving sector which not only serves the farmers but also contributes tyhe economy of our country .Agriculture not only benefitial for farmers but also for the economic growth of the country.By giving subcidies to th e farmers goverment not onlu encouaraging the farmers but they reduces the overlaoad of import. I think goverment should provide more fascilities to the farmers .
If foundation is not furnished well then how can a building perfectly structured. As an agril. Economics student I think that all 3 sectors are vital for economy development and there should be a balance among the growth of these sectors. But according to trends agriculture is still far backward to the other sectors. So obviously its need extra care and nourishment because still more than 60 per cent people live in rural areas and 58 per cent population engaged in agriculture. Subsidy should provide but its channelization should be in a proper manner.
A simple answer to this question is a big ‘NO’. In a country where each day farmer’s are committing suicide because of their inability to pay back the loans taken, there is no reason to stop the subsidies, rather, it should be increased. But I feel these days there is a greater need to get rid of the pesticides and fertilizers based farming hence I feel that MORE SUBSIDIES to be given to farmers doing ORGANIC FARMING, the organic produce should have more minimum support price than the pesticides based products.
First of all is our government giving subsidy on necessary items what a farmer need. They are giving subsidy on seeds not on fertilizers even they give subsidy for fertilizers they are not readily available 80% goes to black market rest will be distributed to the favorable people. We Indians don’t give value to our farmers try to feel the pain of a farmer, they are still doing agriculture is the reason they love it not they are getting huge profits on it.
Think what a farmer really needs and support those even a road side hotel person will feed there family with 3 meals a day which is not happening with farmers. Give them some moral support they are not asking all for free they are ready to pay if it is a valuable item which boosts their productivity, they are paying a min. of 250/- Rs to each labor and they are not able to spend 150 for their family. That is the situation of moderate and small farmers in India, still we can’t hear their moaning, media to improve their ratings will go to some farmers, if media is really trying to help farmers Indian farmers will not be in this situation.
Finally subsidy is just like a smile from a child who expects at least a peppermint and the father saying wait for 5years I will give you a 5star.
My view is agriculture is not stop. Indian economy is depends on agriculture, so the agriculture is the backbone of India. Many villager people depends on agriculture.
Agriculture subsidies should not be stopped since in INDIA 70% people are living in villages and they are farmers so they contribute the INDIAN economy a high amount of revenue and it contribute 15% of the GDP so they need to give a agriculture subsidies because it give encouragement to the farmers and also it must be handled in a proper way so that the real need of poor farmer are able to get the financial stability it also encourage export of food grains and also Indian farmers have less land so agriculture subsidies is required . in farming farmer requires costly fertilizers so agriculture subsidies is required