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Farm Bill politics Thread:

Indian Food grain Production for the year 19-20: Top 5 states

Haryana : 17.8 Lakh Tons

Rajasthan : 23.2 Lakh Tons

Punjab : 29.9 Lakh Tons

Madhya Pradesh : 33 Lakh Tons

Uttar Pradesh : 55 Lakh Tons

Protests only in Punjab

Gross Value Added: Agri & Allied Industries (GVA is Selling - Production Cost)

₹ in Lakh Crores

Punjab: 0.9

States with less output but more profits than Punjab.

Maha : 1.9

AP: 1.8

WB: 1.4

TN : 1.2

Who is eating all the profits in Punjab?

Reasons for Farmer Protests only in Punjab:

Middlemen left out - Huge revenue loss

1800 Mandi tax per year is gone

Akali dal split in two; they want to use this to counter the insurgency

Khalistan separatists looking for a launch pad

State ruled by congress

MSP of Paddy per Quintal
2009-10: ₹950
2013-14: ₹1310
2020-21: ₹1868
Increase in ₹360 during UPA2 Vs ₹568 in NDA

MSP of Wheat per Quintal
2009-10: ₹1080
2013-14: ₹1350
2020-21: ₹1925
Increase in ₹270 during UPA2 Vs ₹575 in NDA

Middle Men from Punjab; Instead of instigating these protests

, why don’t you simply enter into a formal agreement with the farmer as per the new farm law & buy the farm product in MSP.

MSP is minimum support price and not Middlemen support price. #ISupportFarmerBill

Past: Kejriwal Blames Punjab’s Stable Burning for Delhi’s Pollution.

Present: Kejriwal lays red carpet & welcomes them to protest

Future: Kejriwal will blame Amit Shah & Modi after Delhi Burns during the protest and will make this his election campaign for Punjab.

Farmer leader Ayyakannu in Tamilnadu speaking on live television asking to abolish middle man. He says middlemen pays us ₹30 but sells the goods at ₹100.

If a farmer sells potato, it goes for Rs 2-3 per kg to a middleman, but the same is being sold at the rate of Rs 10-15 in cities by him,” says Kulwinder Singh of Chhajli village in Sangrur district. https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/middlemen-eat-into-farmers%25E2%2580%2599-gains-11592

Middlemen eat into farmers’ gains

Losses impede the shift from paddy-wheat cycle Be it due to shrinking landholdings or shortcomings in the implementation of government schemes, farming in Punjab is becoming a loss-making venture....

https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/middlemen-eat-into-farmers%25E2%2580%2599-gains-11592

We are exploited by middlemen, who take large chunks of our profits as their commission. Jaswinder Singh Sangha, newly elected president of Punjab Vegetable Growers in 2013 https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/economy-policy/punjab-farmers-unite-to-remove-middle-men-106052301049_1.html

Punjab farmers unite to remove middle men

With the objective of getting rid of middlemen, the vegetable growers of Punjab, who recently joined hands with its national counterparts, will explore avenues of direct marketing at the local,

https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/economy-policy/punjab-farmers-unite-to-remove-middle-men-106052301049_1.html

This time it is the arhtiyas (middlemen) in Punjab. They walked away with Rs 783-crore (or Rs 7,830 million) in 2009-10 for virtually doing nothing

https://devinder-sharma.blogspot.com/2010/10/middlemen-in-punjab-mandis-get-rs-7830.html?m=1

HS Dhaliwal, director, PAMETI, said in 2013 "Agriculture in the state (Punjab) has achieved production heights but farmers who toil so hard make meagre profits as it is the middle men who takes the major share." https://m.hindustantimes.com/punjab/need-to-reduce-role-of-middle-men-in-farming/story-AVOHTMrpVV6DooTTE73boJ.html

'Need to reduce role of middle men in farming' - punjab - Hindustan Times

Punjab Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (PAMETI) organised a five-day training programme on "issues and emerging challenges in agricultural marketing"at Punjab Agricultural...

https://m.hindustantimes.com/punjab/need-to-reduce-role-of-middle-men-in-farming/story-AVOHTMrpVV6DooTTE73boJ.html

Congress has no moral high ground to speak of/ far farmers. They brought a Farm bill amendment in 2006 during UPA 1 allowing sale of uncultivable & low yield farm lands to real estate & industries. This is how they helped farmers in India.

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