Uddhav Adhikari, the coordinator of Agriculture Campaign for Food, said that there is dominance of non-farmers in agriculture and they are doing whatever they have to do to get the subsidy. He concluded that the main problem of agriculture is that 90 percent of small farmers are deprived of subsidies and the distribution system of subsidies is like plants on one side and sewage on the other.
It is said that the target group does not get the agricultural subsidies distributed by the government, even if the small farmers get it, it is insignificant, why?
First of all, there are few programs in agriculture. Second grant programs are few. Thirdly, the government could not come out of the circle of workers . Fourth, small farmers do not have access to subsidies. The policy itself has cheated the small farmers . There is a government policy to eliminate small farmers . Whether it is from the updated project of the Planning Commission. Looking at various policy documents of the government, small farmers are not friendly. When talking about the subsidy given to big farmers, we should look at the graph of imports . The situation of import has increased. Results are not visible . Why is the grant of crores going only to those who have access? A volume of this is due to transaction .
On the one hand, the grant money is not effectively implemented, on the other hand, the grant has not given good returns, where is the problem?
The distribution system of the subsidy is plant on one side and sewage on the other. Government policies do not address those who are real farmers. It cannot be believed that there is profit in agriculture, that those who become farmers for subsidies will increase production and replace imports. Agriculture is dominated by non-farmers and they are doing whatever they have to do to get subsidies. But 90 percent of small farmers are deprived of subsidy. That's the problem.
What is the state of awareness about subsidies among farmers, what should have been done by the government? For the empowerment of
grants, some information is published through the project . But how many people read newspapers? There is also the question of how many people get the information. It seems that the target group of the government is not the small farmers . That is why the information does not reach the small farmers . The grant process is also very complicated . This also makes the small farmers not so interested. The awareness program should be done by the government, but it is not interested in it.
What kind of plan should the government make for proportionate agricultural subsidy distribution?
We have a large number of farmers. The budget should be increased in agriculture. As much as there is production, the farmer involved in the production should be identified . You have to know who the farmer is. There is also a matter of identification and classification of farmers. It helps to channelize the subsidy to the target group . Monitoring of grants is also necessary. Regular monitoring should be developed with citizen groups and a policy should be taken to take strict action against abusers by strengthening the monitoring mechanism .
Billions of subsidies for agriculture reached whose pocket?
