Context :
Panel
announced by Modi will propose next reforms: Tomar
/ TOI / 20
Nov 2021
Extract :
Agriculture minister
Narendra Singh Tomar, involved in 10 out of 11 rounds of talks with
farmers, on Friday said the intention behind legislating the three farm laws
was to bring "revolutionary changes"
in the lives of farmers but the government was unable to explain its benefits to a section of
farmers.
He, however, sought to
keep the possibility of reforms alive and mentioned how the formation of the
committee, as suggested by PM Modi, would come out with suggestions for future
reform measures.
"I am pained that we
failed to explain benefits of
the farm laws to some farmers,"
Tomar said.
He had earlier held on to
the position that the government was ready to amend the laws and there was no
point in repealing them.
Tomar said the committee announced by the PM to look into the issues of MSP would include;
# representatives of central and state governments,
# farmers
and
# scientists,
and its recommendation
would, hopefully, be beneficial for farmers.
Inset Block :
“ I am happy with the announcement today.
I emphasise that C2+50 % is the core of the reports of
the National Commission on
Farmers
The future of our
agriculture depends on the impact we can make on three fronts :
Ø Production
Ø Procurement , and
Ø Prices
These should be attended to
concurrently “
M S Swaminathan
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My Take :
Dear Shri Tomarji,
It is said , “ Well begun is half done “ and you
have begun well by adopting a “ Participatory “ approach
I urge you to consider including in the proposed
committee, other stakeholders such as :
# A few Opposition
members of Lok Sabha
# Some
representatives from Industry Bodies like ASSOCHAM – FICCI – CII etc,
# Some
eminent Professors from leading Agricultural Universities
# Some representatives of AGRI-INPUT manufacturers ( Machinery-Fertilizers-
Pesticides-Seeds
etc )
You may want to frame the TERMS of REFERENCE for
the proposed Committee, ( sub-committees ? ) to submit their time-bound ACTION
PLANS ( no mere RECOMMENDATIONS ) in respect of :
# Methods
to increase YIELD / ACRE of various crops
# Gradual
Change-over to NATURAL – ORGANIC fertilizers
# Use of
Solar Power
#
Digitization of processes of Procurement
The proposed Committee may be asked to evaluate the
feasibility of my following suggestion :
Influence
farmers and win Votes ?.................[ 04 Feb 2019 ]
Extract :
We need technologies which will, dynamically / automatically, compute for each crop ,
# the costs of all the INPUTS (water-fertilizer-seeds-power –labour ), based on
NORMS
# “ Output “ from the area of land owned by
these farmers ( in Kg )
# MSP ( since INPUTS will vary from crop-to-crop and area-to-area )
# transfer the amount to Jan Dhan bank accounts of each beneficiary farmer (
DBT )
It is possible to get our
constellation of 7 NaviC satellites
to “ map / geotag “, each and every farm ( with a resolution of 1 meter ) and
calculate its area
This can be verified by using
technology offered by…. what3words
OUTPUTS NORMS (
kg / acre ) for different crops, are statistically established figures
“ Agricultural
Crop Assessment “ is being offered by Planet , BlackSky, Satellogic
“ Humidity Sensors “ developed by Dr Shalini Prasad
As far as CROP INSURANCE is concerned, Remote Sensing
Satellites are already being deployed
I realize that
experts ( agriculture and economy ) might laugh , if I urge Shri Modiji :
Give our Scientists
and Software Engineers a chance to develop such a TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM , based
on the following matrix , which will ensure DBT to our farmers , within 24
hours of pre-determined EVENTS or DATES or CABINET DECISION ANNOUNCEMENTS ,
without the delay and arbitrariness of “ human intervention “
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Finally
Announced : Agri Infra Fund to APMC ……………………….[ 08 July 2021 ]
Agristack: The New
Digital Push in Agriculture …………………..[ 26 June 2021 ]
Digital
Farming ? ……………………………………………………..[ 15 April 2021 ]
Kisan
Sabha gets Constructive ………………………………………………[ 20 Feb 2021 ]
Monetizing
Geospatial Data ……………………………………………………[ 16 Feb 2021 ]
2020
Congratulations,
Shri P K Purwarji ………………………………………[
21 Dec 2020 ]
e-NAM ; reimagined to resolve farmer agitation……………………[ 10 Dec 2020 ]
How about
introducing a PLI for agricultural produce ?.........[ 08 Dec 2020 ]
Production
Linked Incentive for Rice ( Paddy ) ……………………..[ 09 Dec 2020 ]
Thank You, Shri Tomarji ………………………………………………………..[ 28 Sept 2020 ]
Selling
Farm Laws before selling Farm Crops………………………. [ 24 Sept 2020 ]
2019
Influence
farmers and win Votes ? ………………………………………….[
04 Feb 2019 ]
LIST OF TOP B.SC (AGRICULTURE) COLLEGES IN INDIA BASED ON
2020 RANKING
Agricultural Universities
Govt Owned Agriculture TV Channel / DD Kisan
Atal Innovation Mission / Atal Innovation Labs in Schools
/ Atal Innovation Incubation
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CC :
Akhil Gogoi | Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) | |
Dr Ashish Mittal | All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS) | |
Atul Kumar Anjaan | All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) | |
Avik Saha | Jai Kisan Andolan (JKA) | |
Dr Darshan Pal | Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU Dakaunda) | |
Hannan Mollah | All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS Canning Street) | |
Kavitha Kuruganti | Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) | |
Kiran Vissa | Rythu Swarajya Vedika (RSV) | |
K. Chandrasekhar | Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) | |
Medha Patkar | National Alliance for People’s Movements (NAPM) | |
P. Ayyakkanu | National-South India River Interlinking Agriculturists Association | |
Pratibha Shinde | Lok Sangharsh Morcha (LSM) | |
Raja Ram Singh | All India Kisan Mahasabha (AIKM) | |
Raju Shetti | Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghtana (SSS) | |
Satyawan | All India Kisan Khet Mazdoor Sangathan (AIKKMS) | |
Dr Sunilam | Kisan Sangharsh Samiti | |
Tajinder Virk | Tarai Kisan Sangathan | |
VM Singh | Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan (RKMS) | |
Yogendra Yadav | Swaraj Abhiyan |
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