Once again , today morning , Kisan Unions will march
towards Delhi
Claiming to remain peaceful but this time carrying bulldozers
and excavators along , besides tractors
Four rounds of negotiations has produced no agreement
Whereas I am all
for improving the income of farmers , I believe it must come out from increased
farm productivity and greater value addition
As far as failure of current negotiations is concerned,
I believe it is largely due to Government’s failure to communicate its position
in a simple , down-to-earth language which farmers would have readily
understood
VIZ :,
Govt just don’t have the money to buy all those crops
at the demanded MSPs
As simple as saying :
You give your wife Rs 10,000 per month and tell her to
manage within that amount ALL of the following expenses :
Ø Food
grains / Vegetables / fruits / Cooking oils / spices etc
Ø Clothes
for entire family
Ø House
Rent
Ø School
fees of children
Ø TV
/ Mobile subscriptions
Ø Entertainment
Ø Electricity
Bill
Ø Transport
/ Travel expenses ………etc
What would she do , despite prices of everything going
up ? How will she manage ?
It is so obvious to 500 million women of India
Until salary / business income rises , she must cut
back on some expenses – while retaining expenses on essentials
She may buy more of some things and buy less of some
other things
Government has the same problem
It can ( let me assume ) afford to spend only 10 % of
its total income on buying those 26 crops from farmers . That would be Rs 4.5
lakh*crore out of Rs 45 lakh*crore
Let farmers fix :
Ø MSP
for each of those 26 crops
Ø MPQ
( Max Purchase Quantities ) for each of those crops
The sum total must NOT exceed Rs 4.5 Lakh*crore !
As simple as that . Period
Make farmers , a “ Party to Decision “
Coming to think of it , I believe that for every “ self employed “ farmer , there
must be two other “ self-employed “ citizen ,
producing some goods / services
For them, there is no “ Swaminathan Commission “ , no calculation of “ Input
Costs “ , no formula of MSP
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
www.HemenParekh.ai / 21
Feb 2024
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CC :
Shri Piyush Goyalji ( piyush.goyal@gov.in )
Shri Arjun Mundaji ( Arjun.munda@gov.in / Arjun.munda@gmail.com / agrimin.india@gmail.com )
Shri Bhagvant Mannji ( cmo@punjab.gov.in / bhagwant.mann@sansad.nic.in / bhagwantmann@gmail.com )
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