BC FARMER PROTEST
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A farmer from Abohar - Fazilka region of Punjab has the following to say..
I have been actively farming for 2 decades now & I have witnessed many things happening at the APMC’s..I have seen classification of C grade grain miraculously change into B grade..
Similarly I have also

 witnessed the weigh bridge weigh in the empty truck at 39 tons and the full truck at 55 tons and later found that the unloaded truck weighed 43 tons at another weigh bridge.
There are over 30,000 registered arthiyas in Punjab.
These 30,000 employ another 3,00,000 sub agents or
sidekicks or people who wouldn’t have made it into doing anything anyplace were it not for the patronage network of these 30,000. There are only 1500 farming villages in Punjab.
So 3,30,000 divided by1500 is about 220 people on average per village doing the work of middlemen.
Why is this the case? It’s a long story and high time people are made aware.
We had a food shortage & a hand to mouth existence until the 1970’s.
Norman Borlaugh pioneered a variety of wheat which gave 10 X the yield but needed 3X the fertiliser.
The Punjab was chosen as the battleground against hunger. Enterprising Sikh farmers worked hard to create what we know as the Green Revolution.
Since there were huge shortages, laws were made which didn’t allow for stockholding or selling at farm gates.
Then came the Essential Commodities Act/
APMC Act (farmers were compelled to sell only at APMC’s to licensed traders - remember license permit quota Raj)
As an assurance to the farmer for his hard work, Minimum Support Price(MSP) was guaranteed..
No matter what the quantum the sarkar would pick it up & provide farmers with a minimum amount as compensation per quintal or ton as the case maybe..
Getting money out of the sarkari treasury was a laborious process. Thus was born the breed of middle men who walked the corridors
of power & worked with corrupt sarkari babus! Not forgetting political patronage! Thus networks flourished..
220:1 is the ratio of middlemen to a single village in Punjab today..
This business got integrated backwards &
corruption was professionalized..
For instance there are families who own very large tracts of land (100 acre plus holding)..
The thekedar comes & takes the theka of growing on the land. For those unfamiliar with the word, Theka is also referred to as contract. I know there are grumblings about corporates
contracting with farmers directly now. I also know why. You should too.
Anyway to cut a long story short plenty of farmers do not receive their due at the end of each cropping season..
What is grown?
What grade or quality?
For how much is it sold?
For how much is it sold?
Would it have fetched a similar price in the open market?
Where is it sold?
How is it sold?
Who’s the end beneficiary?
Does anybody consume it or does it go waste?
Was there a better way to do what’s being done?
Does anyone care to think on the above questions?
As long as 1receives his cheque why should he care?
The Jamkhedkar committee reports that over 40%of the grain acquired under MSP by FCI is either unfit for consumption or is simply wasted.1out of every 2 kgs acquired is wasted..
Years of corruption have today given birth to this..
MSP has ensured that there is no necessity to seek a profitable enterprise..
It has also given birth to the patronage networks which survive off the sarkari treasury and refuse to breakaway..
It has given rise to a political class which thrives & survives on corruption n dishonesty
There was no sunset clause on this. Nobody foresaw a time of surplus production on food grains..
Result is other states like Haryana, UP, Bihar, Rajasthan & MP all produce surplus of grain
They also have their own MSP mechanisms which have proliferated & created similar political patronage networks..
Since more is acquired at Mandis in Punjab, grain from UP/Bihar also find their way into the mandi system of Punjab..
The trucks being under weight and over paid for &
the grades changing are common malpractices. One can go for a few days to the mandi & figure out how to make a killing by doing this..
Soon enough, you will also be one of those “know it all” in the mandi. After all information is power
All this is paid for by you dear tax payer
The annual bill for this is approximately 8 lakh crores.
Why don’t the farmers grow something else?
Something more profitable?
The truth is if I am being paid for doing 'NOTHING', why bother with competing!
What is the incentive to compete?
I would rather go and picket the roads leading into Delhi to ensure that the existing system isn’t threatened..
QUITE A RACKET!!!!!!!!
WHAT A SHAME!!
#ModiHaiToMumkinHai
#ModiWithFarmers
#BharatBandhNahiHoga
Long thread my friends..
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Farm Acts, Let’s Spread Reality

1. The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill

Allow farmers to sell their produce outside d Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC)

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APMCs r Govt Controlled Mandis. So farmers clearly hv more choice who dey wanna sell NOW

APMC is an obsolete institution has now become farmers oppressor, a monopoly cartel fixing low prices for d farmers' produce, forcing distress sales, 1st good Pt

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2. The Farmers (Empowerment & Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance & Farm Services Bill

Dis Bill makes provisions for d setting up of a framework for contract farming

Farmer & an ordained buyer can strike a deal EVEN before d production happens

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3. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020

The FPTC (Promotion & Facilitation) Ordinance allows intra-state & inter-state trade of farmers produce beyond d physical premises of APMC markets

State Govts can’t levy any market Fee/Cess outside APMC areas

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Benefits

1 Can avoid APMC/Middleman & sell d produce anywhere to anyone

2 Bypass d Essential Commodities Act & be free to store inventory

3 Free to make contracts & transfer risk to Businessmen in deals made over a crop EVEN before yield is made

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Some snippets.


On the current #FarmLaws2020, there is much debate as to what may or may not happen.

WHAT WILL NOT HAPPEN
MSP will not go away; APMC Mandis will not close; Farmers land cannot be taken way

WHAT WILL HAPPEN
Farmers can sell in Mandis & outside; More income; More jobs. 2/10


So what was the need for #FarmLaws2020 reforms when as per Left groups all was well?

1) Fragmented markets
2) Insufficient markets
3) Inadequate Infra
4) Inadequate credit

While rest of the economy was opening up, farmers were restricted. Result - Huge Income Disparity. 3/10


What about the charge that there has not been adequate consultation before #FarmLaws2020 were passed?

THE TRUTH: Two decades of consultation. Farm Reforms are perhaps the only policy reforms where there has been consensus movement in SAME DIRECTION by multiple governments. 4/10


So what are the benefits of the law that allows the farmers to sell in APMC Mandis as at present but also, and importantly, anywhere outside?

1) Better price discovery for farmer
2) Converts present buyers market to sellers (farmer) market
3) Better logistics in rural areas
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Agricultural Acts - twisted facts Vs facts.

1. farmer can not sell his bag of rice in Assam from AP since it is one national market hence the act is not useful is twisting of fact.

Fact is with market yard check posts gone there will be freedom of movement of goods .

With freedom to buy outside market yards and within market yards competition will be more benefitting the farmer with a better price .market yards also improve their performance since there is competition . #FarmersAct2020
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Agricultural laws - apprehensions -truth

2. Apprehension .
The present government market yards will be forced to shut down due to the new act .
Truth
This is not correct . Government market yards have Freeland given by government , corpus from market fee .

Nominated market committee chairmen who till now are milking the market yards for personal benefit now be responsible and responsive to farmers since alternative of selling out side market yard is available . #AgriculturalLaw #DelhiFarmersProtest

#Agriculturallaws - Apprehensions - Truth

3.Apprehension
Ambanis and Adanis will set up private markets . Agricultural commodities will go into corporate hands

Truth
Private capital comes only when there are profits . Market yards do not seem to be very profitable.
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