The UPA government would like all of us to actually believe it did much for rural India, but Rajan Prakash disputes that tall claim left, right and centre
I know that you won’t believe me when I say that Kisen Gangwar of Muradabad, who is the owner of a huge 20 acres of tillable land, works as an auto rickshaw driver in Delhi. And that the auto-rickshaw he runs is not owned by him and he has to part away with 250 bucks daily in order to pay its rent. I myself had a problem believing any part of this story. But outlandish as it might sound; it is sadly true.
Kisen’s siblings share the burden of his household. While two of them work on their lands, the third one works at a tile factory in Kota. Kisen says that earlier he, as well as the one in Kota, shared the workload at the farm with their two brothers. While the earnings were just enough to meet their household demand, saving was out of question. And so was further investment in agriculture. They had to take loan to buy fertilizers and seeds and that made them borrow money. Once they got stuck into the vicious cycle of interest and capital, two of them had to leave their home in order to look out for alternative sources of livelihood.
Kisen might just be a name. But he represents rural India, which has the maximum participation in any election, but is promptly ignored as soon as the party comes to power. Talking of UPA, the ambitious Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar only agreed to take charge of the ministry, when the government assured him of the glamourous post of the President of Board of Cricket Control in India. The next five years were on expected lines. In Pawar’s home state, on an average, 46 families mourned the death of their loved ones daily. Statistics provided by NCRB state that as many as 16,632 farmers committed suicide in the year 2007 alone. Agriculture expert Devinder Sharma says, “The sixth pay commission raised the salary of a peon, who has been working for last 20 years, to Rs.15,000. And with elections at hand, it also announced an allowance of 8%. Why should a man till his land? By increasing the loan amount for the farmer, the government thinks that it has absolved itself.”
I know that you won’t believe me when I say that Kisen Gangwar of Muradabad, who is the owner of a huge 20 acres of tillable land, works as an auto rickshaw driver in Delhi. And that the auto-rickshaw he runs is not owned by him and he has to part away with 250 bucks daily in order to pay its rent. I myself had a problem believing any part of this story. But outlandish as it might sound; it is sadly true.
Kisen’s siblings share the burden of his household. While two of them work on their lands, the third one works at a tile factory in Kota. Kisen says that earlier he, as well as the one in Kota, shared the workload at the farm with their two brothers. While the earnings were just enough to meet their household demand, saving was out of question. And so was further investment in agriculture. They had to take loan to buy fertilizers and seeds and that made them borrow money. Once they got stuck into the vicious cycle of interest and capital, two of them had to leave their home in order to look out for alternative sources of livelihood.
Kisen might just be a name. But he represents rural India, which has the maximum participation in any election, but is promptly ignored as soon as the party comes to power. Talking of UPA, the ambitious Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar only agreed to take charge of the ministry, when the government assured him of the glamourous post of the President of Board of Cricket Control in India. The next five years were on expected lines. In Pawar’s home state, on an average, 46 families mourned the death of their loved ones daily. Statistics provided by NCRB state that as many as 16,632 farmers committed suicide in the year 2007 alone. Agriculture expert Devinder Sharma says, “The sixth pay commission raised the salary of a peon, who has been working for last 20 years, to Rs.15,000. And with elections at hand, it also announced an allowance of 8%. Why should a man till his land? By increasing the loan amount for the farmer, the government thinks that it has absolved itself.”
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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