Should Agricultural Subsidies be stopped?

Subsidies for what? First and foremost we need to educate farmers: what is meaning of getting subsidies, how much these subsidies will help economically, environmentally etc. In nut shell this is a complex problem. 99% of our farmers don't take agriculture as a main occupation that's the major problem, reason is simple they don't know importance and benefit of sustainable agriculture. There are problems at grass root level. I would suggest read and study solution for these problems. We need hundreds of leaders who can work with farmers for better direction and their future for betterment of our country.

Hello I am Devvrat.

Well after going a lot of readings on this topics hers what I think of the topic.

1) As we have discussed earlier about 66% of the India's population is engaged in agriculture and you know how much it contributes to GDP ONLY 8% so this clearly indicates the people in the sector are much capable of PRODUCING MORE and subsides is definitely one of the ways to help in increasing agricultural production.

2) Now we all know we are THE SECOND largest population nation and to feed such a large number we need a large number of hands so as we are adding up an AUSTRALIA per year we also need more people to feed them BUT in contrast, whats happening the condition of farmer gets worse they either suicide or the person who hardly survive don't want to either continue himself or want to put their children in other sector for the high frustration and hardships and disparity they do face. So providing a subsidy would definitely motivate them.

3) Now we know most of us are selfish and you may think I AM NOT A FARMER what effect does the subsidy has on me >>? well subsidy also HELPS THE COMMON MAN as it helps in REGULATING PRICES of good. For EX. As one of my friends said that The price of urea which is presently 5 Rs. Maybe as high as Rs.30 without a subsidy !

4) As a whole it even help our nation to grow and give a better competition to the other countries. This is another advantage of having subsidies in agricultural sector.

Well these are the advantages now I tell you a major disadvantage,

1) When you have subsidies, corruption increases and rich farmers through malpractices takes extra subsidies more than what they deserve kicking the stomach of the poorer and poorest farmers who deserve them.

2) In some cases it may increase the dependency of farmers on the subsidies so in case its reduced or they don't get them it may affect the production very badly !

So here are MY SUGGESTION which I think are VERY APPROPRIATE for the disadvantages,

1) Thorough inspection have to be done before giving the subsidies so that the subsidies goes only to farmer who REALLY DESERVE them.

2) Stricter laws have to be made by the government for the people who are engaged in malpractices regarding subsidies so that they have a lot of fear even making a small bribe activity or any malpractice.

3) Now very IMPORTANT what suggestion I have regarding the dependency I discussed above well one step govt can take is to classify the farmers on the basis of their income, production and whether they really need subsidies. Now govt firstly have to provide EQUAL SUBSIDIES to all the farmers at the beginning now the farmers who gives you a better production in the same class under the same area or the farmer who shows THE BEST PROGRESS OR GROWTH compared to his last production must be AWARDED with a HIGHER subsidies NEXT TIME and this will be continued if he maintains his performance for the next period and if not must be transferred to other one who performs better then him. So as this help in economic prosperity of the farmer and helps in his growth there maybe a time at which they become LESS DEPENDENT on subsidies !and classification and inspection reduce the involvement of farmers who don't deserve subsidies.

4) Farmers must unite and along with the support of common must pressurize the government to design such a system so that middleman are removed who are to large extent responsible for the price hikes so that govt have farmers product on a much lower rate and with profits they earn they can further increase the subsidies for the farmer.

So in fact I would like to say that subsidies are not to be stopped in fact they have to be INCREASED not only for the progress of farmer but for the nation as whole.

NO, A nation also known as a agricultural state in world and where 70% of India resides in villages, there are majority of families which rely on agriculture as there primary source of income. We already see farmers committing suicide, leaving agriculture as it does not provide adequate funds for their survival in present world and if we stop subsidies it will cripple them.

We provide 5lakh cr as subsidies to corporate for industrial development but we are incapable of bringing same to farmers. Instead of starting modern green revolution we are thinking of cutting funds in agriculture.

We should first increase base price of all raw materials and further provide adequate information to farmers about seeds, soil and what is beneficial for them.

Hi friends. According to me giving subsidies to farmer is very important, but you know subsidies are given for the economical development of farmers. But in India farmer make miss use of those subsidies. The main reason behind the miss use of subsidies is illiteracy. Hence farmers are illiterate they do not know how to use those subsidies for their development. Result of this farmers depends on the person who provides subsidies from the Government and those people takes bribe from the farmers against providing the subsidy. So farmers are unable to get the complete subsidies given by the government By this corruption occur. Subsidy is imp. But government Has to find the right person who really need that and also had to propose the different ideas by which a farmer make himself economically stable. And as the time goes the subsidies has to be reduced one by one.

Hi friends, in my opinion agriculture subsidies should not stop because in our country like India we have more than 6 lakhs villages. Their main occupation is agriculture. About 15% is contributed by the agriculture sector. Lot of farmers are suiciding because of the inability to repay the loan. If the subsidy is cut how can this poor people sustain and they can't produce anything. It will affect the whole economy if the food production decreases. Hence we have to depend to other countries for food.

The answer is an obvious NO. We are talking about the people who are literally our saviors. Already they do suffer a lot due to the fact that there are many middle men standing before them, who would take some serious share from their hardly earned profit (just because they are illiterate and don't know how to deal with the main party).

So, now as they have a fare chance to get some help from govt, that should never be stopped.

But, only one concern at this point, govt needs to make sure there should be a proper system to hand over the money to the concerned parties directly.

And one more thing, if the money provided to the farmers become inversely proportional to the amount of land they possess, that can be the most beneficial sight one can aspire for.

Agricultural subsidies should be never stopped in India, because in total farmers of India about 80% of them are small scale land holders (less than 2 acre) and remaining are medium and large. If these are stopped then how do they sustain, how do agricultural production will increase. Now the per capital availability of food in our country is less than half of the available.

Government must support for subsidies for agricultural implements to land enrichment and providing seeds at cheaper rates to all those land holders.

Government should also examine the farmers who really eligible to it. If these conditions mis-result to rich farmer- India will never reach to developed country results rich becomes too rich poor becomes too poor. Please support from your side.

Hello friends,

India is very well-known country for agricultural products, as a developing country everyone of us should be educated. Farmer children will use the educational benefits provided by government Should they be doing the same thing as their parents do. No, so government Providing subsidies to farmers according to the amount of production they produce to remain the same increase in production.

Hence Govt encourage the farmers to produce more and more production so that they earn more subsidies. They may be quite encouraging.

So, agricultural subsidies should never be stopped.

Developed countries are granting enormous subsidies to their agriculture sector. In the USA the lobby of corn growers influenced the Government to continue with the subsidies. Countries like US and other developed nations have a plan to produce more and export more, thereby making the developing countries as dumping grounds for cheap agriculture produce. It has many implications- One the imported food grains will become cheaper in the developing countries, two- farmers in the developing countries, in the absence of farm subsidies, will not be able to compete with the imported food grain prices; three: developing countries suffer from current account deficit and balance of payments due to more imports; four: developed countries can recover the subsidy costs through export taxation, and increasing the foreign currency reserves. Therefore, in countries like India, we should increase farm subsidies from the current levels and make our farm produce more cheaper than in the developed world.

Agricultural subsidies should not be stopped but it should be done in an efficient manner so that the needed farmers or poor farmers who are not financially stable can get these facilities and their situation can be improved. Government should have all the details of farmers and on the basis of that list distribution should be done. They should provide subsidies category wise. Improvement in the agricultural sector is one step towards the development of our country.