Should Agricultural Subsidies be stopped?

We all know that India is having a population of 1.2 billion people. Therefore, we need more food to feed our people. Decades ado, agriculture output had a major contribution in our GDP.

However, we need technical advancement and innovative ways to produce more on the same land.

Farmers are getting assistance from the government in form of subsidy. There is certain scheme launched in subsidies form to provide basic benefits to the farmers.

Hi, Friends.

As we know that our country mainly depends on agriculture aproxmetally 70 to 80% population of the country is depand of agriculture.

In the beginning, it was taken the first palace of our GDP. As compare to bussiness and Service it was also on the first palace as said quotation in hindi uttam Kheti madyam vyapar and at the last nothing than service. But with the changing of the time our agriculculture fall down to the last possession, it remains only 13 to 14% of our GDP. Now the question is here that are we ignore to the agriculture. We have to require to go flash back and take the dicesion that subsidy should be kept or not. Today farmers are facing lots of problems due to hiking price of fuel, chemical material related to the agriculture and levied instruments. Due to high growth of the population land has devided into Verry small parts. Our below the poverty line is also decreasing day by day. People are migrating from ruler areas because the don't get the actual price of their production. Hence it is not the right time to stop the subsidy. Because farmers get all = 0 profit. Because I belongs to a farmer family I can understand it better.

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Yes, because of the reservations all farmers are not getting subsidies. As all the farmers are cultivating the same land on the same earth in same sunlight. Why we have to differ them in subsidies. If the government want to give, give to all the farmers equally.

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As we know that India is known as an agricultural country. Till date, its 70% population is dependent on agriculture. Millions of people are below the poverty line. In Maharashtra & some other states too, farmers are committing suicides in lack of resources. Farmers are not getting enough profit to grow themselves. According to my point of view, agricultural subsidies shouldn't be stopped because farmers are not financially independent to help themselves.

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Basically, India is agricultural dependent & may be more than 50% national income due to agricultural. As we say Farmer's are backbone of our country but in today situation he is in trouble. Instead of top, he is the last. In some parts of our country may get the rain sufficiently, that part of farmers grow the crop but what about the others so I suggest to give subsidy to everyone from government and NABARD, but the subsidy is not meet the farmers due to a lot of corruption, so make proper way for that.

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India has been more resources but not sufficient contributed in productivity. So be must strong agriculture subsidies by good governance.

Sunset clause act in agriculture subsidy, not univeslisatio, rashning etc.

In the sense of agriculture subsidies shouldn't stopped but his should be rationalisation.

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Good morning everyone.

India is a second largest populated country in the world. Till date, it's 70% of the people depends on agriculture. India is an agriculture formost country. Indian agriculture plays the vital roal in Indian economy. Indian economy and agriculture bondage to each other. 50% of India economy depends on agriculture.

So, my opinion is agriculture subsidies should not be stopped and Indian government should also improve and spared the agriculture.

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I also want to share my views, Agricultural sector is the prime sector of any country. Without agricultural sector, its impossible to run any big brand like Basmati Rice or Ashirvad Aata or any food company. These companies are earning huge profit but what actually farmers are earning. Nothing in comparison to these big firms. They must get their share as they are the only origin of their huge profits.

Life of agricultural person is full of uncertainties. We can see that by recent effect of demonization, In local market, 1kg of apples were selling at 40rs instead of 70 or 80rs. Because they don't have any other option. Its the only earning option they have. And if are government will not provide any subsidies to them, then it will definitely turn the agricultural persons to find alternative path of earning or can also force them to suicide.

We cannot give them direct support or thanks them for their huge contribution in our nation but I think subsidies are the medium by that they feel safe and secure.

Agricultural subsidies should be stopped as they are not reaching poor farmers.

Subsidies to agriculture needs to decreased slowly but surely. People would argue that 70% Indians depend on agriculture but they would not think that why do so many people are still in agriculture. I must say it though it may hurt my fellow Indians that agriculture is dead road.

Government subsidies primarily mean that we are transferring wealth from working people to farmers. But it no way increases their productivity rather it is just delaying the inevitable that we need to pull people out of agriculture. Our subsidies to agriculture are more than the government spends on education which should be our foremost responsibility.

People would argue that people are still dying of starvation in India. But I would like to tell them that we produce more than enough food so much that our government isn't able to sell it all, so people are not dying due to lack of food but they are not able to earn enough. Ever saw the news where they show so much is grain rotting it is not because of inefficient governance rather people are not able to buy so much grain. So the government is feeding the farmers even though there is not so much need for them in the market.

Rather reducing the subsidies would free money to invest in education and infrastructure and pull people out of farming in the labour market where they would be able to earn much more.

Suicide of farmers is not due to inadequacy of our government but rather tells us that farming is at its end.

But what about food production you would say, my dear when people will reduce in farming we can easily their efficiency as in India almost 5 farmers are doing the same thing what one farmer can do and that without subsidies. In all developed nation only 10% people work as farmers. So we can continue debating to whether should we increase the subsidies on farmers to stop their suicides which eventually would not be enough or we can solve the crux of the problem. Now don't get emotional any economist worth his salt would tell you this, even our government knows this but those bastards don't have the spine to do anything.