Should Agricultural Subsidies be stopped?

In an agricultural economy like India, grant of subsidy play an important role in uplifting this sector. Most of the farmers of our country are small and marginal. Indian farmers being poor are not in a position to buy the expensive agricultural inputs like pumping sets, advanced machinery, technologically improved fertilizers, manures, high yielding seeds, tractors and many other inputs to increase their production and productivity. This in turn calls for the urgency of agricultural subsidy to be provided by the government.

As such I feel that agricultural subsidy in no way should be stopped in India. Govt should work at its best to provide farmers with credit facilities and other input facilities at a subsidized rate to enhance their production and protect the interest of the farmers so that they can get adequate commercial value of their produce. To conclude I would like to say that subsidies should be provided in a way that will protect the interest of the farmers and at the same time keep a check on the corrupt and fraudulent practices prevailing in this sector so that rich farmers and intermediaries do not take dew advantage of this facility granted by the government.

In an agricultural economy like India, grant of subsidy play an important role in uplifting this sector. Most of the farmers of our country are small and marginal. Indian farmers being poor are not in a position to buy the expensive agricultural inputs like pumping sets, advanced machinery, technologically improved fertilizers, manures, high yielding seeds, tractors and many other inputs to increase their production and productivity. This in turn calls for the urgency of agricultural subsidy to be provided by the government.

As such I feel that agricultural subsidy in no way should be stopped in India. Govt should work at its best to provide farmers with credit facilities and other input facilities at a subsidized rate to enhance their production and protect the interest of the farmers so that they can get adequate commercial value of their produce. To conclude I would like to say that subsidies should be provided in a way that will protect the interest of the farmers and at the same time keep a check on the corrupt and fraudulent practices prevailing in this sector so that rich farmers and intermediaries do not take dew advantage of this facility granted by the government.

Friends I am agricultural engineer and I wanna share few points which I have seen.

1. Consider a small or marginal farmer is getting a tractor or agricultural machinery with subsidy. He may get nearly 1 or 2L as subsidy. The small farmer can't use the tractor or implement efficiently for his small land so he will sell the tractor to large farmer for the total cost and earn some money.

2. A small farmer is getting 40,000. RS for drip irrigation. So he will install and use it for two months then he will throw it because of his poor maintenance but actually drip tapes can be used for minimum 2 years.

3. The government is giving fertilizer, seed and other essential inputs as subsidy to farmers. Because of slow process of the government any one of the material get delay but the farmers are not ready to come and get the other material some other day.

Many more reasons are there. All these things happens because they are getting the everything free. Just think if you have all this by your own. Will you do like this. Instead of this change the subsidy system. Like giving some small money every month for loans and give money of fertilizers and others for who produce high yield.

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.

Thanks.

Our nation India is an agricultural country. More then 70% of the population in India is dependent on Agricultural activity. Agricultural sector contributes to around 50% of our exports. Tea, Tobacco, Paper, Spices, Flowers, Oil seeds, Fruits, Vegetables etc are the major agricultural products exported from our country. Many industries like, Tractors, Fertilizer, Pesticide, Agricultural implements etc are supplying their products to agricultural sector. It also provides employment in various other sectors like transport etc. Many industries are depended on agriculture for their raw materials. Eg. Cotton, Sugar, Tobacco, Paper etc.

During 1950's more than 50% of the national income was contributed by agriculture. But the contribution of agriculture is gradually diminishing and now it has come down to almost 13%. Now-a-days, the traditional farmers have a tendency to switch over from agricultural activity. In view of the above, we need to promote agricultural sector and the same is possible only through subsiding the inputs for agriculture like fertilizer, pesticides, implements, equipment's etc. Any move for stopping subsidy in agricultural sector would be suicidal.

Hi friends.

First of all I thank to giving this type of topic. Should agriculture subsidy be stopped?

Definitely no is my answer. Because india's economy is more importantly depends on the agriculture production and simply say it's like an backbone of human. But one thing I would like to suggest that government should have clear idea or information about the former's those who are being get by subsidized. Because some rich farmers also show their poor financial background and there by they get more subsidies and poor farmers will get less than enough. And also I would like add one more point that the government should distribute the subsidy according to farmer status and their real need. If the former really wants subsidy in cash should be provided and some may want in other formats like good quality seeds, electricity etc.

Finally I want to conclude that whatever development is being going on in India like education, industries etc. Agriculture should not be stopped at any time and at any cost mainly due to lack of subsidy. Just remember this always it leads to agriculture always in top position in development. "Anything can wait but not agriculture".

I fairly think, government should give farmers a period of time to waiver their debts, create a action plan and then cut off subsidies on commodities where the farmer will strive to pay for. I am a farmer's son I know its not easy going but there's has to be limitations on direct benefits, why not instead invest that amount for bringing and hiring more minds to create innovative ways, investing in modern farming infrastructure, teaching modern tech to farmers, that are new and able to sustain the farm life.

The basic problems lies underneath, we need to rethink where there's a necessity of money flow and making farmers self sustainable, frankly speaking, most small and marginal farmers completely thrive for subsidies and schemes governments provide. This needs to be looked upon and my opinion would be as bank lend out loan by checking credit score, governments should keep a tab on performing small & marginal farmers and reach out hands not necessarily to those in need entirely but farmers who can use that to better themselves enough that they say no thanks to subsidies in few years. The whole idea should be looked upon considering modern plans.

Indian economy is an agrarian economy. Most of the exports products or the export basket consist of agricultural products. Since independence agricultural production has increase from thousands to millions. This great jump of the agricultural production is due to the special emphasis by the ruling government in their 10 year as well as in 5 year plans. Huge amt of subsidies were and are granted for the globalization and modernization of the global export basket and consumption basket and actually the agricultural production has diversified in years passed by and are diversifying in years to come.


In every budget there has been an allocation of the subsidy amount and during the years subsidy get increased many times sometimes its natural reasons sometimes its due to some other but material personal benefits. So, I am of the opinion that a fast and accurate track or path should be formed so that the subsidies granted is equal to the benefits of the full amount. No misappropriation or dumping of the subsidy amount should be made so that Indian agricultural field improves and leads to balance of payment surplus and reduced current account deficit.

Hello friends,

According to my opinion agriculture subsidy should not be stopped as our agriculture contribute 15% to our GDP and 60% of total employment beside it we know that our economy is agriculture dependent and beside it 95% of farmer comes under small land holding farmer who are not able to do cultivation without subsidies. We know that agriculture input is crucial thing for cultivation of land and our farmer can not afford that much of costly input.

I think instead of stopping agriculture subsidy we should focus on.

Agriculture policy which restrict the produce within the state some state not allow to sell or buying the produce in other state which increase the cost and inflation also along with this.

To impose levied duty on essential commodities,

And monopoly condition in procurement of produce (cotton in Maharastra).

All these factor cause huge cost to farmer and less price for their produce.

Along with these farmer can not afford the costly fertilizer which is important factor to increase yield also and if govt will not provide subsidy than how farmer can produce and fulfill the consumption need of India.

The main problem of low productivity in India is not subsidy actually, it is the people who are mainly responsible for hampering the productivity of agriculture by grafting and ignoring the destitute farmers and giving the main profit of subsidy to corporate agricultural those are rich, which results in food inflation & suicide commitment by farmers, now many farmers are moving towards urban area so that they can live their life and can fight with hunger which ultimately brings in low productivity in agriculture, today the government is giving aid by providing large subsidy and exemption from loan up to large extent but sill the condition of farmers are deteriorating, they are still committing suicide the only reason behind is that they are not getting the aid due to corruption, so government need to take some corrective and strict action with strict punishment for those who are misusing these grants and creating impediment for the needy farmers, one thing which government should consider that make some arrangement at the level of panchayat to make them literate for farming gear and the efficient use of subsidy.