Should Agricultural Subsidies be stopped?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I think govt subsidies in agriculture sector should not be stopped. Let us suppose govt wants to using some new seeds which would yield much higher but the farmer is still reluctant to use it because he might think it will led him complete loss, so if govt gives him subsidy, then he had a hope if using this new kind of seeds led him loss, govt will provide him subsidies for his losses, then he uses those seeds which might give him profit, then in another year he himself would use them without any fear, in this way new polices get easily implemented.

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.

This is a complicated topic.

As a country:

We need food security, so Govt give subsidies and fix the price of Grains to control the inflation.

If you don't give subsidies you can't fix the price, then former can sell what ever the price (supply and demand) , he can export to other countries like Cars, IT etc.

My prediction is:

Once current generation of farmers become old or unable to farm, then MNC's will kick in (Govt has no option).

First they take for lease and then they buy out, this is what happened in USA.

Once it is in MNC's hands, it is supply and demand, commodity stocks etc.

According to me subsidies is necessary to be given they motivate farmers much. I have asked one of the farmer in my town he thinks that without subsidies food cannot be grown because when the farmers will get money by selling his goods in the market, almost half of the money will go in buying of seeds and maintaining their equipment. So one will lose hope and he cannot get better or a good standard of living and nowadays we see that many of the farmers is doing suicide due to failure of the crops or not having enough funds to feed their family.

Subsidies is a great source of appreciation to the farmers to perform well and live a happy life.