Should Agricultural Subsidies be stopped?

About my opinion, the things are wrong about the agricultural field because more 70% people having an economy in agree. So if we do not get support, Agricultural then the basic hazard to our people. If we give a subsidy to agriculture then all over to create good business of our nation in any field.

No, agricultural subsidies should be continue. If it is stopped many small farmers will stop doing agriculture. If they stop doing agriculture than imports of agriculture products will increase and exports of agricultural products will increase. Through this our rupee value will decrease.

According to me, rather than completely stopping Agricultural Subsidies, it should be reduced to certain individuals. India is a land of farmers, hence utmost consideration should be given to them. This doesn't mean that the Richer ones benefit at others behest. A scheme should be introduced where Farmers should compulsorily declare their income for the year. A limit should be set up henceforth and farmers falling below the prescribed limit should be provided with necessary financial aid.

This scheme would not only help the real in need farmers but also would declare the inflow of money present with farmers. The circulation of Black money via farmers can also be curbed through this.

Yes, the subsidies provided to poor farmers by giving them at lower prices for purchasing fertilizers, seeds, cheaper electricity for agriculture activities, cheaper agriculture bank loans, purchasing farm equipment at lower bank loans etc. But this has only negative impacts on our economy. We are dependent on import for fertilizers needs, therefore it is foreign currency reserves loss. The subsidized fertilizers do not have proper distribution mechanism this only increases the black marketing and sold the fertilizers to simple & illiterate farmers at the higher rates. Even the bank official demand bribe from farmers for agricultural loans.

In my opinion, agricultural subsidies should not be stopped. The subsidies are a supporting pillar to the lacks of farmers in the country. Farming in our country is primarily not as advanced and mechanised as in other developed countries. Moreover, a large chunk of the Indian population is rural, and this sector directly affects them.

The majority of farmers own a very small portion of land like 2-10 acres, and they directly depend on the monsoon. Many of them lack the irrigation facilities and also don't own a bore-well/well to support their produce round the year. The plight of farmers in our country is very disturbing especially the small farmers. They can't afford to buy the hybrid seeds, fertilizers, pesticides again and again if a continuous drought/bad monsoon persists for a period of 1 or 2 years. Moreover, the investment they put off this period of time goes in vain. The whole budget and economics of a farmer crumbles, also if he has taken loan it goes on increasing year after year. The farmer is crushed under the cycle of debt and drought and is completely helpless. The farmer community in India is unorganized, unlike the trade unions/workers union. They only can helplessly watch this happening and only the govt can help it out.

Unless the agricultural sector is backed by the govt farmers in India cannot survive for long. The Indian economy will get shattered once this sector starts to degrade. Farmers should continue to get support from the govt by helpful programmes like the subsidy, to keep this sector profitable for the farmers. Unless the agricultural sector witnesses a complete makeover like the west it needs to be backed by govt.

Lastly it the govt moral responsibility to back certain aspects of the country like free education, mineral sector, PSU etc for the goodwill of the public. And agriculture is one of them of the Indian scenario.

In my view, these subsidies should not be stopped. As most of our population depends on agriculture, these subsidies will enable them to do agriculture, thereby we can increase agriculture productions. Food is the basic need of every man, so if there is no agriculture how can we survive. Also by increasing the production we can top up our exporting, and thereby we can increase our foreign cash reserves. This will boost up an economy.

As an Agriculture Engineer, I say that Indian people are most Dependent on agriculture land only. And nowadays except some state most of the farmer is becoming small and small as a point of the land holder and nowadays equipment and its operations becoming costly day by day. And also hybrid seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides are same as that. But after they harvesting their crops they can not get a proper rate of their output which they deserve.

But in matter subsidy, the motto of government is not to give them subsidy as cash to survive them but it's only that farmers should adopt new modern farming like adopting micro irrigation systems, green houses net houses, solar systems and other many equipment.

So I do not agree to stop subsidies for agriculture.

Thanks.

Hello friends.

Agriculture is a most important factor in our life. We are already know if agriculture dose not have so we can not survive. We are dependent on agriculture. Agriculture do by the formers. Lets come on subsidies for agriculture. First we analyze who can do agriculture. Most of the formers poor if subsidies no give to formers. So formers leave the agriculture and we are also know economy also depends on agriculture. In agriculture formers get profit most of the time but get loss also. In nowadays climate system are change so formers bear loss in agriculture and we know formers depends on only agriculture system if government do not give subsidies so formers how can manage agriculture and than may be leave. So, that should not stopped subsidies.

When we consider countries like India. Agriculture is the backbone to the country and contributes lions share to our national income but unfortunately agriculture not only in our country but in many countries is still dependent in rainfall which cannot be determined certainly. So that government should take several initiatives to provide some benefits to farmer who is the primary stakeholder one of the initiative is providing subsidy to the crop so that farmers feel secured and this prevents farmers commiting suicides. Hence agricultural subsides are boon to some extent if properly implemented at right time.

Hi friends,

Agriculture is a backbone of our nation. The subsidies are important to our farmers, most of the farmers depend on of subsidies. If our govt has stopped to giving subsidies the death of farmers will be increased. Our country mainly depends on agriculture. Still, in our country, most of the farmers are using an olden type of agriculture.

Agricultural subsidies should not be stopped.