Govt's Anti farmer policies

Anti farmer stance successive governments – Snapshots

1. Multinationals taking the farmers for a ride with genetically modified seeds, with the blessings of the government. Many farmers ended up in heavy losses and suicides followed.

2. While food grains to Indian farmers are not bought, the same (of inferior quality) is imported at almost double the price and dumped in public distribution system meant for poor.

3. Developed countries help their farmers by buying the farm products and dumping them in the sea or feeding pigs or selling over seas clients like India for a profit. This ensures that the profitability of the farm products continue in their countries. In India more than 60% of a framer’s hard earned produce gets wasted.

4. Allowing import of vegetable and fruits is not only harmful to consumer’s health, but a great disadvantage to the farmer. The expensive 90 rs to 100rs imported apples stocked in most big grocery chains are almost 3 months old. They are exposed to heavy radiation and chemical treatment so that they do not rot . Image the health of the Indian consumer, who consumes this 3 months old imported fruit! In the USA, it is not legal to take even vegetables from one federal state to another.