MSP : A Communication Failure
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Once again , today morning , Kisan Unions will march towards Delhi
Claiming to remain peaceful but this time carrying bulldozers and excavators along , besides tractors
Four rounds of negotiations has produced no agreement
Whereas I am all for improving the income of farmers , I believe it must come out from increased farm productivity and greater value addition
As far as failure of current negotiations is concerned, I believe it is largely due to Government’s failure to communicate its position in a simple , down-to-earth language which farmers would have readily understood
VIZ :,
Govt just don’t have the money to buy all those crops at the demanded MSPs
As simple as saying :
You give your wife Rs 10,000 per month and tell her to manage within that amount ALL of the following expenses :
Ø Food grains / Vegetables / fruits / Cooking oils / spices etc
Ø Clothes for entire family
Ø House Rent
Ø School fees of children
Ø TV / Mobile subscriptions
Ø Entertainment
Ø Electricity Bill
Ø Transport / Travel expenses ………etc
What would she do , despite prices of everything going up ? How will she manage ?
It is so obvious to 500 million women of India
Until salary / business income rises , she must cut back on some expenses – while retaining expenses on essentials
She may buy more of some things and buy less of some other things
Government has the same problem
It can ( let me assume ) afford to spend only 10 % of its total income on buying those 26 crops from farmers . That would be Rs 4.5 lakh*crore out of Rs 45 lakh*crore
Let farmers fix :
Ø MSP for each of those 26 crops
Ø MPQ ( Max Purchase Quantities ) for each of those crops
The sum total must NOT exceed Rs 4.5 Lakh*crore !
As simple as that . Period
Make farmers , a “ Party to Decision “
Coming to think of it , I believe that for every “ self employed “ farmer , there
must be two other “ self-employed “ citizen , producing some goods / services
For them, there is no “ Swaminathan Commission “ , no calculation of “ Input
Costs “ , no formula of MSP
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www.HemenParekh.ai
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Once again , today morning , Kisan Unions will march towards Delhi
Claiming to remain peaceful but this time carrying bulldozers and excavators along , besides tractors
Four rounds of negotiations has produced no agreement
Whereas I am all for improving the income of farmers , I believe it must come out from increased farm productivity and greater value addition
As far as failure of current negotiations is concerned, I believe it is largely due to Government’s failure to communicate its position in a simple , down-to-earth language which farmers would have readily understood
VIZ :,
Govt just don’t have the money to buy all those crops at the demanded MSPs
As simple as saying :
You give your wife Rs 10,000 per month and tell her to manage within that amount ALL of the following expenses :
Ø Food grains / Vegetables / fruits / Cooking oils / spices etc
Ø Clothes for entire family
Ø House Rent
Ø School fees of children
Ø TV / Mobile subscriptions
Ø Entertainment
Ø Electricity Bill
Ø Transport / Travel expenses ………etc
What would she do , despite prices of everything going up ? How will she manage ?
It is so obvious to 500 million women of India
Until salary / business income rises , she must cut back on some expenses – while retaining expenses on essentials
She may buy more of some things and buy less of some other things
Government has the same problem
It can ( let me assume ) afford to spend only 10 % of its total income on buying those 26 crops from farmers . That would be Rs 4.5 lakh*crore out of Rs 45 lakh*crore
Let farmers fix :
Ø MSP for each of those 26 crops
Ø MPQ ( Max Purchase Quantities ) for each of those crops
The sum total must NOT exceed Rs 4.5 Lakh*crore !
As simple as that . Period
Make farmers , a “ Party to Decision “
Coming to think of it , I believe that for every “ self employed “ farmer , there
must be two other “ self-employed “ citizen , producing some goods / services
For them, there is no “ Swaminathan Commission “ , no calculation of “ Input
Costs “ , no formula of MSP
=====================================
www.HemenParekh.ai
https://lnkd.in/dsQ2i7C3
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