miércoles, 5 de diciembre de 2018

A new deal for the farmer | Opinion News, The Indian Express

A new deal for the farmer | Opinion News, The Indian Express



A new deal for the farmer

A Basic Income Scheme for the farmer will not tax the government’s resources. But it could stem the tide of distress in the countryside.

A new deal for the farmer
According to Census 2011, 54.6 per cent of India’s workforce was engaged in agriculture. (File)


The neglect of Indian agriculture by the NDA government, despite the tall promises in the BJP election manifesto of 2014 has been the cause of untold suffering of the Indian farmer over the last four years. This has led to large-scale farmers suicides and spawned unprecedented agrarian unrest in many parts of the country. A new deal for the rural sector in general and farmers, in particular, is the crying need of the hour.

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