Comments on: The Agrarian Crisis in Punjab and the Making of the Anti-Farm Law Protests /2020/12/04/the-agrarian-crisis-in-punjab-and-the-making-of-the-anti-farm-law-protests/ A Critical Perspective On Development Economics Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:20:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Farmers in India and the Struggle for Justice | Spheres of Influence /2020/12/04/the-agrarian-crisis-in-punjab-and-the-making-of-the-anti-farm-law-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-10417 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:20:49 +0000 http://developingeconomics.org/?p=5160#comment-10417 […] soil, lower productivity, and climate change, farmers in Punjab and Haryana have increasingly struggled with poverty and debt. Many farmers in Punjab, especially in the Malwa region, are landless meaning […]

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By: samir sardana /2020/12/04/the-agrarian-crisis-in-punjab-and-the-making-of-the-anti-farm-law-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-9958 Sun, 27 Dec 2020 23:52:17 +0000 http://developingeconomics.org/?p=5160#comment-9958 The Sikh Farmers have been conned,by the Brahmin/Bania vermins,of the GOI – just like their “Gurus” were conned by the Brahmin/Banias,500 years ago – to wage war,against the Mughals.

It took the Sikhs 73 years to awaken,and it is too late,as they have still NOT raised,the key issues .dindooohindoo

The Indian Con Job

The GOI claims to have a MSP – a Minimum Support Price,for just 2 crops,in some states of India – with no minimum offtake per farmer,and with a cap,on the overall value,of procurement.This has been on for 73 years.

In the early years,India had a food shortage – and so,the con workked.Then the surpluses began !

The aim of the GOI was to PUSH the farmers to OVERPRODUCE,with 3 benefits for the GOI and their cohorts

Sufficient Foodgrain Reserves

Sufficient foodgrains for PDS

Excess supply pressures on price reductions and reducing the bargaining capacity of farmers – which is ONLY to help the agri value chain

So if the farmers were to boycott farming,for 6 months,Global corn and wheat rates in CBOT will double,and the GOI will TRIPLE the MSP ! By overproducing,the farmers are only KILLING themselves – as higher stocks,no storage,interest on loans and poor quality etc.,increases the pressure on the farmers,to liquidate stocks and accept the quality grading system of the arhatiyas.

When a state in India has a AGRI shortfall it raises the MSP (As there is not enough procurement),and when farmers from o/s states come to dump their wheat – the state refuses.The local farmers see the current MSP and then,overproduce in the next year – and then,the MSP is lowered by the State ! This comedy has been on,for decades.

In essence,India is a bankrupt nation and cannot do 100% purchases of EVEN 1 crop on MSP,in EVEN 1 state of India.

Such a simple fact – and the Sikhs COULD NOT understand this for 73 years ? This requires NOT intelligence or intellect.If the Sikhs were TRUE followers of Nanak,they would have known this 400 years ago.There is just NO MONEY !

The FCI Con Job

No one knows what stock FCI is holding ! There are 2 types of stocks with FCI.1 is in FCI godowns and the 2nd is in the stomach of rodents (who are also stored in FCI godowns – as permanent residents).If all goes well,2 rats can produce 1000 rats in 30 days.But the genius of the GOI is infinite – as it plans to export rat meat – and so,it is a form of integrated storage – from integrated farming to integrated storage !

No one knows the proximate quantity and quality of FCI Stocks – except the rats in the FCI godowns.

So the so called prime wheat purchases by arhatiyas,is diverted to the private market and the spurious and lower grade wheat is sold to FCi as prime.The sales to the private sector is at a premium (by the arhatiyas)

Similarly,when the PDS stocks reach the POS storage yards,the prime wheat is diverted to the private market and the 2nd grade wheat is procured from the arhatiyas and fed to the poor.It is said that the rats in the FCI godowns eat the BEST wheat and so,the Indian poor eat a grade lower than rats – but they are happy that they are getting anything at all.Perhaps it is time to feed Indians – rat meat.

The Quality Con Job

The poor farmers with a debt load are ripped off by the arhatiyas – in the grading system – to sell prime as offgrades.This rip off,is then,in part,transferred to the rich farmers whose offgrades are bought as prime,and the rest of the offgrades are palmed off to the FCI as prime or sold in the private markets.It is a single digit % of the FCI stocks and aggregate purchase,and the GOI neither the means nor the IQ to track it – but it is in the Billions of USD.

The Justification of the FCI Con Job

The GOI approves of this rip off as they say that economic value addition by the private sector is better than rats eating wheat and rice in FCI Godowns.And the tragedy is that they are right.

Therefore rats in FCI godowns are better off than Indian farmers and Indisn consumers of wheat

The failure of “India”

India is a failed experiment.The Constitutional structure of India is being dismantled.The states have failed miserably on all counts.GST is proof of the fact that the GOI has reckoned after 73 years,that Indian states CANNOT manage their finances and their economies.

Draconian Indian Terror laws and census laws is proof that the entire legal and judicial architecture of India is obsolete

India is obsolete

The Solution

The Sikhs are juveniles and fools.Their future lies in Khalistan.India is a failed state.There are only 2 paths for India

1.Partition

2.Destruction of India and then Partition between Pakistan,China.Lanka,Kashmir,Bangladesh,Khalistan,Dalitistan,Dravidian state and a Muslim state

Other than a call to arms,if the Sikhs REALLY want to make the GOI – procure on MSP and withdraw the bills,they have to BOYCOTT farming for 6 months.In other words,they need to farm ONLY FOR SELF CONSUMPTION.No sales to the State or the private traders.Thereafer the Farm organisations in USA/Canada and UK can build positions on CBOT.That will offset the agri income loss for the striking farmers

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By: Saif Ali /2020/12/04/the-agrarian-crisis-in-punjab-and-the-making-of-the-anti-farm-law-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-9126 Fri, 04 Dec 2020 10:17:03 +0000 http://developingeconomics.org/?p=5160#comment-9126 Thank you for this viewpoint. A piece has appeared today in the TOI lauding the farm laws as harbingers of the “2nd Green Revolution” .

The replacement of arhtias with corporation has another effect. It unleashes the beast of utility maximization. While the middle men maybe exploitative, they do not compare to a profit maximizing behemoth with enough money to buy out entire districts. All future economic analysis of agricultural markets will then occur along profit maximizing lines and the social norms that arhtias are subjected to on account of being embedded within the social order will be removed and efficiency concerns will dictate.

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