Indian farmers are finding it difficult to farm because they are farming completely wrong. They need to LEARN “How to Farm?“
It is very common to watch Indian farmers trying to farm acres upon acres without a single pond on his farm… some even set fire to the straw left behind after harvest… in turn destroying the life and nutrients in the soil.
They need to ask themselves the question How to Farm?”
The biggest joke is that almost NOBODY knows anything about the Farm Bill and how it affects the farmer… neither those who are Against, nor those who are For the 3 Farm Laws knows ANYTHING about the laws nor do they know about the conditions of the farmers.
Modi supporters feel that Modi can do no wrong. Those against Modi feel he is trying to sell the farms to Adani.
The fact is that NEITHER Adani nor ANY SINGLE country can buy the total AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE of INDIA. We can discuss this later.
There is ANOTHER angle about this farm law which shows that THAT STATE PROTESTING the 3 Farm Laws the HIGHEST was Punjab which is the Cancer Capital of India. It shows that somewhere there is a direct link between the two.
The current situation rewards those who grow poisonous food the most. But that is food for some other discussion. Lets talk about the Farm Bill.
We at PlugInCaroo want to ask just 5 simple questions:
LAW NO 1. FREE TO SELL ANYWHERE IN INDIA:- Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act: allows farmers to:
Sell Outside the physical premises of Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) market yards,
Sell directly to buyers across state borders without restrictions,
Promoted barrier-free inter-state and intra-state trade of agricultural produce.
It aims to provide farmers with more options and potentially better prices by opening up the market beyond traditional APMCs.
(We at PlugInCaroo feel that it was the correct thing to do and there should be no law that forces the farmers to sell to a single entity. Such a law must not exist in an Independent India.
Existing Farm Laws mandate that it is illegal for farmers to sell anywhere or anyone outside the APMC Mandis.
Why only farmers?.. Nobody… Nobody should be forced in Independent India to sell to ANY single entity… whether Govt or Private.
The exiting law prevents farmers from selling directly to the customers. Farmers in India as per law can sell ONLY to APMC (Govt appointed Agents … (read middle men)… at Mandis). These middle men are responsible for inflating the prices of commodities.
Its convenient (but not beneficial) for the farmers because they can dump their entire produce at a single place in one go.
APMC is ONLY beneficial for the APMC Agents (middlemen) because they get huge quantities of produce at very cheap rates… many times (when weather is good and produce is more) at Rupee 1 per Kg.
Many a times the farmers protest such low prices by not selling to the APMC and instead throwing the produce on the roads under the trucks so as to destroy them than sell it.
Before you pick up that club let me make it clear… we said Lazy Farmers… and not all Farmers!
Before we come to the Tax the Farmer bit… lets be clear that Govt must take care that the poorer section of the economy is taxed the least. But with GST on food items they are taxed ON PAR with the RICH. So how do we solve this?
INCOME TAX – Anybody who earns less than 10 Lakhs should have Zero Tax. Anything more should be taxed at 10% flat. Keep it simple. This is good for next 10 yrs. Set Higher standards for human life. Be the Vishwaguru… lead the world… not follow other countries. (If not this then at least allow other growing expenses like full rent-paid, full electricity-paid & fuel paid as deductions for individuals). But keeping 10 Lakhs is best & simple. Today’s exemption limit of Rupees 3 Lakhs (which is Rs 25,000 per month) is a joke because uneducated labourers, rickshaw/uber drivers make more than this. Expecting them to file for Zero-Tax returns will increase huge paperwork with no added tax income for the govt.
GST – Increase the GST limit for companies from 20 L to at least 1Cr. This is because in the last 5 yrs the economy & inflation – both has grown at a very fast pace. In the next 5 yrs it will grow even more.
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