Those who give such logic that US, Sweden, EU etc provide Direct Income Support/Subsidy to farmers miss the point that these countries have just less than 5% population engaged in Agriculture (less than 2% for Sweden). India has more than 60% population directly/indirectly..
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https://twitter.com/Devinder_Sharma/status/1357544243489771520
... dependent on Agriculture. When these countries spend money on Farmers, they are effectively spending on just less than 5% of their population. While for spending on Agriculture, India spends on atleast 50% of its Population. That's why it's totally unsustainable for India
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.. to give subsidies to Farmers. Average Farm size in India is just 3 acres while in US it's almost 444 acres (they allow Industrial Farming). That's why even with such miniscule % of Population being engaged in Agriculture, they are able to produce food not just for...
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... themselves but for world as well. MSP, Fertilizers, PMKisan etc are all just minor issues. The one important thing India needs to do to solve its entire mess is to reduce its Population engaged in Agriculture & create employment for them in Manufacturing & Services.
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Currently Agriculture contributes just 15% to India's GDP. No matter what you do, Industry & Services will always grow faster than Agriculture. So by 2030, Agriculture will just contribute 10% to our total GDP. And we will be having 60% of Population directly/indirectly..
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.. contributing to only 10% of GDP. That's why by 2030, we need to reduce population engaged directly/indirectly in Agriculture by half to 30% & to 10% by 2040. To do that, we need allow Industrial Farming. To create jobs for that Population in Industry & Services,...
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... we need to build rapid Infrastructure. And to raise money for that, we need to Privatise PSUs, sell govt assets & reduce taxes. But we will oppose Privatization saying 'Desh bech diya' & Environmentalists will oppose Infrastructure Development. So nothing will ever..
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... change in India. Just like Sharad Pawar always remained 'Future PM', India will always remain a 'Future Superpower'. We will never become one. It's our Tryst with Destiny. 😊
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