Quote of the Present times!
Quote of present times!
"Founders
of human Civilization, who are needed three times a day and who used to
worry during the growing season, now worry throughout, thinking whether
the difference of their input and
output will be Positive for their subsistence but are always optimistic
about the same.But the end product normally is that in the prevalent
system, Farming policies in Idia are eroding their profitability.
Producers lament their fate; consumers are crying and middle men are
enjoying."
-Tejinder Kamboj
(1940-20??)
Background of this Quote:
Once
on my visit to India, I happened to go to my farm in village Dharmgarh
located 16 Km from Chandigarh. Women labour hailing from Bihar were
plucking Green Chillies for selling in 'Sabzi mandi'(Vegetable market)
of Mohali. I asked the supervisor about daily wages of those poor women.
He replied, "Nothing" ,and that he had entered into a contract with
them to take away the produce at the rate of Re 1 per Kg. and that he
just wanted the field vacated for sowing the next crop. The rate of
green chillies in the whole sale market was Rs.1 per Kg. but in retail
market it was Rs.6 per Kg. The Gain of the producer was Zero and the
consumer had to shell out Rs.6 /Kg. the profit of middle men was Rs.5
per Kg. for a song. My grandfather ,about marriage, used to say," Kissi
da Munda,kissey di kuddi Vicholiyey nu dono passeyeon suit bina hing
phtkadi laggey". (It is customary the marriage broker gets cloth for a
warm suit from groom's as well as bride's side as his brokerage-Good
fortune with little money)
Crop buying prices are sometimes so low that farmers dump their produce
on roads, burn red chills crop, spill milk on the street in protest
against low prices. Crop failure triggers suicides.
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