sukhmansandhu

[sukhmansandhu]

The Plight Of A Farmer !

Hi friends !!

I am sorry for being back after a while but it took me really long to clarify some doubts about the status of indian agriculture at this stage . I am sorry that i am late by a month to respond to your desire ! I am extremely thankfull to your response for the Ocean of Thoughts - II on my wordpress site 🙏😊

The first thing that comes to my mind today is

“If I had a sound sleep , I must thank a soldier protecting me across the borders ;

But if i slept contended with my hunger ,

I should thank a farmer whose chest is burnt entire day working in the sunshine” But unfortunately both of them are suffering due to lack of good governance since years ! One of them cries for OROP n Another one for MSP !

Since childhood I was well acknowledged with the fact that the farmers of Punjab have much better life as compared to other agrarian states such as maharashtra , bihar etc . to name a few !

But you might be surprised to know that Punjab of 2018 is critically ill and passing through its worst phase ever .

There was a time when entire India was progressing at 2% whereas the growth rate of punjab was above 7%. The problem is not merely limited to agrarian crisis in the state but the variety of challenges that our state faces today .

We are basically the face of indian economy , contributing one of the highest taxpaying slab in the country. But the govt . seems to have forgotten its duty towards farmers .

Yes , I believe that this is an era of revoultion nd we are lagging behind the developed world but at the same time we can’t even contend us by claiming that atleast the farmers who have fed entire India and the world since green revolution are satisfied.

Recently , I had a chance to visit one of my distant relatives who are totally dependent upon agriculture to fullfill their head to toe demands !

Only that tears didn’t fall from my eyes, but my heart gave a loud cry deep inside me when i got to know that his entire harvest had been damaged by the unexpected rainfall !!

Just imagine Your sons passing away at the ripe age of 21 !

That was the condition of this person .

Another person whose video had been circulated over whatsapp was down in tears but we could only manage to give him sympathy but to no avail.

I am glad that I belong to a family with agricultural background . Being with such rich values I understand that the farmer of today finds it difficult to provide quality education to his children and thats a big shame to the political parties of our country claiming the developmental agenda of 70 years 🤦‍♂️

The number of suicides is increasing day by day. Most of you might not be aware that these days auctions are being held in which the farmers are being sold more prominently in the malwa region .

The govt. refuses to any such practices because no one ever reports this . But deep inside every political person in this world knows how big this problem is !

The price of a packet of lays manufactured from potatoes around 1000 times more than what the input is required to produce it !!

I fail to understand that why farmers are being paid only Rs. 6/Kg for their potato produce till date !

Why arent farmers allowed to sell their crop at their own desired price ?

The govt. seems to be blind while watching such things happening around but the truth is that why are we people being a witness to all this stuff ?

We need to stick to our roots , our cultures and our beliefs . Indian agriculture contributes roughly around 65% of total occupation provided to unorganised and informal sector of the society .

We need to rise above silly issues of reservation and stand by our farmers who work entire day and night so that we don’t sleep with empty stomachs !

We have burnt the govt. properties for reservation , religion etc. since our independence but does anyone of you remember the protest march organised by the farmers in Mumbai this year ?

I am sure many of you aren’t aware of this !

Yes this is a reality . The commerce , the schools, the colleges, the hospitals etc. functioned very well that day but it was only the farmers who were not heard again !

At last I would like to confess the only fear that I might carry along with me entire life is that what if the farmers refuse to sow crops for us ? What if the farmers turn violent ? What if the Indian economy suddenly drops to 35% of its current capacity ?

I have left many issues unfurled in this blog such as the rubbish claims of the governments to double the income of the farmers because I don’t consider these claims worthy enough anymore !!

But at this stage how can we help it ? Actually its the first time in my life that i am out of suggestions this time ! Its really unusual that my blogs had a blind ending like this one .I consider my pen the best sword in the world but the sharpness of this sword has to be detected by you guys 😄.

With a hope that I get more n more new suggestions from all my readers and friends , I bid you all a Gud bye with an oppurtunity to openly support the cause of the farmers because most of you belong to the organised sector of India and will hold key positions worldwide and support me throughout to work for this noble cause 😃

I would also like to nominate each one of you to Post one of your pics on instagram , Facebook and other social media platforms as a part of our campaign to work for the plight of our farmers 🙏

My post would follow soon 😀

Hasta la vista Friends ❤️

Love you all 😊