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The lack of remunerative prices for the crops is one of the main reasons for Agrarian distress in India today. The various options like Minimum Support Price for about 25 crops, Farm Loan Waiver schemes undertaken by various state governments have failed to alleviate the problem. The NSSO Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households (2013) shows that 52% of farming households are indebted, with rates as high as 89-92% in some States.
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Direct Cash/Intervention Scheme: This involves the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of the cash to the farmers.
Examples of Direct Intervention Schemes:
However, the other problems like Rigid Market Structure, Middlemen issues, Poor infrastructure and logistics, Information Asymmetry, Government Policies also reveal that the Agricultural Marketing has remained a weak point. This has resulted in poor incomes to farmers despite good produce, gluts in the market leading to price crashes, high amount of food rotting and wastage.
Therefore, there is a need to improve the agricultural marketing too by taking up following measures:
Conclusion:
The agrarian distress is a result of combination of factors. Thus, the need of the hour is a multi-pronged approach tackling the structural issues. It is time to concede that production and marketing should march together in order to benefit farmers and consumers. A co-ordinated effort with good policies bolstered by logistics of the private players can help in achieving the goal of doubling farmer’s income by 2022.
By: ABHISHEK KUMAR GARG ProfileResourcesReport error
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