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5:42 PM
Shubhanjan Saha
“Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” translates to (Hail the Soldier, Hail
the Farmer) is one of the most commonly heard slogans in India, while both of
the components of this slogan are absolutely important for any country to
survive & prosper, it is interesting to note that only one of the portion
is fully under state control, the other being primarily under private hands
which includes a lot of farmers who need regular bailouts & subsidies to
continue this task of producing food grain in majority of the cases considering
that a lot are poor & technologically illiterate “in the most inefficient
way possible”.
Now don’t get me wrong, I am not quite an avid supporter of
government control over anything ,considering the fact that the government is
one of the biggest contributors to inefficiency in india. But a structured
approach has to be taken into consideration to make this vital component that
would contribute towards the growth and prosperity of the country in a positive
manner.
The key lies in creating a structure that is practical as
well as effective, or utilizing the existing structure to utilize the existing
resources in an effective manner by putting such valuable resources under the responsibilities
of the Block Development officer, or creating a special cadre along the lines of
the IAS/IPS. These people once recruited would be trained to efficiently
utilize such rare & vitally important resources by considering the various
technologies that are available at hand, and also improve upon and divert the resources
that would result from this nationalization to address the food grain storage
system problem that india faces currently.
Apart from the usual benefits like improved & efficient food
grain production it would also prevent events like “Singur”, which prevented
industrialization which could have bought in additional full time direct jobs
and many more indirect jobs is a cause of concern.
On the other hand the main drawbacks are that this
particular policy is considered to be politically “suicidal” in India,
considering that a lot of farmers would not want to sell off their land to the government,
while the other main point being that taking into note the present state of
efficiency & greed levels of the average bloodsucking "Desh ka Neta", I believe
we could be in for another scam...
