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With the massive depression of demand that has taken place due to the lockdowns and the Government’s refusal to spend, many rural households that were earlier struggling to keep from falling would have been pushed over the edge.
The absolute number of persons ‘employed’ in agriculture in 2019-20 rose a massive 17.3 per cent over the figure for 2018-19. But this is not a sign of prosperity but hardship.
It is not the kisans of Punjab who are responsible for the environmental damage being done by the present pattern of agriculture. What stands in the way of a solution is the rulers’ own determination to restructure India’s agriculture and food system in favour of imperialism.
The model the Modi Government is seeking to impose on Indian agriculture is similar to that imposed on Mexican agriculture since the onset of IMF-dictated ‘reforms’ in the 1980s.
Over the last two decades, international agencies and the Indian government have been preparing the ground for takeover of farmer lands by corporate houses. Towards this end, as the first step, the government is trying to establish a system of ‘conclusive titling’ of all land in the country.
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