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There is no proof required that economists commenting on farmer issues have reached an affliction point. When the counsellor one seeks advice from is as callous as saying that the farmers&amp;rsquo; agitation was political and justifies it by citing declining farmer suicides and rising farmer prosperity (&amp;lsquo;Just why are farmers rioting?&amp;rsquo; by Surjit Bhalla, IE, June 10), one can&amp;rsquo;t but respond.&lt;br /&gt;
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                <div align="justify">-The Indian Express<br /><em><br />Branding the farmer agitations &lsquo;political&rsquo; betrays a lack of understanding<br /></em><br />There is no proof required that economists commenting on farmer issues have reached an affliction point. When the counsellor one seeks advice from is as callous as saying that the farmers&rsquo; agitation was political and justifies it by citing declining farmer suicides and rising farmer prosperity (&lsquo;Just why are farmers rioting?&rsquo; by Surjit Bhalla, IE, June 10), one can&rsquo;t but respond.<br /><br />The decline in farmer suicides is a classic case of selectively torturing data when the same data proves farmer suicides increased by 42 per cent in 2015. After 2014, farmer suicides are enumerated separately from that of agriculture labour, so the disparity in suicide data. Many states like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Odisha have even refused to record farmer suicides and now under-report. Farmer suicide data remains unreliable; for example, land is normally registered in the name of men, so when women farmers commit suicide, they don&rsquo;t get counted.<br /><br />It&rsquo;s a dark satire to tell a farmer that the Minimum Support Price (MSP), CPI and WPI changes reflect farmer incomes are doubling and farmer suicides are declining. The trigger for the recent farm agitation remains the depressed farm gate price. The government declaring higher MSP is not enough. For some crops, an MSP is declared, but over two-thirds of all such crops are selling below MSP or far lower than previous years &mdash; that&rsquo;s what matters on the ground.<br /><br />Over 80 per cent of farm produce isn&rsquo;t purchased under MSP. Even vegetable prices are about half. Additionally, the BJP&rsquo;s election manifesto promised the crop production cost plus 50 per cent pricing formula from the M.S. Swaminathan report, but the government quietly filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, stating it can&rsquo;t be implemented. Farmers are losing hope and faith in this government, just as they did with earlier governments which consistently broke promises.<br /><br />Please <a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-dark-satire-farmer-suicide-agriculture-labout-loan-waiver-4712253/" title="http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-dark-satire-farmer-suicide-agriculture-labout-loan-waiver-4712253/">click here</a> to read more. <br /></div>               </font>
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-The Indian Express<br />
<em><br />
Branding the farmer agitations &lsquo;political&rsquo; betrays a lack of understanding<br />
</em><br />
There is no proof required that economists commenting on farmer issues have reached an affliction point. When the counsellor one seeks advice from is as callous as saying that the farmers&rsquo; agitation was political and justifies it by citing declining farmer suicides and rising farmer prosperity (&lsquo;Just why are farmers rioting?&rsquo; by Surjit Bhalla, IE, June 10), one can&rsquo;t but respond.<br />
<br />
The decline in farmer suicides is a classic case of selectively torturing data when the same data proves farmer suicides increased by 42 per cent in 2015. After 2014, farmer suicides are enumerated separately from that of agriculture labour, so the disparity in suicide data. Many states like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Odisha have even refused to record farmer suicides and now under-report. Farmer suicide data remains unreliable; for example, land is normally registered in the name of men, so when women farmers commit suicide, they don&rsquo;t get counted.<br />
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Over 80 per cent of farm produce isn&rsquo;t purchased under MSP. Even vegetable prices are about half. Additionally, the BJP&rsquo;s election manifesto promised the crop production cost plus 50 per cent pricing formula from the M.S. Swaminathan report, but the government quietly filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, stating it can&rsquo;t be implemented. Farmers are losing hope and faith in this government, just as they did with earlier governments which consistently broke promises.<br />
<br />
Please <a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-dark-satire-farmer-suicide-agriculture-labout-loan-waiver-4712253/">click here</a> to read more. <br />
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Branding the farmer agitations &lsquo;political&rsquo; betrays a lack of understanding<br />
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There is no proof required that economists commenting on farmer issues have reached an affliction point. When the counsellor one seeks advice from is as callous as saying that the farmers&rsquo; agitation was political and justifies it by citing declining farmer suicides and rising farmer prosperity (&lsquo;Just why are farmers rioting?&rsquo; by Surjit Bhalla, IE, June 10), one can&rsquo;t but respond.<br />
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<br />
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Branding the farmer agitations &lsquo;political&rsquo; betrays a lack of understanding

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A Dark Satire -Ajay Vir Jakhar

-The Indian Express Branding the farmer agitations ‘political’ betrays a lack of understanding There is no proof required that economists commenting on farmer issues have reached an affliction point. When the counsellor one seeks advice from is as callous as saying that the farmers’ agitation was political and justifies it by citing declining farmer suicides and rising farmer prosperity (‘Just why are farmers rioting?’ by Surjit Bhalla, IE, June 10), one can’t but respond. The decline in farmer suicides is a classic case of selectively torturing data when the same data proves farmer suicides increased by 42 per cent in 2015. After 2014, farmer suicides are enumerated separately from that of agriculture labour, so the disparity in suicide data. Many states like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Odisha have even refused to record farmer suicides and now under-report. Farmer suicide data remains unreliable; for example, land is normally registered in the name of men, so when women farmers commit suicide, they don’t get counted. It’s a dark satire to tell a farmer that the Minimum Support Price (MSP), CPI and WPI changes reflect farmer incomes are doubling and farmer suicides are declining. The trigger for the recent farm agitation remains the depressed farm gate price. The government declaring higher MSP is not enough. For some crops, an MSP is declared, but over two-thirds of all such crops are selling below MSP or far lower than previous years — that’s what matters on the ground. Over 80 per cent of farm produce isn’t purchased under MSP. Even vegetable prices are about half. Additionally, the BJP’s election manifesto promised the crop production cost plus 50 per cent pricing formula from the M.S. Swaminathan report, but the government quietly filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, stating it can’t be implemented. Farmers are losing hope and faith in this government, just as they did with earlier governments which consistently broke promises. Please click here to read more.