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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Kisan Swaraj Yatra to make presentation before National Advisory Council by Gargi Parsai

Kisan Swaraj Yatra to make presentation before National Advisory Council by Gargi Parsai

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published Published on Dec 12, 2010   modified Modified on Dec 12, 2010

The rally members will highlight farmers' insecurities

Kisan Swaraj Yatra (rally for farmers' sovereignty), a conglomeration of farmers' organisations, consumers and civil society groups, is to make a presentation on the agriculture crisis to the National Advisory Council (NAC). They seek a Farmers' Income Commission and a social security legislation for farmers.

Representatives of the Yatra, who met NAC chairperson Sonia Gandhi here on Saturday to highlight the income insecurity of farmers, will be invited to make a presentation on their experiences of travels through 20 States and meetings with thousands of farmers, agriculture scientists, politicians and concerned citizens from October 2 to December 11.

The Yatra presented to Ms. Gandhi a memorandum, signed by about 25,000 farmers, farmers organisations, concerned civil society members and citizens, that spoke of a mandatory guarantee of Income Security to Farmers by making farming remunerative and re-casting the current price support system with the correct valuation of costs incurred by farmers, to include living costs.

The Yatra, under the banner of ASHA (Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture), sought a time-bound plan for the transition to ecologically sustainable agriculture with a phasing out of chemical fertilisers and pesticides and stopping the entry of Genetically Modified Seeds in the market.

Urging the government to stop forcible acquisition of agriculture land, and encourage seed self-reliance and agro-diversity, the Yatra members told the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson that a vibrant and politically stable India rested on the financial condition of rural communities and not on the profitability of a few large corporations.

“The core concerns of the UPA government relate to rural employment, food security and tribal development, which are intricately linked to the health of agriculture in rural India. Without addressing and solving the fundamental issues of Indian agriculture, all development and welfare efforts will be towards building an edifice with a crumbling foundation,” said Kavita Kurunganti and G.V. Ramanjaneyulu, who led the Yatra.

“We told Ms. Gandhi we believed that sustainable livelihoods for a vast majority of our farmers, including tenant farmers, can be ensured by recasting existing subsidies for chemical inputs, and recasting programmes for agricultural and rural development and food security, with changes that would end up decreasing costs, improving farmers' net incomes and livelihoods and ensuring environmental protection.”

They sought urgent state intervention to ensure that the Seeds Bill and the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India did not end up being anti-people.

“The NAC chief shared our concerns and said we would be invited to make a presentation before the council. She said the UPA would do its best to reduce the suffering of farmers and examine the proposals for a Kisan Swaraj policy, as put forward by ASHA,” they said.


The Hindu, 13 December, 2010, http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/13/stories/2010121363311200.htm


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