The agrarian crisis has reached its zenith largely due to climatic change and economic factors. The wave of crop loan waivers are not a permanent solution. Several structural measures such as attention to pricing, procurement and public distribution are called for. Money has to come from somewhere and in the long term, loan write-offs will come to bite all of us in one way or the other in the form of unpredictable costs.
Kiranpal Singh,
Khurdan, Nawanshahr, Punjab
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The waiver of agricultural farm loans does not make any financial sense. We do not seem to be diagnosing the issue as well. What is it that is making these farmers suffer and resulting in them being unable to repay the loan? Does it have to do with the unscrupulous middleman consuming the farmer’s fair and rightful share of his profit? The government needs to step in and encourage farmers to work for their rightful share of profit and their daily bread by mercilessly removing all middlemen from the system. Agriculture needs to be recast in a radical way.
K.S. Ramachandran,
Chennai
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