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Very well articulated... first time I'm fully in consonance with your team... really comprehensively put forward... Good journalism... I just need to add one more thing with your saying... And that is- any rapid disruption in agriculture won't work out... need to have at least 2 -5 years to make the disruption directed to anything better... income of farmers to become double is challenging in terms of changing the mindset of the farmers... it's pretty much psychological rather than anything else... primary sector of economy demands something primary to deal with... Thanks once again...
Gupta Ji is coming out all guns blazing on these farm laws. Only some institutional journalists are really ok with going against prevalent emotion. Braveheart. Keep up the good work Sir.
No wonder why people (on twitter) in their own bubbles are confused over SG..both Rw & Lw is furious with SG. I think, thats some serious stance! Super kudos!!💐
Mahesh, why grow wheat/rice when you can grow something in high demand as turmeric which is in high demand (subject to land/soil/seedbank etc)...hypothetical question but would really appreciate your inputs...
@Meme Central actually there is a person of iit Bombay origin they use aqua ponics and earn more than 70 lacs per years read this on a news paper called the better india and the land holding is also not that much
In spite of all the subsidies given to farmers they still can not compete with highly subsidised grains sold by the government at Rs 2 per Kg at ration shops. Even Reliance could not compete with subsidised petrol sold by PSU and had to shut down its petrol pumps. The government should give the farmers a level playing field by stopping selling grains under PDS. They can subsidies the poor in cash by direct transfers and let them buy grains in the open market like the rest of us.
Amartya sen wrote a article regarding abolition of PDS. Cash based transfers or food coupons are not the solution to deal with hunger crisis in india. What if a drunk man in a family uses cash transfer money for buying his alcohol. Then who will feed the family?? PDS is meant to deal with malnourishment problem. Unfortunately there is a hell lot of inclusion, exclusion errors, corruption, pilferage of grains, aadhar mess etc. We need to follow kerala model to revamp PDS.
U maybe right, but rushing bills without debate undermines democratic values...notebandi, Gst, article 370, now these were abnormally rushed. Opposition may be the weakest in history but a healthy debate is always good. This arrogance will bring them down
@@Abidkhan-uw9vy I believe other than notebandi evrything else u mentioned were discussed well. We need a doer government. And whether the right thing or not this gov is doing their promises unlike the previous govts which only promised but did nothing other than farm loan waivers which they do as a ritual after evry win. But that said even I felt this farm bill was the only bill which was passed in a hurry. Maybe they thought why waste a crisis. Like u said this bill could have had little longer discussion. Whether had discussion or not, these laws seems to be the need of the hour reform to change the life of farmers.
Don't mislead , no where they mentioned they were going to throw away food holding laws and neither they mentioned that those parallels private mandis which they mentioned in manifesto would be not having tax like the current law says. which indirectly would make purchasers to procure from private mandis rather than apmc which would lead to apmc to sufer thus the MSP . This stategy is same like that of jio of bleeding competitors till they are force to shutdown or suffer huge loss or cut down different circle to stay float. Here the farmers feel like Apmc mandis will be under threat due to cash crunch like BSNL,and MTNL.
Very arcane and deep level of discussion. Left us with wanting more decluttering. Need one CTC on each reality and each myth. Kudos to SG sir and the print team for this.
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Farming in a way is about producing raw materials , if there is no value add then farmers income can never increase. That’s why we need private players for the capital expenditure and modernise the system.
@@harshalsingh2750 This government won't do it and I say it as a BJP and Modi supporter .The day they rolled back Land Acquisition Bill made it clear it will be a combination of reform and populism not just reforms.
@@harshalsingh2750 370 was purely political. It has marginal visible impact. Stopping fertilizer subsidy though is a gigantic step that'll end any party that even speaks about it.
@@gufestus4106 yaaa whatsoever you think about it. I can say that it was a very strong bold and decisive step taken to integrate our country. 70 years of bs stopped that day, 10% of country's budget went into that state and resulted in stone pelting on my country's armed forces I'm sorry but that very site of a jihadi pelting stones and destroying army vehicle fills me with anger. BJP won in Ladakh and Kashmiris are celebrating and were bursting crackers when the results of panchayat elections were declared. Some good is taking place call ut politics but it's good and very welcome type of politics 🙏
One of the best CTC that I have seen... Wish Our PM gives lateral entry to Shekhar Gupta in his cabinet.. If our political leaders watch this...they will have a lot to learn..right or left. Wahhh. Guptaji
Reposting my tweet from Twitter: "Even when the GOI provides a subsidy to any group or individual, they should receive a paper statement indicating the amt. due and the fraction paid by the govt. Otherwise they are liable to think of subsidies as magic money".
Sir You should also include Sugarcane crop in this list..& it effects on Ecology & Environment of Western Maharashtra, Maharatwada & other region in India.
@@Surabi9 Are you working for the Government? Who the fuck took office and took responsibility to handle the fucking problems you ignorant fuck? I don't care what the farmers are saying, they are always right because they are the hands that feed us.
@@louduchand1803 The sane farmers have demanded these facilities in 2008. Since because you use a foul language, I am not Going to back out. Easy to use emotive language. But, it is time to sort out grains from the chaff.
@@louduchand1803 @ Listen to Dr. Ashok Gulati, Dr. Swaminathan. I am not going to back out since you are using a foul language. That is a reflection on you. That does not affect me a bit. The same Punjab & Haryana farmers have demanded these facilities as provided in the new agro-economic bills of 2020. Don't think that people forget because you have conveniently forgotten what you have been talking in the past. Farmers from all over India are welcoming the provisions of these bills. of course, still there may be need to improve. nothing is static and we need to be ready to change as the time demands us to do so. It is time for the farmers to introspect and be calm and prudent enough to separate the grains from the chaff.
I've read a number of Indian economists, and most of them agree that it would be better if the agricultural subsidies were transferred directly as cash rather than through leaky goodies which in turn result in stagflating the agriculture sector economy.
I will try to give simple cost estimation/acre... From Karnataka Seeds -1 kg - 1000-1500 Fertilizer - urea-350- 400 + other lik DAP 1400 2times removing weeds - 2000 2times ox plunge - 4000 Sowing seeds - 1500 Expecting no other major problems ...1 acre 10-12k ... At the end also he earn 10k -18k if corp yield is good.. every year there will drought or heavy rain during flowering.. hardly one family in village gets good yield and everyone lives in hope he also gets good yield next year...
That's called exceptional journalism, straight to the point, no screaming no pointless and baseless discussion and videos. Only facts and number.❤️❤️❤️
I m from farming family in Punjab...I love ❤the great conclusion. This is what was required.. we already fed up with wheat - rice...water table going down..thats why many farmers shifted own it's own to other crops...not going to mandi...creating their own customer base...govt.fail to see these green shoots... Incentive to shift to other crops..like oilseed as it has highest import bill in food basket .. is required But modi turned egoist.. Thinking that he is God.. Has solution to each & every problem.. Through iron Fist policy
@@rjrocks249 6k is not big amount of you have farming in 5acres.. i don't talk about insurance..just google it how farm insurance is useless and how companies cheat farmers
@@rjrocks249 which state are you from? It's private companies who r running crop insurance scheme. Have just paid premium to reliance for Bengal gram(chana) and NABARD is a bank, not a company
So in a nutshell over the years, govt policies have benefitted Punjab and Haryana, and the rest of the country is ignored and now things will change so that's why the protest is centric in the Punjab and Haryana. Well, I want to see each farmer of the country being benefitted and hopefully, new laws can help in that.
22:40 Maharashtra fact. Most of that cost was from dam projects. NCP's Ajit Pawar was irrigation minister then. he purposefully selected useless locations to build dams where there was very less likelihood of water. (the curropt design of the scan at the level of Roshni Act) When a reporter asked: "why there is no water in the dams that you built?" He answered "what can I do? Should I go and pee in the dam so there is water?" He is now the transport minister in sena ncp congress govt. He canceled Hyperloop after work has already started saying that there is no evidence it works. hahaha (maybe a hint signal to the company to either donate to party fund for persmission or face losses) He is like one of those 90s Hindi movie villain politicians. NCP party has the best tactics in the world on how to channel govt projects assigned to pvt companies construction money to fund their party without getting caught. He purposely built excess dams so there are more balance sheets to play with and hide the money trail. Shiv sena is not behind too. A friend who worked for a Pune builder told me in 2004 that the NCP party fund donation rate was Rs 400 per square foot for permission in Pune Hinjewadi projects. That's how corruption increases cost of housing, coming straight out of common man's pockets. That's another topic though.
Hyperloop is actually stupid, also that statement came at the time of a drought, there is no place in MH that cannot fill a dam through a regular monsoon.
Shekar Gupta's comments are a must read for all Indians and must be translated in all local languages and broadcast to the public every day. Wonderful analysis and logical. If the farmer's get to know the benefits of reform in the way it is presented to day they will demand these reforms and move away from their current position. Our farmers need respect and financial security. They should partner with the Govt and not fight it when reforms are proposed. Ignorance and distrust now dominate and every effort must be made to bring information to them. Unfortunately our opposition parties are so anti national they will not propose constructive criticism and work with the govt to improve the lots of the people instead they will provoke them to do hartal and sabotage moves that are meant to benefit the farmers. it is a shame that our media do not print the analysis of Shekar Gupta in all the newspapers and the AIR broadcast these every day to the public in the local languages of the people. The Govt also must listen to the analysis and modify how they approach reforms. The Govt controls All India Radio and the TV stations and can use them to inform the public the excellent analysis of Shekar Gupta and how the farmers can benefit. There are also well known agricultural experts who can inform the farmers to move in the right direction.
from what i understand from your myth no.2 and principles no.1 and 2 that punjab and haryana govt. is holding the whole country to ransom by not thinking of national good. they must negotiate with the central govt. secondly, in maharashtra the leakages are because of hugh corruption and we all know who is the agricultual king there !!!
MH spent Rs 81206 cr on irrigation but area under increased 5.1%. Guj spent half, improved area by 67%. Is this the famous vidarbha irrigation corruption case? Done by NCP/Ajit Pawar?
Most land labourers that are probably over 60% of the people who are involved in farming are people from Dalit and OBC community. During the high praise for SG, without fail, all the comments have ignored this fact. This is because most Indians are blind to their fate
What a perfect explanation with ground reality and stats . Ground reality is wht most journalists dont study . They are heavily dependent on stats . Good to see both sides are analysed properly here . Love it sir .
Closing summary was simply superb! Some one in govt should hear this, I am a strong bjp aupporter and completely agree with shekar gupta , no one can win a war agaist farmers of this country.. say thank you , incentivise and request services for nation And when called for service of nation . Any farmer would come forward with pride to deliver when they see merit in the request.. a perfect recepie formulated as a advice to govt. Kudos
Have always been critical to Gupta Ji but he is doing a really great job with Cut the clutter. The objective balance and facts based reporting is highly appreciable. Hope and wish it continues just like this.
Very well articulated... first time I'm fully in consonance with your team... really comprehensively put forward... Good journalism... I just need to add one more thing with your saying... And that is- any rapid disruption in agriculture won't work out... need to have at least 2 -5 years to make the disruption directed to anything better... income of farmers to become double is challenging in terms of changing the mindset of the farmers... it's pretty much psychological rather than anything else... primary sector of economy demands something primary to deal with...
But how are the new laws disruptive ?? They do not stop any existing system like APMC or MSP only add additional options so the farmers can see for themselves what works well and for the private infra for processing to get built up before shifting crops... IS that not exactly the right way to make gradual change ??
Really well said, India should pay its debt to the farmers of Punjab and Haryana by incentivizing them and helping them to move to other crops. Farmers are not being misled, they are wise enough to understand the farm bills themselves.
On almost all issues SG is humble in admitting the limits of his expertise outside journalism and defers to the opinions of experts, am I mistaken in seeing almost contempt towards experts like MS Swaminathan when it comes to the farmer's protest.
Statistical mistake @ 22:25 . A better way to compare is "To increase area under irrigation by one hectare, Maharastara spent Rs X and Gujarat spent Rs Y". It is misleading to compare improvement as a percentage (5.1 % vs 67 %). Because area under cotton cultivation in Maharastra and Gujarat are different. Agree with the larger point that spending money wisely on agriculture is important. Thank you for Cut The Clutter videos.
MaNy leftist and anti modi people which used to be ur fan (akash banerjee) now started saying that you are sold and are balancing things.... I can see he is becoming more hungry of views that he started cursing everybody who supports modi reforms. ... He fits the definition of blind hater of modi
Such episodes assert why we must financially support and contribute towards journalism. Very well made episodes, explaining issues in simple words to the common person. Very proud of being a subscriber.
Indian Agriculture accounts only 15% to GDP. We need to create more non-farm jobs. Most of them are moving out of the agriculture and joining as labourers in construction. There is ongoing feminization of agriculture in india. Women lack access to credit, technology and technically they don't own land on their name due to patrilineal type of system present in india. We need to provide agricultural land titles to women. We are treating farmers as homogenous. Free subsidies are only benefiting political empowered large land holding farmers. We need more food processing units and cold supply chains to curb the food wastages.
@@pradyumnbhatt6187 will be much less than what is happening now, by giving free water, electricity, urea, and then paying MSP on over-produced grains.
Real fact Like all other businesses/professionals farming should be left to swing with the market then you will have farmers building their own infrastructure.
But sometimes i was given an argument that why should we envy farmers for having universal basic income/MSP by state . Every indian should have right to live a decent life .
@Manjeet Singh Just open the doors you will know who has tied them to MSP once you release the lash on farm sector it will do miracles and farmers will never like to come back to MSP regime they will earn exponentially in future
@Manjeet Singh Bro I support farm laws but your point about MSP is valid too and it should be considered. But point of consideration is that if freedom of stock is not given, then what would happen in case of bumper production. It will lead to wastage of such large amount of agri products if the production exceed the demand and hence would hurt farmers inevitably. Moreover if freedom is retained ,then infrastucture will develop to accomodate more thus giving leverage to companies and farmers too(as their hard work will not get wasted) So these points should also be considered. Hope you understand😊😊
Shekhar this was needed. And seeing you not getting agitated or seething but delivering calmly will have a greater impact. Is anyone listening? The current Govt is in a rush for reforms and as Montek had mentioned this needs a buy in from states. So have we lost with Arun Jaitely the patience of rolling out deceptive googlies?
I thought this was a superb CTC on agriculture. Although you still don’t talk about farmer protection. And that is important as well as reform. Reform in farming which is Ofcourse important, doesn’t equate to farmer protection. That is a key issue to be discussed if you want farmers to be on board with reform.
On Urea, there are a few more important points: 1. Using more Urea to plants is like eating rice 3 times for humans. Plant's overall health is compromised. 2. If we use more Urea, the plant suffers from more pests which in turn increases the use of pesticides. 3. The produce would have more carcinogenic content of pesticides. 4. The general public who consumes this will get cancer/sickness due to how agriculture is being handled. So it's for all educated people to understand / study how agricultural is being done in India and participate in the change because actual former does not have the insight even if he has, his situation on the ground does not permit to make a change. --- from an educated son of a former.
I have developed a ritual of watching cut the clutter everyday. Such is the amount of concentrated information in these 25-30 mins episodes that i get more information than watching all other media whole day! Now on this topic... 1. Rome was not built in a day. India is already 50-60 yrs late in starting to build a robust agriculture sector. We have to start somewhere. There was some trace amount of agricultural reforms during the 90's overall economic reforms. But nothing apart from that. 2. If there was social media in the 90s like today, there would have been more protests. The way people are talking about Adani-Ambani, similar would have happened then. Or, to turn it around, why was there no outcry against Tata-Birla at that time....and why now? The risks were far higher then than now. 3. It would take time for the benefits of these reforms to show on ground. People are always resistant to change. But if change is done in the right way, it will bring good results. We have to be patient. Farmers in Punjab and Haryana are better off vs most other states because they got the benefits long ago (compound interest also plays a part). But those benefits are eroding fast. At some point inflation will catch up with current (low) income growth + compound interest from previous earnings. Thereon it will be downhill. It is high time things change and govt, people and country adapts to the current socio-economic scenario. 4. This Khalistani angle was propagated by media. But the release of so-called 'social reformers' was mentioned in the memorandum submitted by the farmer union representatives. It had to be highlighted. 5. What was explained in this episode...ye Diljit Dosanjh ko kaun samjhaye?🤐
X in agricultural GDP is 4 times X in political GDP.. Bang On!!! Too much food, too little nutrition...dont know why? maybe due to lack of proper distribution? Or maybe lack of good food distribution storage management? Seriously.. Direct subsidy to the farmer has to be given with some wise expenditure. Any growth in agriculture is growth in politics. It's actually like saying nutrition to the political health of a country is directly connected to the health of agriculture. Punjab and Haryana are the country's granaries. Always grateful towards them. 🙏 Diversification in farming.. That's moving away from paddy and wheat. I love the decluttering in a systematic manner through impeccable analysis by SG sir! Bravo sir! Full marks!! 100/100 to you!!
Pretty good summary on Agriculture Sector....hope Government works on all-around solution and doesn't rely only on private players to solve all problems...
If farming is subsidised by People money, then why should private players procure agricultural produce at rates below MSP or earn profits at people subsidised rates
Private people will buy at "market rates" based on supply demand irrespective of what the cost was and who paid that cost... BTW the biggest subsidy in agriculture is on procurement [ MSP ] ... Milk and processed Milk products for example are almost totally private and there is no MSP
@@0609Bhuwan 94% of the agriculture produce is bought at rates subsidised by money collected from you and me as incometax and GST, why we should pay money to govt for them to pay underhand money to private players. In short we are fooled by the govt into paying profits of private companies and we are responsible for raising food inflation at our cost. I hope my point is made.
@F1F1F1 when a crop is produced, the farmer is forced to o sell at that date and time, the farmer is poor, he does not have the capacity to store and sell at later date, he has already taken loans for producing, he had to liquidate as soon as produced, at this time he is at the mercy of the buyers, At this time the buyers form a cartel and blackmail the farmer to sell at prices lower than MSP or his input cost. The subsidy us given by govt to farmer to produce, but only 6% is bought by govt rest 94% is bought by private players, they make the biggest profit by buying crops at lowest rates, here govt is not printing money, but the government is giving our money collected as taxes from us to farmers, The private players make profit by increasing prices and selling it to us, here we are paying for both subsidy and private players profit
@F1F1F1 This is not a imaginary scenario, if the farmers got even 20 to 30% less than the retail price( the price consumer/ we buy, their condition would have been so pathetic as you see now. This is real situation, please visit a farmer, apmc, your retailer and then make your judgement. 94% percent farmers don't get the right price or MSP. the APMC is does not guarantee MSP
@F1F1F1 The only solution for central govt is to make MSP into a legal law for all crops and grade, Let State government decide the rates of MSP for each year. once the farmers gets the MSP or higher he would be better off Secondly remove all subsidies. Thirdly make farmers fill incometax statements. This will form basis for futher subsidies
At last you also agreed these laws are not answer to improve agriculture sector. We need to prepare ground before imposing laws. You've absolutely correct here.
REALITIES 1. Farmer is always right 2. Agriculture gdp is 4 times in political gdp 3. Farming is low yield business 4. Too much food but too little nutrition is our problem 5. State intervention in agriculture is inevitable 6. Farmers land tightly controlled by states
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Omg...SG for PM🔥🔥🔥.
You have covered it perfectly.
That was a happy ending Oscar winning short story which must be realised.
Very well articulated... first time I'm fully in consonance with your team... really comprehensively put forward...
Good journalism...
I just need to add one more thing with your saying...
And that is- any rapid disruption in agriculture won't work out... need to have at least 2 -5 years to make the disruption directed to anything better... income of farmers to become double is challenging in terms of changing the mindset of the farmers... it's pretty much psychological rather than anything else... primary sector of economy demands something primary to deal with...
Thanks once again...
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@@jskndeol hi! Thanks for the feedback.
Gupta Ji is coming out all guns blazing on these farm laws. Only some institutional journalists are really ok with going against prevalent emotion. Braveheart. Keep up the good work Sir.
So r u satisfied with the new farm laws???
@@amitpradhan5530 watch his earlier videos
@@amitpradhan5530 Yes.
@Rahul Chanana New Laundry is subscription based journalism too. But it's serving it a ideology not it's subscribers.
@@amitpradhan5530 Yes very much so.
No wonder why people (on twitter) in their own bubbles are confused over SG..both Rw & Lw is furious with SG. I think, thats some serious stance! Super kudos!!💐
Cut the clutter episodes go from brilliant to "brillianter"... It's such a joy to watch them! Kudos to SG
Hi! Happy to hear that!
That is good !! But, did you subscribe the paid
Brilliantest ? 🤔
As a child of the small land holding family ..I can say farming is not an option if you want to growth in life .
So is for landless labourers
As a family of large land holders even we can't live a good life solely based on farming.
Mahesh, why grow wheat/rice when you can grow something in high demand as turmeric which is in high demand (subject to land/soil/seedbank etc)...hypothetical question but would really appreciate your inputs...
@Meme Central actually there is a person of iit Bombay origin they use aqua ponics and earn more than 70 lacs per years read this on a news paper called the better india and the land holding is also not that much
@@namanbajaj4107 bcoz there is no No price surity rather than rice and weat...
if Govt will assure MSP kisan can grow anything Govt can ask for
In spite of all the subsidies given to farmers they still can not compete with highly subsidised grains sold by the government at Rs 2 per Kg at ration shops. Even Reliance could not compete with subsidised petrol sold by PSU and had to shut down its petrol pumps. The government should give the farmers a level playing field by stopping selling grains under PDS. They can subsidies the poor in cash by direct transfers and let them buy grains in the open market like the rest of us.
Amartya sen wrote a article regarding abolition of PDS. Cash based transfers or food coupons are not the solution to deal with hunger crisis in india. What if a drunk man in a family uses cash transfer money for buying his alcohol. Then who will feed the family?? PDS is meant to deal with malnourishment problem. Unfortunately there is a hell lot of inclusion, exclusion errors, corruption, pilferage of grains, aadhar mess etc. We need to follow kerala model to revamp PDS.
@@vishwakchandra1881 Send the PDS cash to the wife.
@@pardeeptandon bhai uska husband bewuda hota toh?🤣🤣
We can give coupon . And say you can only use them in buying food grains
@@namangupta2228 food rates are adjusted to inflation and market fluctuations.
*congress and AAP wanted these reform , promised them in their manifesto.
BJP : passes the reform.
AAP and Congress : How dare you do the right thing.
The audacity to do reforms my god
U maybe right, but rushing bills without debate undermines democratic values...notebandi, Gst, article 370, now these were abnormally rushed.
Opposition may be the weakest in history but a healthy debate is always good. This arrogance will bring them down
@@Abidkhan-uw9vy lmao ok
@@Abidkhan-uw9vy I believe other than notebandi evrything else u mentioned were discussed well.
We need a doer government.
And whether the right thing or not this gov is doing their promises unlike the previous govts which only promised but did nothing other than farm loan waivers which they do as a ritual after evry win.
But that said even I felt this farm bill was the only bill which was passed in a hurry. Maybe they thought why waste a crisis. Like u said this bill could have had little longer discussion.
Whether had discussion or not, these laws seems to be the need of the hour reform to change the life of farmers.
Don't mislead , no where they mentioned they were going to throw away food holding laws and neither they mentioned that those parallels private mandis which they mentioned in manifesto would be not having tax like the current law says. which indirectly would make purchasers to procure from private mandis rather than apmc which would lead to apmc to sufer thus the MSP . This stategy is same like that of jio of bleeding competitors till they are force to shutdown or suffer huge loss or cut down different circle to stay float. Here the farmers feel like Apmc mandis will be under threat due to cash crunch like BSNL,and MTNL.
Upsc answer for how farming could be improved 👍🏽
Raising MSP is like a dog chasing its tail. - Raghuram Rajan
Right
MSP should be legalized. - Narindra Modi (2012)
@@Lalsingh-hu8bg only 6% Farmers are benefited from MSP Regime. Small and marginal farmers are always losers. So they are committing suicide
Bhai vo paise jata kha h fir baki . Yeh waste ho jata h kya kyoki msp toh sirf 6 percent kisan hi lete h
@@Lalsingh-hu8bg are bhai politicians ese hi kehte ha congress ne vi to kiya inka kaam ha u turn marna. But we have to see kya shi ha aur kya nai
Brilliant, once again.
The ending was superb, practicable advise yet full of grace and empathy. Well done.
You are doing a great job for upsc aisparants just like RSTV , study iq, word affairs etc channels.
Very arcane and deep level of discussion. Left us with wanting more decluttering. Need one CTC on each reality and each myth. Kudos to SG sir and the print team for this.
Crony Socialism must be cracked down with war footing. India needs massive liberalization for a robust economy.
Meanwhile in Karnataka socialist union looted the iphone factory. Well done socialism
O yes let's not pay them salary and expect them to do nothing in return let's do the same as what we did in China here also.
@@redcrowcrow3929 file a complaint first sir. There is none registered by the workers
@@redcrowcrow3929 justifying violence isn't cool bro.
@@YS-hl1hy Not paying salary for 4 months is also not cool
they are goons of bjp...
Karnataka became Uttar Pradesh 🤣🤣
Petition for SG Tau Ji to cover the Ind vs Aus test series in his own way in HINDI..
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Farming in a way is about producing raw materials , if there is no value add then farmers income can never increase. That’s why we need private players for the capital expenditure and modernise the system.
This analysis was damn good.
Fact after fact. CTC is getting better with time, SG👍🏻
Do away with Urea subsidy?! Not in a 100 years!! 4x stake in Indian politics will ensure it never happens.
Can't say the same with a strong government like this remember when 370 was removed there wasn't any pandemic. Hope they do good reform
@@harshalsingh2750 This government won't do it and I say it as a BJP and Modi supporter .The day they rolled back Land Acquisition Bill made it clear it will be a combination of reform and populism not just reforms.
@@harshalsingh2750 370 was purely political. It has marginal visible impact. Stopping fertilizer subsidy though is a gigantic step that'll end any party that even speaks about it.
@@karannainwal1990 i agree with you but let's hope na. Umeed pe duniya kayam hai fertilizer subsidy kya chiz h 😂😂
@@gufestus4106 yaaa whatsoever you think about it. I can say that it was a very strong bold and decisive step taken to integrate our country. 70 years of bs stopped that day, 10% of country's budget went into that state and resulted in stone pelting on my country's armed forces I'm sorry but that very site of a jihadi pelting stones and destroying army vehicle fills me with anger. BJP won in Ladakh and Kashmiris are celebrating and were bursting crackers when the results of panchayat elections were declared. Some good is taking place call ut politics but it's good and very welcome type of politics 🙏
One of the best CTC that I have seen...
Wish Our PM gives lateral entry to Shekhar Gupta in his cabinet..
If our political leaders watch this...they will have a lot to learn..right or left.
Wahhh. Guptaji
This means that the opposition parties are supporting the farmers against national interests.
Gupta Ji, very fair and convincing analysis, government of India should hire you as it's media publicist, particularly the agriculture ministry.
Reposting my tweet from Twitter: "Even when the GOI provides a subsidy to any group or individual, they should receive a paper statement indicating the amt. due and the fraction paid by the govt. Otherwise they are liable to think of subsidies as magic money".
I wish policy makers listen to this episode, would be educational for them to!
Brilliant research and awesome content day after day.....kudos to shekhar and the support staff!!
Sir You should also include Sugarcane crop in this list..& it effects on Ecology & Environment of Western Maharashtra, Maharatwada & other region in India.
Integration of economies - agriculture, industry and hi-tech:
There should bottom up approach, the top down approach will not work.
That was superb! Is the government listening?
Government knows it . Farmers don't !! And the game goes on .
Are you working for The Print? Ask whether the Farmers & the Opposition is listening.
@@Surabi9 Are you working for the Government? Who the fuck took office and took responsibility to handle the fucking problems you ignorant fuck? I don't care what the farmers are saying, they are always right because they are the hands that feed us.
@@louduchand1803 The sane farmers have demanded these facilities in 2008. Since because you use a foul language, I am not Going to back out. Easy to use emotive language. But, it is time to sort out grains from the chaff.
@@louduchand1803 @ Listen to Dr. Ashok Gulati, Dr. Swaminathan. I am not going to back out since you are using a foul language. That is a reflection on you. That does not affect me a bit. The same Punjab & Haryana farmers have demanded these facilities as provided in the new agro-economic bills of 2020. Don't think that people forget because you have conveniently forgotten what you have been talking in the past. Farmers from all over India are welcoming the provisions of these bills. of course, still there may be need to improve. nothing is static and we need to be ready to change as the time demands us to do so. It is time for the farmers to introspect and be calm and prudent enough to separate the grains from the chaff.
Awesome analysis. Covered everything from agri, political and economical point of view. Government should think about this stratergy.
I've read a number of Indian economists, and most of them agree that it would be better if the agricultural subsidies were transferred directly as cash rather than through leaky goodies which in turn result in stagflating the agriculture sector economy.
I will try to give simple cost estimation/acre... From Karnataka
Seeds -1 kg - 1000-1500
Fertilizer - urea-350- 400 + other lik DAP 1400
2times removing weeds - 2000
2times ox plunge - 4000
Sowing seeds - 1500
Expecting no other major problems ...1 acre 10-12k ... At the end also he earn 10k -18k if corp yield is good.. every year there will drought or heavy rain during flowering.. hardly one family in village gets good yield and everyone lives in hope he also gets good yield next year...
Late Sharad Joshi:
Shetkari Sanghatna's slogan: "भीख नको, हवे घामाचे दाम" (भीख नहीं ,चाहिए पसीने के दाम)
Yes he was a true farmer leader.
Greatest person of all times
शेतकऱ्यांचे मरण हेच सरकारचे धोरण
SG sir! You are an inspiration to me....! your integrity , honesty and sheer audacity gives me hope everyday!
Sir please debunk Swaminathan recommendations. They are very talked about but people don't know much about them.
Shekhar Sir
You are the greatest analytical entity available in public domain ...
Keep educating the country Sir 🙏🙏🙏
I see CTC notification, I CLICK !! it's that simple !!
Do keep clicking, Abhishek!
That's called exceptional journalism, straight to the point, no screaming no pointless and baseless discussion and videos. Only facts and number.❤️❤️❤️
These farmer union leaders wants
MSP
M Middleman
S should
P prosper
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I m from farming family in Punjab...I love ❤the great conclusion. This is what was required..
we already fed up with wheat - rice...water table going down..thats why many farmers shifted own it's own to other crops...not going to mandi...creating their own customer base...govt.fail to see these green shoots...
Incentive to shift to other crops..like oilseed as it has highest import bill in food basket .. is required
But modi turned egoist.. Thinking that he is God.. Has solution to each & every problem.. Through iron Fist policy
Give farmers direct cash income support.. then see crop diversification..not everyone interested in paddy and other MSP crops
@@rjrocks249 6k is not big amount of you have farming in 5acres.. i don't talk about insurance..just google it how farm insurance is useless and how companies cheat farmers
They do in telangana under "Raithu Bandhu" scheme. It has terms and conditions on what to grow etc
@@rjrocks249 which state are you from? It's private companies who r running crop insurance scheme. Have just paid premium to reliance for Bengal gram(chana) and NABARD is a bank, not a company
@@rjrocks249 me too from MH. Insurance companies are allotted regions by govt, AFAIK you don't have choice to choose a company.
@@freesoul3466 toh bhai sara tax kisan ko de dete h ham
So in a nutshell over the years, govt policies have benefitted Punjab and Haryana, and the rest of the country is ignored and now things will change so that's why the protest is centric in the Punjab and Haryana. Well, I want to see each farmer of the country being benefitted and hopefully, new laws can help in that.
The Print and SG, brilliant work again. Being a farmer's son I completely agree with you. I wish our policymakers implement this.
22:40 Maharashtra fact. Most of that cost was from dam projects. NCP's Ajit Pawar was irrigation minister then. he purposefully selected useless locations to build dams where there was very less likelihood of water. (the curropt design of the scan at the level of Roshni Act) When a reporter asked: "why there is no water in the dams that you built?" He answered "what can I do? Should I go and pee in the dam so there is water?" He is now the transport minister in sena ncp congress govt. He canceled Hyperloop after work has already started saying that there is no evidence it works. hahaha (maybe a hint signal to the company to either donate to party fund for persmission or face losses) He is like one of those 90s Hindi movie villain politicians. NCP party has the best tactics in the world on how to channel govt projects assigned to pvt companies construction money to fund their party without getting caught. He purposely built excess dams so there are more balance sheets to play with and hide the money trail. Shiv sena is not behind too. A friend who worked for a Pune builder told me in 2004 that the NCP party fund donation rate was Rs 400 per square foot for permission in Pune Hinjewadi projects. That's how corruption increases cost of housing, coming straight out of common man's pockets. That's another topic though.
Hyperloop is actually stupid, also that statement came at the time of a drought, there is no place in MH that cannot fill a dam through a regular monsoon.
Keep enriching us sir. India needs a generation of knowledgeable people like yourself. Respect.
Shekar Gupta's comments are a must read for all Indians and must be translated in all local languages and broadcast to the public every day. Wonderful analysis and logical. If the farmer's get to know the benefits of reform in the way it is presented to day they will demand these reforms and move away from their current position. Our farmers need respect and financial security. They should partner with the Govt and not fight it when reforms are proposed. Ignorance and distrust now dominate and every effort must be made to bring information to them. Unfortunately our opposition parties are so anti national they will not propose constructive criticism and work with the govt to improve the lots of the people instead they will provoke them to do hartal and sabotage moves that are meant to benefit the farmers. it is a shame that our media do not print the analysis of Shekar Gupta in all the newspapers and the AIR broadcast these every day to the public in the local languages of the people. The Govt also must listen to the analysis and modify how they approach reforms. The Govt controls All India Radio and the TV stations and can use them to inform the public the excellent analysis of Shekar Gupta and how the farmers can benefit. There are also well known agricultural experts who can inform the farmers to move in the right direction.
Why should agricultural income above a ceiling not be taxed?
from what i understand from your myth no.2 and principles no.1 and 2 that punjab and haryana govt. is holding the whole country to ransom by not thinking of national good. they must negotiate with the central govt.
secondly, in maharashtra the leakages are because of hugh corruption and we all know who is the agricultual king there !!!
only punjab govt. not haryana
@@harshitrautela6585 accepted
MH spent Rs 81206 cr on irrigation but area under increased 5.1%. Guj spent half, improved area by 67%.
Is this the famous vidarbha irrigation corruption case? Done by NCP/Ajit Pawar?
Most land labourers that are probably over 60% of the people who are involved in farming are people from Dalit and OBC community. During the high praise for SG, without fail, all the comments have ignored this fact. This is because most Indians are blind to their fate
What a perfect explanation with ground reality and stats .
Ground reality is wht most journalists dont study . They are heavily dependent on stats . Good to see both sides are analysed properly here . Love it sir .
Gupta jee has become an all rounder.. problem is the government won't listen to sane voices
Hi Mohit, do keep writing in.
Such content must also be available in hindi .... great job gupta ji
Closing summary was simply superb!
Some one in govt should hear this, I am a strong bjp aupporter and completely agree with shekar gupta , no one can win a war agaist farmers of this country.. say thank you , incentivise and request services for nation
And when called for service of nation . Any farmer would come forward with pride to deliver when they see merit in the request.. a perfect recepie formulated as a advice to govt. Kudos
Brilliant coverage of a complex subject.
Have always been critical to Gupta Ji but he is doing a really great job with Cut the clutter. The objective balance and facts based reporting is highly appreciable. Hope and wish it continues just like this.
Good informative piece. There were no tangents in the delivery.
fully fully fully fully agree with Mr Guptas cut the clutter.. please any one in central government please listen and understand...
Very well articulated... first time I'm fully in consonance with your team... really comprehensively put forward...
Good journalism...
I just need to add one more thing with your saying...
And that is- any rapid disruption in agriculture won't work out... need to have at least 2 -5 years to make the disruption directed to anything better... income of farmers to become double is challenging in terms of changing the mindset of the farmers... it's pretty much psychological rather than anything else... primary sector of economy demands something primary to deal with...
But how are the new laws disruptive ?? They do not stop any existing system like APMC or MSP only add additional options so the farmers can see for themselves what works well and for the private infra for processing to get built up before shifting crops... IS that not exactly the right way to make gradual change ??
Do keep comments coming in.
This is how you explain the complex topics smoothly. SG has decluttered the piffle around agri system like a professor.
You pass with flying colours Prof.Shekhar Gupta. Loved the conclusion.
Really well said, India should pay its debt to the farmers of Punjab and Haryana by incentivizing them and helping them to move to other crops. Farmers are not being misled, they are wise enough to understand the farm bills themselves.
On almost all issues SG is humble in admitting the limits of his expertise outside journalism and defers to the opinions of experts, am I mistaken in seeing almost contempt towards experts like MS Swaminathan when it comes to the farmer's protest.
This is so unique journalism. Never seen anything like this before. You are symbol of Indian journalism
Great. Such programs will result in a better informed electorate. Way to go...
Statistical mistake @ 22:25 . A better way to compare is
"To increase area under irrigation by one hectare, Maharastara spent Rs X and Gujarat spent Rs Y". It is misleading to compare improvement as a percentage (5.1 % vs 67 %). Because area under cotton cultivation in Maharastra and Gujarat are different.
Agree with the larger point that spending money wisely on agriculture is important. Thank you for Cut The Clutter videos.
MaNy leftist and anti modi people which used to be ur fan (akash banerjee) now started saying that you are sold and are balancing things.... I can see he is becoming more hungry of views that he started cursing everybody who supports modi reforms. ... He fits the definition of blind hater of modi
Where he said this
@@Anime_raven in recent live stream... When people told him about video of shekhar ji explaining farm reforms and its need
Everyone is looking for bias confirmation. Absolute truth is myth ,it can be always manufactured on data.
@@garvgupta7658 what did he said in that livestream?
@@garvgupta7658 kya bola usne 😡😡😡 btao
Such episodes assert why we must financially support and contribute towards journalism.
Very well made episodes, explaining issues in simple words to the common person. Very proud of being a subscriber.
Beautiful, ended it with such a grace.
Hats off to your inputs! We highly need your presence in addressing the farmer rallies in a way they understand better!
SG : full marks are only for getting it perfectly right !😎😉
Indian Agriculture accounts only 15% to GDP. We need to create more non-farm jobs. Most of them are moving out of the agriculture and joining as labourers in construction. There is ongoing feminization of agriculture in india. Women lack access to credit, technology and technically they don't own land on their name due to patrilineal type of system present in india. We need to provide agricultural land titles to women. We are treating farmers as homogenous. Free subsidies are only benefiting political empowered large land holding farmers. We need more food processing units and cold supply chains to curb the food wastages.
Instead of MSP, govt should give them a kind of basic income proportional to the land they own. And let the produce be sold at market price.
Can lead to abuse by rich punjabi and jaat farmers
@@pradyumnbhatt6187 will be much less than what is happening now, by giving free water, electricity, urea, and then paying MSP on over-produced grains.
Shekhar chacha you have superbly nailed & captured the issues faced by Indian agriculture in an orderly & comprehensive manner.
Sir aap kalam se kranti laoge 💯🙏
I'm surprised, as to how he explained it so precisely. Amazed.
Nice Keep it up shekhar sir Love from bihar
CTC is becoming more and more informative day by day ...
This is one of the best video I ever watch on RUclips
Real fact Like all other businesses/professionals farming should be left to swing with the market then you will have farmers building their own infrastructure.
But sometimes i was given an argument that why should we envy farmers for having universal basic income/MSP by state .
Every indian should have right to live a decent life .
@Manjeet Singh Just open the doors you will know who has tied them to MSP once you release the lash on farm sector it will do miracles and farmers will never like to come back to MSP regime they will earn exponentially in future
@Manjeet Singh Why should? Mainly two crops are there for MSP utilisation and by the way MSP isn't abolished
@Manjeet Singh Bro I support farm laws but your point about MSP is valid too and it should be considered.
But point of consideration is that if freedom of stock is not given, then what would happen in case of bumper production. It will lead to wastage of such large amount of agri products if the production exceed the demand and hence would hurt farmers inevitably. Moreover if freedom is retained ,then infrastucture will develop to accomodate more thus giving leverage to companies and farmers too(as their hard work will not get wasted)
So these points should also be considered. Hope you understand😊😊
"And the history of political democracy tells you that no govt. wins the confrontation with the farmers," SG sums it up nicely.
Hum Pagal nahi hai bhaiya
Hume banaya ja raha hai 😂😂
Shekhar this was needed. And seeing you not getting agitated or seething but delivering calmly will have a greater impact. Is anyone listening? The current Govt is in a rush for reforms and as Montek had mentioned this needs a buy in from states. So have we lost with Arun Jaitely the patience of rolling out deceptive googlies?
Good one Shekhar! Pointed and wise! Keep it up team!
I thought this was a superb CTC on agriculture. Although you still don’t talk about farmer protection. And that is important as well as reform. Reform in farming which is Ofcourse important, doesn’t equate to farmer protection. That is a key issue to be discussed if you want farmers to be on board with reform.
Amazing SG. 💓
Some at the high command of both the farmers' group and the cabinet need to listen this.
Start a Sports special ( mtlb ind vs aus ) .. pls :)
On Urea, there are a few more important points: 1. Using more Urea to plants is like eating rice 3 times for humans. Plant's overall health is compromised. 2. If we use more Urea, the plant suffers from more pests which in turn increases the use of pesticides. 3. The produce would have more carcinogenic content of pesticides. 4. The general public who consumes this will get cancer/sickness due to how agriculture is being handled. So it's for all educated people to understand / study how agricultural is being done in India and participate in the change because actual former does not have the insight even if he has, his situation on the ground does not permit to make a change. --- from an educated son of a former.
I don't see anyone else other than Modi who could try to bring reforms in Farming. Congress has kept it under the carpet for way too long.
The most nuanced and sensible commentary on the current farmer crisis... Great job sir and the team
Marking my Attendance 👍🏼
Great CTC. I think I should try and convince my cousins to move slowly into cultivating vegetables and fruits.
Thank you for the valuable insights.
I have developed a ritual of watching cut the clutter everyday. Such is the amount of concentrated information in these 25-30 mins episodes that i get more information than watching all other media whole day!
Now on this topic...
1. Rome was not built in a day. India is already 50-60 yrs late in starting to build a robust agriculture sector. We have to start somewhere. There was some trace amount of agricultural reforms during the 90's overall economic reforms. But nothing apart from that.
2. If there was social media in the 90s like today, there would have been more protests. The way people are talking about Adani-Ambani, similar would have happened then. Or, to turn it around, why was there no outcry against Tata-Birla at that time....and why now? The risks were far higher then than now.
3. It would take time for the benefits of these reforms to show on ground. People are always resistant to change. But if change is done in the right way, it will bring good results. We have to be patient. Farmers in Punjab and Haryana are better off vs most other states because they got the benefits long ago (compound interest also plays a part). But those benefits are eroding fast. At some point inflation will catch up with current (low) income growth + compound interest from previous earnings. Thereon it will be downhill. It is high time things change and govt, people and country adapts to the current socio-economic scenario.
4. This Khalistani angle was propagated by media. But the release of so-called 'social reformers' was mentioned in the memorandum submitted by the farmer union representatives. It had to be highlighted.
5. What was explained in this episode...ye Diljit Dosanjh ko kaun samjhaye?🤐
Present sir!
X in agricultural GDP is 4 times X in political GDP.. Bang On!!! Too much food, too little nutrition...dont know why?
maybe due to lack of proper distribution? Or maybe lack of good food distribution storage management? Seriously.. Direct subsidy to the farmer has to be given with some wise expenditure. Any growth in agriculture is growth in politics. It's actually like saying nutrition to the political health of a country is directly connected to the health of agriculture. Punjab and Haryana are the country's granaries. Always grateful towards them. 🙏 Diversification in farming.. That's moving away from paddy and wheat. I love the decluttering in a systematic manner through impeccable analysis by SG sir! Bravo sir! Full marks!! 100/100 to you!!
Hello gupta ji please take interview of sahayadri agro owner he is an agricultural tycoon in maharashtra.
Pretty good summary on Agriculture Sector....hope Government works on all-around solution and doesn't rely only on private players to solve all problems...
If farming is subsidised by People money, then why should private players procure agricultural produce at rates below MSP or earn profits at people subsidised rates
Private people will buy at "market rates" based on supply demand irrespective of what the cost was and who paid that cost... BTW the biggest subsidy in agriculture is on procurement [ MSP ] ... Milk and processed Milk products for example are almost totally private and there is no MSP
@@0609Bhuwan 94% of the agriculture produce is bought at rates subsidised by money collected from you and me as incometax and GST, why we should pay money to govt for them to pay underhand money to private players. In short we are fooled by the govt into paying profits of private companies and we are responsible for raising food inflation at our cost. I hope my point is made.
@F1F1F1 when a crop is produced, the farmer is forced to o sell at that date and time, the farmer is poor, he does not have the capacity to store and sell at later date, he has already taken loans for producing, he had to liquidate as soon as produced, at this time he is at the mercy of the buyers, At this time the buyers form a cartel and blackmail the farmer to sell at prices lower than MSP or his input cost.
The subsidy us given by govt to farmer to produce, but only 6% is bought by govt rest 94% is bought by private players, they make the biggest profit by buying crops at lowest rates, here govt is not printing money, but the government is giving our money collected as taxes from us to farmers, The private players make profit by increasing prices and selling it to us, here we are paying for both subsidy and private players profit
@F1F1F1 This is not a imaginary scenario, if the farmers got even 20 to 30% less than the retail price( the price consumer/ we buy, their condition would have been so pathetic as you see now.
This is real situation, please visit a farmer, apmc, your retailer and then make your judgement. 94% percent farmers don't get the right price or MSP. the APMC is does not guarantee MSP
@F1F1F1 The only solution for central govt is to make MSP into a legal law for all crops and grade, Let State government decide the rates of MSP for each year. once the farmers gets the MSP or higher he would be better off
Secondly remove all subsidies.
Thirdly make farmers fill incometax statements. This will form basis for futher subsidies
At last you also agreed these laws are not answer to improve agriculture sector. We need to prepare ground before imposing laws. You've absolutely correct here.
SG sir, you were being politically correct towards the end 😊
REALITIES
1. Farmer is always right
2. Agriculture gdp is 4 times in political gdp
3. Farming is low yield business
4. Too much food but too little nutrition is our problem
5. State intervention in agriculture is inevitable
6. Farmers land tightly controlled by states