1062 Problems of Farmers of India - Problems of Farmers of the World - I wish Shri V.V. LakshmiNarayana will accomplish what Lenin and Mao could not solve in their countries

When some new breeze comes we have to welcome it. Shri V.V. Lakshmi Narayana, IPS, Retd. Addl. Director General of Police, Maharashtra, - Retd. CBI JD, Hyderabad, has resigned his job, and come back to Telugu Lands. I greatly appreciate his sacrifice, because he might have forgone at least a small part of his Retirement Benefits, which he would have got substantially more, had he continued to the end. A few days back, I saw him speaking at a Villagers' Meeting at Yajali (also spelt as Yazali), near Karlapalem-Bapatla, Guntur District, Residual Andhra Pradesh. In that TV news bit, the audience were sitting on chairs. There may be some audience standing behind, and squatting on sides, but I could not see them. I may be wrong, but it looked to me, as though he was addressing the 'farmers' of Yazali. He was also reported to having said: "...The farmer is next only to God as he provides food and has the lion’s heart of a king. Farming should be made into a profitable exercise and farmers should look at some models of cooperative farming in Maharashtra...", source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ex-ips-officer-vows-to-work-for-welfare-of-farmers/article23688386.ece.

I also greatly appreciate his noble sentiments, and his nobler objectives. A little bit of comparison between Shri Lakshminarayana and Shri I.Y.R. Krishna Rao, I.A.S., Retired Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, may not be odious or objectionable. While Shri Lakshminarayana has foregone nearly seven years of service benefits, howsoever small or sizable they may be, Shri I.Y.R. Krishna Rao, sipped them upto the sediment.

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My goal or job here, definitely not passing value judgements on others. But at the same time, it is necessary to point out that once persons come into public sphere, become celebrities, attract thousands of followers, and start preaching, it becomes unavoidable to examine the pros and cons of their preachings, and the way the attracted followers go.

ybrao-a-donkey's personal views, not intended to be imposed on others

Shri Lakshmi Narayana and Shri Narendra Modi have a common role-model Swami Vivekananda. Both quote SV profusely. Shri Modi too speaks of doubling the income of farmers in next xxx years. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-hard-sells-pro-farmer-budget-proposals-says-agri-credit-raised-to-rs-11-lakh-crore/story-o5NlkKsFzUrh0eDGOrWtEJ.html.

I suggest that Shri Lakshmi Narayana will please visit Yajali village, and get some concrete information on the following aspects:

1(a). Names, and photos of farmers in the village who are medium and big farmers, who are land-owners. Criterion: During a Normal Harvest and Normal Market year, their agricultural income will be above their family maintenance expenses.

1(b). Names, and photos of farmers in the village who are medium and big farmers, who are land-owners. Criterion: During a Normal Harvest and Normal Market year, their agricultural income will be above their family maintenance expenses. Whether they cultivate the lands by personally tilling the soil, while taking help from laborers. White collared farmers who will not enter the fields, without umbrella and shoes will come into this list.

2. Names, and photos of farmers who are small farmers. Criterion: During a Normal Harvest and Normal Market year, their agricultural income willl be just sufficient to meet their family maintenance.

3. Names and photos of farmers, who are marginal farmers. Criterion: During a Normal Harvest and Normal Market year, their agricultural income willl NOT BE sufficient to meet their family maintenance. They have to do some other work such as agriculture LABOR on others' fields or do some other service/vending, for supplementing their income.

4. Names and photos of Agricultural Laborers.

5. Names and photos of persons engaged in other occupations.

6. Names and photos of persons who are unemployed.

7. Names and photos of persons who cannot do any work, owing to old age, physical challenges, other disabilities.

8. Names and photos of persons from Non-agricultural occupations who earn more than their F+C+S+OS+CE+HC (Food, clothing, shelter, old age security, children's education, health care).

9. Names and photos of persons from Non-agricultural occupations who earn just their FCSOSCEHC.

10. Names and photos of persons from Non-agricultural occupations who earn less than their FCSOCCEHC.

11. Names and photos of TENANT FARMERS as per Revenue Records.

12. Names and photos of TENANT FARMERS with no proof of Revenue Records.

13. Names and photos of persons who borrowed from Institutions.

14. Names and photos of persons who borrowed from Private Money Lenders.

15. Names and photos of persons who are Private Money Lenders.

16. Names and photos of Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Laborers who are occupying Govt. lands, Dotted lands.

17. Names and photos of Medium and Big farmers who are occupying Govt. lands, Dotted lands.

18. Names and photos of persons who are Absentee Landlords, with details such as -where they live, their other address, occupation, when they are expected to come back to the village for permanent settlement. Whether they are gone for ever. Example: PIOs. IPS-IAS-Group1 Officers, Doctors, lawyers, judges, Chartered Accountants, Corporate Directors, Big Politicians etc. in town/cities who do not need these lands, yet retain them for various reasons. How many of them have given written leases? How many of them have given Oral Leases? How many of them cultivate using Clerks-Workers? How many of them depend on their relatives?

Wherever photos are not available/forthcoming, the boxes can be temporarily kept blank.

To start with, Shri Lakshmi Narayana can feed all these details into his laptop, into text files. Photos can be stored as jpgs. Combined doc. files can also be obtained using MS Word. Data processing, Data analyses can be done later.



Incomplete. Shall try to complete with more detailed analyses, evidence, and information.