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.

1008 Sacking of Mr. IYR Krishna Rao, as Brahmin Corporation Chairman, has lessons not only to him, but also to the Global Bureaucratic Community, and Government Pensioners

Though what I write here appear to relate to the Sacking of the Top Retired Indian I.A.S. (Indian Administrative Service) Bureaucrat, Retd. Chief Secretary of Govt. of Andhra Pradesh,--from his present post of the Chairman, Brahmin Corporation, the basics, circumstances, situations, principles, trends etc. apply not only to Indian Bureaucrats, but to all types of Employees and Officers worldwide, by whatever designations they may be called, whether in Private Sector or in Public Sector. There are lessons not only to be learnt by Shri Krishna Rao, not only by working-at-present Bureaucrats, but also for Retired Bureaucrats, both in Private Sector and Public Sector.

We shall start with a Telugu language Verse, a language spoken by 100 million people across the World.

Poet: Telugu Poet Dhoorjati, Period Approx. 1451-1550 CE.(Period earlier than even William Shakespeare and John Milton. Book: Sri Kalahasti-Iswara-Satakam (A book of 100 verses addressed to Lord Kalahastiswara, the deity at Sri Kala hasti, near Tirumala-Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh).

రాజుల్ మత్తులు వారిసేవ rAjul mattulu, vAri sEva
నరకప్రాయంబు వారిచ్చునం naraka prAyambu, vAriccu am-

భోజాక్షీచతురంతయానతురగీ bhOjAkshI caturanta yAna turagI
భూషాదు లాత్మవ్యధా bhUshAdu lAtma vyathA

బీజంబుల్ తదపేక్ష చాలు మరి bIjambul tat apEksha cAlu mari
తృప్తిం బొందితిన్ జ్ఞానల triptin ponditin gnAna la-

క్ష్మీజాగ్రత్పరిణామ మిమ్ము kshmI jAgrit pariNAma mimmu
దయతో శ్రీ కాళహస్తీశ్వరా! dayatO SrI kALa hastIsvarA !

Approx. English gist: Oh Lord KAlahastIsvarA ! Kings are intoxicated persons (with power). Their service tantamounts to Hell. The paraphernalia they bestow such as women, chariots, horses, gold ornaments etc. are seeds of self-anguish. Let there be end for all such things. I am satiated. Kindly, bless with the Wealth of True Knowledge.

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

It is not clear whether the Great poet DhoorjaTi left the service of the Vijayanagara Kings, soon after the death of Srikrishna Deva RAya in 1519 CE circa. But the above verse was apparently penned while Dhoorjati was still in the Court of Krishna Deva Raya. Yet, the above verse might not have been written from the personal experience of Poet DhoorjaTi. In spite of Democles Swords hanging over their heads while serving kings most Telugu Poets continued to serve Kings, because there was no alternative. Where could they go, leaving royal patronage! dina vecca mE rAju tIrpa galaDu (Which king will provide for the daily provisions to the Kitchen?).

But this cannot be the case of the Indian Bureaucrats of the 21st Century. They are well cared after by the Government. Though they may not get their salaries on par with Private Sector CEOs, CFOs of Glamorous Corporates like ICICI Bk., TCS, Infosys etc. they need not worry about their food, clothing, shelter, old age security, health care, children's education etc. Many Govt. Officers and quasi-Government Officers know well that they will be good for nothing outside, and their skills are unemployable in Private Sectors, except for liaison and brokerage services for getting work done in Government. Besides, above everything, if they learn the art of their profession, they can amass enormous wealth through bribing and kick-backs. For that reason only they learn sycophancy from their Seniors, and try to excel them so that they can occupy their chairs as soon as they retire, or sometimes even before the Seniors retire.

I do not wish to say that Mr. IYR Krishna Rao is a sycophant. That will be libellous and scandalous. What I have written about is the general environment prevailing in the Indian (probably even Global) Bureaucratic Arena. IAS-IPS_IFS-IRS caste, Banking Caste, and other Top Officers should not be angry with me for writing this. On the other hand, they should look for black sheep among themselves. The behaviors of some black sheep, can vitiate a whole environment, just as a drop of venom can render a potful of milk deadly.

Mr. I.Y.R. Krishna Rao knew his art and science of playing his Cards well. During his about three decades of service, he has won accolades from his Superiors, both the IAS tribe, and the Politician tribe. He has climbed the rungs of the Executive Ladder with a quite swift felicity. He was rarely sidelined into loop-line postings [derogatively called Shiva-Alayams in Telugu language. Reason: In Andhra Pradesh Shiva Temples tend to be poorer when compared to VishNu temples. Shiva is offered only bilva leaves and ash, whereas VishNu idols (eg. Lord Venkateswara) get all the gold and precious stones) Hence, postings which have no glamor or no additional income such as Director of Museums, Archaeology become loopline]. He had occupied prestigious positions like Executive Officer, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, the Richest Temple in India, and the Second Richest in the World after Vatican City. Whatever be the Behind-the-scene affairs, even as Chief Secretary to the Govt. of A.P., he was treated with honor, prima facie.

To Continue in Part 2 of this piece.

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