Farm protests, issues with MSP, APMC & India’s many Green Revolutions since the 1960s

#CutTheClutter #MSP
As the farmer protests continue, Shekhar Gupta explains the need for reforms given that India's current agricultural policies are suited to when it was living a 'ship-to-mouth' existence. Now, India has more grain than it can eat or store. In episode 633 of Cut The Clutter, he explains the intricacies of Minimum Support Pricing, the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act and the meaning of crop diversification.
Read also Mihir Sharma’s article here. Some references to the food crisis in the Sixties are taken from here:
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[@HIMANSHUSHARMA-qi4ek]

ThePrint only channel first learn and clear the doubt of people of India but other channel just interested in politics of why gov not give them enter why gov is doing this first u clear other people doubt than we all can question government half knowledge can be dangerous

[@HIMANSHUSHARMA-qi4ek]

@@gmailaaaa see brother u can debate but what a clarity I know it becoz i come from Varanasi from eastern UP I know how hard life of farmer is and mandi are worst and same is like Bihar so understood it

[@zishr3441]

Sir, I totally get your point. As a son of a farmer, what I saw was, most of the mass production depends on the person who gives the seeds to the farmers. Why can’t Indian government bring in those seeds in which we import from other countries and run in the similar manner. for example, I remember, we used to grow sunflower around 2010, now that the person does not come we won’t grow it anymore. Also, can you focus on methods that are needed for farmers to upgrade, otherwise, without much preparation, this will become another reform similar to demonetization.

[@abhishek.khattry]

I respect The Print and its journalism. But I strongly feel that Shekhar Gupta has been very one sided and biased on this topic. Why hasn't he for once in any of his shows talked about Collective Farming or Cooperative Farming. Amul is a great example of a Cooperative. Why can Government push in that direction if it really wants to Reform Agriculture. Why does reform only means allowing Huge Corporates to run everything? What's happening today is we are Copy Pasting Ideas of West or American Capitalism on the Indian Society. Instead of looking for more middle of the road indigenous solutions. There is increasingly more and more Centralisation of Economic Power in the hands of only a few people. That's why I think Shekhar Gupta's take is very biased and not correct.

[@vikashdhillon04]

You are godi media and manipulate things.lets comes in debt with farmer leader 😂😉😉

[@kaustubhshukla5311]

The Print is becoming one of the most genuine source of news in this right and left leaning digital and tv media space. Watching today's media feels like either they are of extreme right view or the extreme left view. It feels good to have a media network whose news are based on solid research and facts and that talks sense rather than being a mouthpiece of either Ideology. This is the type of journalism that India needs. We hope with passing days, the Print becomes bigger and stronger.

[@Lakk958]

A channel who is interview just the one side of the opinion, How can we call it genuine? They have not done any interview with any person havimg different view on these bills. And on what earth jounalism is just having interview on ones opinions, where is the debate between two diferent opinions. If you sir really want to have something genuine here then have a look on Dr. Devinder Sharma's interview.

[@dnhdfnfkrjxjxfjjggj3002]

@@forumwomenindia true

[@PiyushKhosla]

I am thinking of starting a political party with the same ideology. If I do, will you vote for me? Just doing a research.

[@ankitagrawal6378]

@G Kaur Lol....Please watch business news and you will know what these empty heads are doing daily....These tax draining psus are being privatized to improve the efficiency and speedup their tortise processess. I hope these permanent job systems in PSUs stop. So that these BABUs will learm to work efficiently with some responsibility.

[@ankitagrawal6378]

@G Kaur HATSOFF TO YOUR HATRED TOWARDS BJP. AND ALSO THOSE EMPTY HEADS ARE EXPERIENCED IAS OFFICERS. Giving contracts to Anil ambani group is not UNCOMMON. In the past Congress have given several contracts to the reliance group. And many contracts are given to several companies including Ambani, taya, birla..It is just that the opposition wanted to create a controversy and harm the credibility of the govt as capitalism ke dalle. Nothing new...And if you are talking about bankruptcy, A bankrupt company would do a job more seriously to get credibility. And it is not reliance only deal. It is given to Dassault. It is a joint venture deal. And also he has employed lakhs of people and given crores of rupees as tax to the govt too. IF A COMPANY IS SOLD COMPLETELY THEN HOW WILL IT REQUIRE STATE FUNDING? The sole reason of selling is ownership as well as responsibility transfer. And with the Infrastructure they have, they will have amazing value unlocking. Recently Mazgaon doc, irctc have shown huge demand. Next is CONCOR, SCI and one of the refinery of BPCL. And NOT ALL PSUs are loss making.....ONGC,BPCL,HINDPETRO,POWERGRID,GAIL, IOC like PSUs are profit making too.

[@easwaransanthakumar297]

India badly missed manufacturing revolution. Now we're paying the price.

[@circleoflife3749]

It's happening

[@madtitanoboa462]

There is no infra for manufacturing revolution.

[@sriramprasannaarikapalli472]

All thanks to God Father nehru and his adorable daughter.

[@ishusidhu3505]

@@__________________________1030 but their followers were jats and we are we are genetically different from other Indians so fuck off !!!!!!!!

[@abhinaygarg8792]

@@__________________________1030 Yeh poore desh/ya humanity ke Gurus hain kindly be polite when referring to Sacred Figures of our Nation.

[@sukhandeepsingh2711]

The biggest irony is that people in comment section think that farmer gets the benfit of proposed MSP!!

[@chinmaiveera7586]

all those half baked intellectuals...

[@shivamverma-cr5gz]

Sadhguru explained Need of farm reforms and other issues of agriculture very clearly, watch this video of sadhguru 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIjSephvqayMadk

[@amanjha5916]

@Amara V and your proof?

[@athensmajnoo3661]

@Amara V so much hatred!!! May be jealousy......

[@vengat3556]

​@@chinmaiveera7586 only the so called "intellectuals" can see reality as irony. read this www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2020/apr/08/mepma-to-sell-banana-ensure-msp-to-growers-2127305.html

[@KarlRock]

Thanks for explaining Shekhar. Off topic... My wife's mother's family (what's the opposite of ससुराल?) are Farmers on the RJ/HR border. I've seen how hard they work, that too in summer. It's not a life many of us would choose I think. So I have a lot of respect for farmers having seen it all first hand. They taught me many things like the importance of the Cow and Buffalo in Indian life, how to live simply with pure food, and how to sleep under the stars on the roof 😊 They also accepted me as a foreigner and everyone in the village always made me feel welcome. The village Women are especially warm and loving too. I'm very grateful for them 🙏

[@vijayasanth]

Very sensitive issue. ⚠️ words are powerful, they can make or break you.

[@chananarocks]

मायिका (opposite of ससुराल)

[@badkarma1425]

opposite of sasural is maika or mayika or maaaaika,, whichever pronunciation suits you.

[@shashanknagar865]

Point being?

[@ajaymadhusudan2481]

@SOURABH DHANUKA He is not even a european. He is from NZ, bbut he is very much an indian at heart like you or me !!!

[@siddhanti]

Please do a Hindi & Punjabi version of this and distribute it widely in your home state of Punjab, so that the farmers really get educated and know the truth.

[@ShubhamKumar-lt9ie]

U really think they dont know these facts? These protests are becz of vested interest not becz of unawareness

[@immanuel5095]

The protest is mobilised by the middleman/ commissioned agents.

[@vgramesg5]

Farmers are MISGUIDED by Middle Agents + Congress + Communist etc. the same way of CAA....

[@shantanukhule4]

Much needed...sir plz translate this video

[@vikramm1]

Please come up with a hindi and punjabi version of this video.

[@darshilmashru8479]

Requesting you with folded hands, SG sir: Please make this video in Punjabi and Hindi too. Your video may just help farmers see the reality.

[@ishanpareek2188]

He dont know punjabi he is from haryana. He knows Hindi but did his journalism only in english

[@Anurag-xe2jp]

@@ishanpareek2188 Punjabi is spoken in Haryana,there are a lot of punjabi speaking districts. My family is from Haryana but they speak punjabi

[@Lakk958]

There is one most request sir, also see the other opinion, have a look on Dr. Devimder sharma's interview about this issue.

[@ishanpareek2188]

@@Anurag-xe2jp I am rajasthani. Some districts of rajasthan speak punjabi but that doesn't mean I can speak it

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Darshil. Thank you for writing in.

[@channel12381]

Thanks for speaking in English, so Tamils like me also can understand!

[@atulmarwah8088]

@Free Thinker **Thamizh

[@atulmarwah8088]

@Free Thinker No.. its simply spelled and understood as Tamil in Hindi, Urdu and English.. but Thamizh is generally the correct way as Thats how generally it is written by Tamils

[@yashvardhanthakur1968]

Learn Hindi

[@russophile9874]

@@atulmarwah8088 Don't be pedantic. The English spelling is perfectly fine.

[@atulmarwah8088]

@@russophile9874 Just see the context.. i have corrected the correction presented by the above person.. its not about me being fine with the spelling or not.. its about presenting the correct expression.. when trying to correct someone..

[@arjunsr1296]

Thanks a lot Shekar Ji. Your constant persuasion of de-cluttering has finally convinced me to pay for your journalism.

[@sankalp6872]

If the Govt backs out of these reforms then farmers from Maha, UP, MP, Bihar, and Karnataka should also march towards Delhi. Clearly, there is a step-motherly attitude towards these states. Maharashtra does not even have a proper irrigation system. The fear psychosis of Punjab and Haryana farmers should not be allowed to torpedo the aspirations of Maharashtra and the rest of India farmers.

[@flakka7711]

U rt bro I was eagerly waiting for such law i'm from bihar & have mango orchid of 450 trees & i get only 3 lakhs for 2 years now with passage of these laws i want to contact corporate or ecoms like big basket so dat i can get good price

[@someshdabral4009]

But farmers of these states are not vocally supporting these farm bills,they should also make their voice heard, Otherwise I fear,govt will roll back these bills and ,we will see on more reform compromised for political populism

[@pushkard9377]

@@flakka7711 Wish u a good luck

[@adesharatushar]

Maha changed rule in 2018 and allowed to sell inside APMC and outside. APMC is still working and farmer have freedom to sell where they want to.

[@sankalp6872]

@@adesharatushar Don't look it just from APMC perspective. See the plight of onion and tomato farmers in Maharashtra. Contract farming as proposed within these laws may help in a big way to get rid of these highly perishable items. Just see the opportunities if farmers get opportunity to bond with Dominos.

[@shekhar6267]

In South Haryana we have started growing Cotton and trust me we are quite successful in it.

[@vikashdhillon04]

🤣🤣konsa distict hai ?? We support farmer protest

[@Akash-nw4ix]

@@vikashdhillon04 we support farm bills

[@vikashdhillon04]

@@Akash-nw4ix from where you are why you support ??

[@shekhar6267]

@@vikashdhillon04 I am from Palwal district and stop spreading lies that Haryana is along with you. Punjab is the most meanest state that has not given us our water and also our capital 🤷🤷🤷

[@Akash-nw4ix]

@@vikashdhillon04 Assam. Punjab sells wheat to Govt and earn heavy income, but what about other states where APMC is not accessible and good. Our farmers have remained poor because they are not able to sell it in proper place. Private mandi will help other states. Punjab should think of others also.

[@devjyotichakravorty]

Why can't you reason and persuade your friends in NDTV.

[@jassasingh539]

MSP is guaranteed in IPL but no MSP for farmer's crop

[@devjyotichakravorty]

@@jassasingh539 why do u think filmstars featured in advertisement for lux are paid more than workers actually manufacturing it?

[@nitd955]

@@jassasingh539 ipl is private league 🙄🙄

[@Vicky-ci2fk]

My question is, surplus the FCI has why don’t they sell to the corporates. Farmers would be happy that they are getting their money and the FCI would not be in debt. The concerns of the farmers are that if it’s open market and there’s a surplus who would buy it? If it’s the FCI that would buy the surplus then what’s the difference with the current situation. The right approach should be government should sell to the corporates or export the excess.

[@v.sngranawat570]

I also had same question. Well said.

[@eamanisun]

Problem is farmers would expect government to buy, not at market rates but at farmer benefit rates. Govt has no wherewithal to manage such a feat (in terms of infrastructure and capital) and it is not its primary duty. Even if govts buy at an premium rate, it'll just distort market price and in turn affect our capacity to exports (such commodities available cheaper else where in the world). That is the reason why GOI has huge stocks of wheat and rice, as cost paid by GOI to farmers is so exorbitant that let alone the world, not even Indian private sector will buy them at those rates. And it is just inefficient for government to get into it. It leads to a lot of wasted resources that this country can ill afford.

[@abhinavchaudary2879]

Now farmers will be able to sell produce to anybody and previously it was restricted to their APMC and now farmers has broader choice whether to sell in APMC , FCI or to corporate or anywhere where they will earn huge profits . So what is the problem from this bill

[@bupeshtandan3760]

Farmers have guaranteed income with MSP and are not switching to crops which india needs like olive oil and keep on producing crops like wheat and Rice. India spends billions of dollars to get olive oil that too from a country who is hostile to india. You must have read recently india stopped imports from Malaysia because of many reasons.

[@DesiSense]

Everyone Knows that Corporates would not pay more than MSP eventually, else the could buy from the govt itself.

[@mralwyngeorge]

India must start producing more barley and more beer. Beer price in India could be reduced thereby becoming a beer super power.

[@harshprajapati9251]

Beer 🍻 takes long time to produce , you will have to be a millionaire to make farm . Its a good business but takes to much time . you have to be patient in the beginning which is a big gamble

[@oliverqueen5095]

This I agree, some one give this man a beer

[@rh2400]

You must be a beer lover😆😆

[@MainakMandalE]

Whats wrong with wheat or rice beer? Both taste excellent in my opinion.

[@shubhudabak]

Alwyn George for Union Minister of Beer! 🍻

[@rishabhchopra3167]

8 amendments rejected by farmers outrightedly is obnoxious. Who will believe there aren't any vested interests who refused to inform farmers correctly. We support farmers, will support them forever but rejecting good laws in not in national interest. Also, once this government loses majority (for good) next time, such watershed laws will once again become a dream. Plug the lacuna and move on ! Also, SG sir, would request you to cover legitimate farmers' apprehensions like Lack of legal remedies in contract farming, Already far less no of mandis in country and private substitution of mandis etc etc. 🙏🏼

[@freesoul3466]

in Telangana MAZE one of main crop before Telangana govt intervention 100 kg of maze going for 800 to 1200 in open market// and MSP is 1800/After state govt procurement it went to 1600 and remember TELANGANA have one of the well formed poultry industry/ I am from NAKREKAL((biggest citrus growing cluster in India) ) - TELANGANA we have 1200 lemon trees 25 kg lemon bag goes for 160 to 240(any price below 600 is just ripoff) this also no MSP crop // this new laws promote private markets but in reality private markets are more rigged than APMC that i am seeing regularly

[@nirmalyasasmal6826]

@@freesoul3466 but they are not ending APMC and MSP

[@hamaartube]

Amazing episode. Lots of history, economics and current affairs. And the presentation is top notch. Journalist, Professor, orator all in one.

[@pseudoeverything1656]

@G Kaur that is also very true

[@pseudoeverything1656]

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[@06.vineethdsouza80]

@G Kaur only successful sector ? Compare debt of FCI and air India and then tell if FCI is successful

[@Ki_Man]

The only leftist (popularly) I love to listen more...... Sekhar ji respect from Andhra.

[@sheersode6843]

Same XD

[@kumarswamy19]

He is not at all leftist. He is more right than right wing government (economically)

[@sourabhsingh5286]

He's not a leftist... He's a liberal politically and socially.... capitalist economically... Much like the Democratic party in the US

[@JosephStalin-io5fp]

He maintains a balance between left and right

[@ayanmishra2186]

This bill does tackle many issues it's unfortunate the politics being done over it these amendments should be given a chance

[@sciencealert5566]

@@anupamsharma1 na bhai Duniya hi mar**d h

[@azankhan88]

These ammendments have been in place since 2005 in Bihar. The results are there for all to see.

[@ayanmishra2186]

@@azankhan88 The existing laws have failed farmers for decades results are everywhere to see if you had watched the video bihar is addressed and why pick only bihar every successful country in the agricultural sector has integrated farmers with the market

[@azankhan88]

@@ayanmishra2186 In almost every country in the world farmers are protected either through heavy subsidies or large barriers to entry. The few places were commercial agriculture is successful involve large farm sizes and massive investment capex. That is certainly not going to be possible in India. As for Bihar, it makes far more sense to compare an Indian State with an NDA administration. Ps: I am economically very liberal and a strong opponent of Gov intervention in general but blindly following Krugman, fukuyama or freedman in the name of "reform" is going to doom our economy.

[@ab-zg1fr]

@@azankhan88 You know so much about economy . Can you name a single country with good economy having more than 10 % of its population involved in farming ?

[@padamagarwal8184]

An excellent analysis and commentary by Shekhar ji. It makes this farmers issue so simple to understand.

[@HeenaBisht1993]

Thank you for sharing facts and not politicising it as left or right! Kudos to SG ❤️

[@AnjayKumar-io6so]

Great Episode Mr Shekhar, if farmers watch this, it would definitely open there eyes blinded by dirty politicians like one. Mr AKJ...

[@ayan_keepcalm]

Govt brought a good law.. farmers should not be used to make a political offensive. Farmers also should be made more aware on the issue.

[@KiranKumar-nb4nx]

I think MSP is a legitimiate valid point from farmers side. Anyway the argument is that farmers will get more than MSP, so nobody is losing by adding MSP in to the law

[@ayan_keepcalm]

No need to add msp in act..as it's already there and no body abolished it ....govt already clearified it so many times ..but if it's a political protest...no one care what's the law is... protest for the sake of protest

[@crudetorefined4059]

@@KiranKumar-nb4nx but govt can only guarantee MSP on govt purchase only. A certain type of quality produce is not a thing for govt, as they have to sell that produce at Rs 1 and 2. If private players are bound to purchase each and everything on MSP then they will not invest. If they are not getting a product that is not of desired quality, why they will buy it on MSP.

[@KiranKumar-nb4nx]

@@crudetorefined4059 If the price of a commodity is below MSP, the govt should buy it at MSP. European Union does that (though the term MSP is not there) to help farmers there. Indian farmers are much poorer and need more help compared to them.

[@someshdabral4009]

@@KiranKumar-nb4nx msp is not controlled by market, pvt sector will only buy on market price ,if demand of wheat is more in market they will buy above msp, but if demand in market is low they will buy below msp,if govt legalise the msp they will not buy anything, govt can take losses and still pay msp ,but private sector will not buy like that

[@JohnWick-vd5fk]

If these reforms are rolled back, I will lose hope that I will ever see India as a developed nation.

[@ajeebdastaaan396]

It won't happen until manufacturing takes off in a big way ala China!! Then only people employed in agriculture would move towards the industry and incomes would rise to get India into the middle income country status and then high income/developed status.

[@madtitanoboa462]

@@ajeebdastaaan396 too much expectations lol. A country where a simple law can not pass without months of protest can't progress.

[@ajeebdastaaan396]

@@madtitanoboa462 Yeah I know that!! Not less than wishful thinking to see India even as a middle income country by the time China graduates into High income one!!

[@DreamofAnything]

@@madtitanoboa462 sad but true bro 😪, in india nobody wants to do anything but only protest.

[@dineshothamkumar]

This one single session gives more information that anyone needed. Brilliant.

[@Two_brothers2023]

This is one side information. We have to get healthy debate on this issue. Half information is much dangerous.

[@email4ady]

@@Two_brothers2023 y is this one side?

[@ravinder19rikhi]

Lefties be like ... Party badal liya sala 😁😁😁😁

[@harivatsaparameshwaran4174]

Hes always been a Neoliberal , hes always been pro free market reforms.

[@shivamverma-cr5gz]

Sadhguru explained Need of farm reforms and other issues of agriculture very clearly, watch this video of sadhguru 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIjSephvqayMadk

[@shivamverma-cr5gz]

@Shashvat K have you seen that video? Because i belong to farmers family and i have seen that video and i found that very apt. that's why i am sharing it.

[@harivatsaparameshwaran4174]

@Shashvat K Have you read the bill? Literally all opposition parties wanted the bill 5 years back and even congress had it in their 2019 manifesto. Government deregulation is good. We really need to stop worshipping farmers in this country.

[@harivatsaparameshwaran4174]

@Shashvat K I never said that we need to eliminate all subsidies , i said we need to stop worshipping farmers because there is this idea in the indian political sphere that every demand of a farmer must be met and we must always "stand with the farmer" no matter their demands. For example economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/why-debt-waivers-are-likely-to-hurt-indian-farmers-in-the-long-run/articleshow/57461179.cms?from=mdr Also name one provision in the current bill that "cuts" government subsidies, their are none it just offers more choice to the farmer as a producer which leads to more competitive prices and directly benefits us the consumers. Please illuminate why worshipping any group and caving to their political demands at every possible instant without even debating the policies is healthy for any society.

[@mulukasreenath5192]

Yesterday got messed with professor nageshwar rao vs jayprakash Narayan debate in telugu channel now some clarity have got thank you so much SG sir

[@RaviTeja-ud7ug]

If you have seen jp sirs old you tube video channel he has said this way back then.

[@mulukasreenath5192]

@@RaviTeja-ud7ug ok bro i will see it.but yesterday debate he didn't replied to that issue why corporates are purchasing below msp.and economical status of FCI

[@RaviTeja-ud7ug]

@@mulukasreenath5192 Oh is it !! actually, I'm not watching telugu news these days😂 which channel did this debate happened. And in my opinion Professor is strongly against corporates

[@mulukasreenath5192]

@@RaviTeja-ud7ug Iam also not watching this hypocrite channels but i thought yesterdays debate in abn channel pnr vs jp.i just heard what pnr is saying because he is opposing the bills 1.why bihar corporates are not giving msp to farmers after state gvt allowed corporates to buy the farm produce 2.why most of the farmers are not selling their produce in apmc 3.in APMC( mandis) private traders are also part or only fci will procure the farm produce If fci is giving msp then all the farmers will sell their total farm produce to fci then why farmers where selling

[@mulukasreenath5192]

@@RaviTeja-ud7ug bro i got clarified only first question from sg sir second and third questions still i have doubt can you clarify

[@dhairyasheel]

This is what Prime Time shows in main stream media should look like, and what do they run..? SHIT..! 👎😞 Kudos to u SG..! 👌

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thanks for writing in.

[@v.sngranawat570]

SG does not even know that niti ayog and nirmala have already talked about removing msp and apmc. Cacp also sent notice. Protest dekhke bolne lag gye msp

[@ankitmishra178]

Yes kudos to print

[@v.sngranawat570]

@@ThePrintIndia sorry sir but i found it the most unbiased video. U dont research well.

[@nishiprasad5973]

@@v.sngranawat570 SG is a crooked ,dishonest ,chor ,stooge of Antonia

[@SherazAnwarH]

The last comment on explaining the new laws to the farmer, what better than making this episode in Hindi & sending them to the farmers mobiles !

[@SushmitWali]

More so it should be for Punjab-Haryana (Punjabi language). It's just west UP farmers agitating. UP-Bihar produce a better variety of rice yet poor people there have to eat substandard rice from MSP (procures from Punjab-Haryana mostly).

[@nagesharas5136]

Thanks for this finely researched explanation! I still don't understand many aspects: 1. The farmers in PB+HR get free water and electricity, but not in all other states. That means a heavy cut in the input costs for PB+HR farmers. That means the calculated Max Retail Price (MRP) of the produce should have dropped drastically. And yet the MSP does not take this heavy subsidy into account! WHY?? 2. In the other states, where this same subsidy is not there, the farmers are at a disadvantage. India is a common market. A subsidized produce from PB/HR will hurt all other states. Then why don't the other states set up a price barrier? Or protest against PB+HR? According to Yogendra Yadav, the farmer's stir will find support across the country.) That means the other farmers are not aware/concerned about the price differential. 3. How does the MSP remain constant instead of following the rule of supply and demand? Why does it not follow the market equilibrium price? (It can still prevent predatory pricing, without being extravagant.) 4. How can APMCs operate at a huge loss, while the states get their 6% cut, and the agents get their 2.5%? That sort of commission is justified only in a free-market transaction, not in a controlled economy! 5. How does a bankrupt APMC work year after year? What is the absolute limit when it can go no more? 6. If the other states offer the same MSP to their own farmers, why is subsidized wheat/rice a problem? 7. In terms of the supply chain, how is purchasing more than what you consume justified? Even in terms of MSP, it should be tied with a target quantity for each of the 30 items. Any produce in excess of that target would have to be sold in the open market. That would automatically make the farmer choose a crop where MSP is available. And then we would not have the practice of buying unnecessary stock. 8. If value chain analysis is done, all APMCs would have to be closed down, as they are not adding any value. Does the government at any level have any regulator that raises such flags? 9. I haven't seen a private think tank discussing this imbalance. Why? How come this vital issue was never a part of public discourse? Our public debates always ignore economic fundamentals.

[@HimanshuS-YT]

I used to respect Yogendra Yadav for his acumen, but, now I know better - he is so ideologically driven, he refuses to acknowledge why Bihar gave the result it gave ( he said Bihar ia irrelevant for North India pol.), now this Farmer Protests.. If anything is irrelevant it is he himself - He was dropped from Farmer Delegation who met the Govt.

[@biswarupbhatacharjee6537]

Guptaji is ideologically driven . Ideology of market which has failed all over the world. This ideology is against the people.

[@heavyatheart]

Hate driven. Communists and jihadis are one and same.

[@rh2400]

If you will know his family history then you will understand him probably.

[@harjotkaur7511]

I patiently heard the whole video and each fact is stated in correct and clear manner. But I don't understand that what is the point where it says how these laws will help the farmers. Farmers in Punjab and Haryana are not happy by growing paddy, they do not have any other options. Instead of privatizing the agriculture sector, government should have started procuring more of the other crops that India is importing from outside. If we can have surplus of wheat and rice in the country by following a pattern of giving MSP and then procuring the produce. It can also be done for other commodities. Farmers are demanding from more than a decade now to have procurement system and MSP for other crops, which will not only help them save their groundwater, which is going down year by year but will also help India to have sufficient supply of the commodities which we are importing from outside. Bringing in the big corporations will neither help the farmers nor the consumers. Other point that is not covered in this video is that how Punjab and Haryana have spoilt their lands by putting in chemicals to increase production and to feed the starving India of 1960s. And now after using them and having sufficient supply of grains, we are saying we do not need your produce. Thanks for reading, hope you will understand that thousands of people are sleeping on roads because of some reason.

[@RajAN-rh5qy]

I never had any respect for this guy who is a prisoner of some stone age philosophy. Yogendra yadav's acumen is in fishing in troubled waters.

[@bhargavdesai7984]

This single video itself is worth more than 500 RS.

[@ShubhamKumar-lt9ie]

very true.. BJP should handover this video to their IT cell guy after translating it into different languages.. hopefully half of the protests will calm down

[@majimakiriyu4872]

@@ShubhamKumar-lt9ie Farmers of other states are suffering due to selfishness of punjab and haryana farmers

[@anandpandey5105]

@@arunshetty3395 they are trying to blackmail, directly.

[@ranu__12]

@@majimakiriyu4872 Haryaan , Punjab farmers are protesting because Only in Haryana and Punjab farmers were getting MSP which was around Central recommended MSP for crop , Otherwise in most of the states ,states government buys Crops at a much lower rate than Recommended by Central government

[@mulukasreenath5192]

Can anyone can clarify my doubt 1. Why most of thefarmers are not selling their produce in APMC 2.In Apmc ( mandis) is there any private traders will buy or only fci buys if fci buys at msp then all the farmers will sell there produce to fci only.is there any restrictions on fci how much it should procure

[@MrKannan1234]

What a clarity in thought. I have loved it and wonderful piece of data.

[@Athenawhy]

Thank you so much for this informative video

[@suryakiran9548]

SG is a storyteller, never for a second am I bored watching this series.

[@apchetan]

One of the best videos by Shekharji. I do not agree with him on most of his videos sans this one.

[@amans5422]

Most of the porn viewers report never being bored...same for addictive alcoholics and cocaine users..is it your criteria of being a good listener?

[@pradipkumarhazarika4307]

Definitely he is a great storyteller despite his all views are not free from biases.

[@pradipkumarhazarika4307]

We diagnosed the disease but where are the medications?

[@suryavaliveti8355]

@@amans5422 hmm you got a vivid imagination bro.

[@Krishna_gaming_98]

Interesting that so called controversial farm bills is unopposed by farmers of 27 states😉👍🏼

[@sivaramprasad267]

No you will see DMK pigs protest tomorrow. They are good at diverting stuff.

[@thatgirlwithherheadinthecl8777]

Just because almost everyone is indifferent to a cause doesn't mean that cause is wrong or unwanted, airhead.

[@KiranKumar-nb4nx]

If you look from russia, you will only see panjab. When you look from india, you will see farmers from panjab, hariyana, UP, Bihar even farmers from Kerala

[@MrNicku12345]

What if the new system gives you more price for corn ? So will the entire farming shift to it ??

[@ashushukla5200]

@@KiranKumar-nb4nx bro i am also from up We don't see any kind of protest from farmers Ab tm bichaaulio ko kisaan kaho too tmhri galti

[@sudhirnair]

Great gyaan! Thank you Shekhar! You are doing the nation a favor by your candid message!

[@siddharthaganguli5299]

Sir, thanks for bringing our a balanced view. This is too large and complicated an issue for us common people to fathom. You have made things easier for us.

[@atulchalbaaz]

Sugarcane in up and Maharashtra has msp. And it consumed a lot of water, producing excessive sugar which is not needed

[@adj33]

Sharad Pawar controls the sugar industry in Maharashtra.

[@AdityaSingh-mh3cb]

And that's not even MSP, that's FRP- Fair & Remunerative Price. Basically, not the govt. but the factories pay higher than market price for procurement, thus producing expensive sugar which is not globally competitive and leads to a glut in the domestic markets. Govt. must immediately stop meddling with markets.

[@shirishsarmukadam1963]

Thats why ground water level is depleting

[@arundhatimalviya3533]

The way NDTV did a campaign for tigers print should for water conservation . Campaign against sugarcane growers in Maharashtra and UP. Sugar cane should be grown only by Bihar

[@adj33]

@@arundhatimalviya3533 Easier said than done. There are people dependent on the income from sugarcane, govt will have to provide alternatives and compensation.

[@reachbalaiyer]

I am also a former from tamilnadu, I support the form bill.

[@amxn97]

Yes you are a "former" mind like you cannot be Farmer who feed entire nation.

[@sdmrizvi1496]

One of the most sincere and facts based journalism.....Journalism ideally can only be and must be like this..... Shekhar Sir and his team needs a big applause ....... All the students learning journalism must take Shekhar Sir as one of the most astonishing sound of the country...... God Bless you Shekhar Sir.

[@ArunSharma84]

Finally. Thank you for taking up this topic. Some questions for you: 1. If FCI is carrying grain worth 1.8 lakh crores and not able to sell, how is the farmer expected to sell this to corporates? 2. How is it legitimate to take out 1700 thousand crore state revenue? How is that being substituted, esp for a debt-ridden state? 3. If MSP was developed targeted at Punjab and Haryana, should the farmers there not be consulted when Govt is trying to mess with that? 4. What happened in Bihar by abolition of APMC, what are the chances of it not getting replicated across India since we have an overall surplus of grains as we k ow for a fact?

[@ganeshdtnv530]

1.stop producing that nobody can sell and start producing that somebody can sell. 2.revenue?? so you take money from already low income agriculture and call that revenue. I call it plunder. agriculuture needs govt investment not taxes. 3.nobody told that msp will be taken away. 4.Bihar farmers started producing that they can sell esp fruits. Bihar has seen one of the highest agricultural growth after abolition of apmc.

[@divyanshumishra3670]

Another idiotic thing that our populist leaders from across various parties do in India are the "loan-waivers". The taxpayer (mostly middle class) is looted by the government in giving counter-productive loan waivers, which have now created the NPA crisis in PSBs. My father works in a regional PSB, and he's so frustrated nowadays due to overwork, and the added pressure due to the NPA problem. Our populist leaders will never understand this. DBT is also only slightly better than loan-waivers, and it too doesn't solve the core structural problems in our agriculture sector.

[@technicalaman3043]

ya also the ration food being given for last 60 yrs Free distribution. to the poor states like Bihar Bengal, UP, Orissa, TN etc.

[@gandu5417]

Come on read some economy before buying into propaganda. You just saw how this farmer's bill was twisted and now khalistanis are taking advantage. Every capitalist and pragmatic country will give loan waivers to businesses. They give jobs to people, without giving them waivers the jobs will be gone with the business closed. The individual with a home loan doesn't hire people for taking home loans. It helps the ease of doing business. If that was nit done you would be here complaining about loss of jobs.

[@gandu5417]

@@EragonShadowSlasher why? You didn't take a loan for a business that hires people. Why the fuck should we tax payers give you money for your home loan. The businesses hires people. Who the fuck told you to take a loan if you couldn't pay for it? There's a difference between your individual loan and that business loan.

[@technicalaman3043]

@@gandu5417 Where did you saw Khalistani - on youtube only ? why u didnt went to Police to report against that Khalistani Gandu 1st clear your thoughts, its not Sardar vs Hindu. its farmer protest. Jai Modi

[@gandu5417]

@@technicalaman3043 read my comments properly I am talking about jumping into the propaganda bandwagon

[@rajatyadav9698]

Good talk Shekhar, at least someone is making sense.😇 Everyone else is busy doing politics and propaganda.

[@joy8978]

Hover to Right & to Left, claim you are in the Center of the road...unbiased. Good or Bad, change needs trust & confidence, which is missing...tomorrow we will be on the left lane 😀

[@rajatyadav9698]

@@joy8978 Agreed that either good or bad change needs trust & confidence which is missing. Govt. needs to talk to farmers and take them in confidence.

[@rajatyadav9698]

@@forumwomenindia The thing is you can't deny facts. If you have anything factual about which SG has lied then I am all ears, go on and if not then just your heavy words won't cut it.

[@Priya-cm3tr]

@@forumwomenindia Because you are looking at the facts through ideology. The left media/congress is more communal which will make Farmer's bill into a Sikh and Khalistan issue which would derail the whole thing.

[@pr33t007]

All non farmer make sense and Farmers are fools All bhakts are intelligent and all who ask questions are desh drohi. Shame.. The Farmers have put Modi to Shame. Arrogance needs to end. Stop the history. Farmers are educated and intelligent. Dont manipulate them.

[@vinodpanchpal253]

One of the best Newsroom. With Nature and chirping at the background. A shortcoming becoming a strength.

[@ishusidhu3505]

one of the bill clearly states that farmers cannot go to the court If they have any dispute with the contractor and moreover So called private market is already present in rest of the India apart from PB and HR 94% of the farmers are already not selling it to the APMC because they don't have them

[@abhinavchaudary2879]

So farmers should demand judiciary in any dispute instead of removal of laws

[@RaghuSeth]

Today’s edition was a master class. Great episode.

[@pprrps]

Sad sad , farmers are shooting themself in their head and foot. This is great bill.

[@HistoryOfBharat]

How??? In India, every year the production of food grains r more than the requirements of our country. In Market economy, if production is high,price will be low. Lets say today Punjab farmers start growing some other product,then price of that will go down. Now, corporate can procure and keep any amount of food grains in der reserve. If d production is high one year they will procure and next year if the price is high,they will not buy it. Or they will say that we already hv so much, give us in the less price.

[@KiranKumar-nb4nx]

Add MSP and make it a better bill. The argument is that farmers are going to get more money than MSP. So why the issue of adding MSP in that?

[@apssingla]

You can't entirely conclude it is good, there are many issues which the farmers are facing too. We should look at them from Micro level, and then make a decision whether these are good or not!

[@animesh_tiwary]

@@HistoryOfBharat If corporates do not buy, farmers still have Govt APMC to sell their produce. APMCs are not abolished. They will continue to remain. The new Act just removes the mandatory provision of selling produce only in APMC.

[@pprrps]

@@apssingla only Punjab and Haryana. Rest of farmers are getting screwed by the old law. Farmer should be able to sell their crops anywhere in India. This issue is only for wheat and rice. MIlk , poultry are run privately and they are very successful.

[@auppal8346]

You ended certainly on a positive note. Bravo !!

[@yogeshbabu9942]

🙏great to hear which no other channel is ready to say

[@subashpadhee7096]

I wish Arfa Khanum Sherwani watches “Cut the Clutter “ by Shekhar Gupta ji. She is busy organising another Saheen Baug movement.

[@MrThebeand]

She's the cringiest person ever. Used to watch her, don't know how. People don't like change, if they were at it they'll sit and do the same thing until there's an ecological disaster in punjab and haryana Ofc Modi govt can make a better job at explaining this, they have propaganda machines in whatsapp, they have arnab goswami. Can't imagine why they can't use them for a good purpose

[@rishabhraj8233]

@@MrThebeand cause people now know about those propaganda machines and watch propaganda like ndtv and dhruv rathee

[@MrThebeand]

@@rishabhraj8233 ok I don't consider republic or any right winger as some beacon of honesty either. I'm dissuaded to even look into many right wing channels because of the amount pseudo science. This channel takes a very balanced knowledgable approach

[@shanb6699]

She is a Jihadi pisslsmic. Her only role is to carry the seed of the men.

[@opuntian]

@@shanb6699 And u r a shame to ur mother & humanity.

[@utkarshupadhyay1485]

at last someone said something sensible .....

[@pr33t007]

Full of shit.

[@pr33t007]

Godi .Media.. All Faillour Demontisation GSt Now playing with lives of Farmers

[@human2667]

. His videos are for business men not for farmers. Devinder sharma and p sainath are also with farmers. Sirf ye SG is not and after watching his video i can clearly say he nowhere talked about benefit of farmer. I find him biased with no practical knowledge and just theory.

[@bharatindian6633]

Best episode of CTC till date. Unbiased....

[@siddhantk4985]

Thanks sg sir Amongst this protest chaos This video declutters everything In perfect way without singling out anyone that's the essence of perfect Analysis..

[@pranayvaka1113]

Look, I know CTC is always good. But damn! Guptaji pushed his research to next level with this CTC!

[@animesh_tiwary]

It was not in written in any previous Act that Govt must not purchase below MSP yet the Govt procures on MSP. If after having received MSP for so many years, they don't believe the Govt, then the problem is with them. Moreover, Punjab's high productivity is heavily subsidized by the Govt. I don't believe they will be able to compete in domestic market with other states if subsidies were withdrawn. So, the fact of high productivity of Punjab in the country is highly arguable.

[@hnb193]

I am pretty sure Assam can easily beat Punjab if fair competition exists

[@beenaramachandran9709]

The GHI 2020 report has placed India 94th position among 107 countries. I wonder why our hungry population cannot benefit from the surplus rice and wheat if the govt wishes to utilise it .

[@yahooezone]

@Shekar Gupta: As I see this is one of your best videos, A heartfelt Thanks to you 🙏🙏🙏

[@dr.deveshsahu9165]

Sir, kindly also present this episode in hindi, I want to show this to my parents. Please again present in hindi if your schedule permits.

[@sanchayshiv1147]

You yourself can't translate to your parents in hindi. How bogus and ignorant you are 👈.

[@Lakk958]

Also show your parents interview of Dr. Devinder sharma and you should see it as well

[@harjotkaur7511]

@@sanchayshiv1147 I patiently heard the whole video and each fact is stated in correct and clear manner. But I don't understand that what is the point where it says how these laws will help the farmers. Farmers in Punjab and Haryana are not happy by growing paddy, they do not have any other options. Instead of privatizing the agriculture sector, government should have started procuring more of the other crops that India is importing from outside. If we can have surplus of wheat and rice in the country by following a pattern of giving MSP and then procuring the produce. It can also be done for other commodities. Farmers are demanding from more than a decade now to have procurement system and MSP for other crops, which will not only help them save their groundwater, which is going down year by year but will also help India to have sufficient supply of the commodities which we are importing from outside. Bringing in the big corporations will neither help the farmers nor the consumers. Other point that is not covered in this video is that how Punjab and Haryana have spoilt their lands by putting in chemicals to increase production and to feed the starving India of 1960s. And now after using them and having sufficient supply of grains, we are saying we do not need your produce. Thanks for reading, hope you will understand that thousands of people are sleeping on roads because of some reason.

[@sanchayshiv1147]

@@harjotkaur7511 ❤️ ।। राधे राधे ।। ❤️ ੴ वाहे गुरुजी का खालसा ੴ ☬ वाहे गुरु जी की फतेह ☬ मैं हमेशा से किसानों के सहयोग में ही रहा हूं। लेकिन आज मुझे एक बात समझ में नहीं आई। अगर अब वाला " 2020 का किसान कनून " किसानों के हिसाब से गलत है, तो फिर पुराने वाले " किसान कानूनों " के चलते आज तक 60 से 70 सालों में भी किसानों की हालत बुरी इस्थिती में ही क्यों है ? क्यूं वो उनके हिसाब से मंडी और उनमें अड़ती होने के बावजूद भी आज तक उनके ही हिसाब से उनकी फसल के कम से कम दाम पहले से ही निर्धारित होने के बाद भी उससे असहमत होकर क्यों अपनी ही फसलों से उगी सब्जियों और फलों को सड़कों पर डोलते आए हैं। ( और अतीत में घटित इन घटनाओं की अलग अलग तस्वीरों और वीडियो दोनो को कई बार हम लोगों ने स्वयं अपनी आंखों से सोशियल मीडिया और समाचारों दोनो में देखा है। ) हमें थोड़ा जागरूकता और गहराई दोनो से सोचना होगा, बिना किसी की बातों और दबाव में आए। अगर किसनों के हिसाब से अब वाला " 2020 का कानून " गलत है, तो फिर क्यों अतीत में किसान मंडियों में उनकी फसलों के प्रति मिल रही कम से कम सहयोग राशि से असंतुष्ट होकर और बिना किसी रोक टोक के अधिक स्तर और मूल्य पर अपनी फसलों को मंडी से बाहर जाकर बेचने व जमा करने की मांग क्यों करते आए हैं ?

[@engineeringmarvel6275]

I never liked print but I appreciate your work on this issue

[@vivekanand9944]

Cut the clutter has been good, pretty unbiased

[@rashmimenon9642]

Absolutely even i never liked print but this been unbiased and more realistic view of current situation.

[@niminsuresh4249]

What's your stand on the clause that prohibits civil courts from hearing any plea against any one involved in this

[@sumitbahuguna5390]

Bro anyone can go to high and supreme court. No law passed from parliament can stop you from going to these courts.

[@sumitbahuguna5390]

@Khalai Makhlooq lower courts are also not pristine. But if there is the case and one party lose they will surely go to high court. Then what will you do, ultimately you will end up going to these upper courts one way or another even if small matter. That's why for small matters sdm is assigned.

[@06.vineethdsouza80]

Courts only gives "Tarik peh Tarik" Court give more dates than verdicts

[@satyendranathkhan5000]

Best analysis of India's agricultural scenario & MSP. Should be highly publicized among the Indian population.

[@harshprajapati9251]

Simply he said : "Farmers of Haryana and Punjab don't know how to do business."

[@ayan_keepcalm]

He said the right points

[@KiranKumar-nb4nx]

If everyone start doing business, we will endup importing food for all

[@realmilind]

@@KiranKumar-nb4nx How?

[@dnhdfnfkrjxjxfjjggj3002]

@@KiranKumar-nb4nx bhai logic hain ki nahi😁😁😁

[@amxn97]

What a joke that people of punjab and haryana donot know how to do business . Did you under alcohol influence

[@rishabhraja]

Cut the Clutter suggestion - Rajinikanth's entry in TN politics and the implications it will have for Dravidian politics

[@kimboruah7622]

DK Singh sir did a video on it

[@freesoul3466]

Nothing he will close shop in 2 years.. gone are days film actors winning entrie state

[@nagraj2k1]

Zilch effect

[@udaynarayanpan6704]

Yes

[@tharunmangattil2759]

@@mkganya6013 Superb🤣

[@sanskrutivrajeshpanchal2453]

Only love and respect to THE PRINT

[@kalpathymani4813]

Excellent CTC. Perhaps, you could have mentioned about the crop production in Maharashtra and southern states as well. This would have gives us an overall view of crop production in India.

[@sujaymg]

As Ashkok gulati said govt failed in communication with farmers.

[@immanuel5095]

Punjab congress gov & rahul deliberately spread the misinformation amongst the farmers and incited the protests.

[@0609Bhuwan]

So how exactly do you successfully communicate with middlemen when you bring a bill abolishing middlemen ?? Ha ha

[@AjayKeshri.0]

Bullshit there was deliberation with expert then at parliamentary committee same reform was demanded by Congress cpi even kisan Sanghtan protesting now you can see their tweets bit now they are protesting. Political party misguided gullible farmers for their vested interests hence lack of communication is bullshit

[@AjayKeshri.0]

@kangh88 kang what's ur problem india is at technical recession correct yourself

[@anotheridiotoninternet6635]

@kangh88 kang so does that include your m...

[@Tony2687]

SG is precise but govt lost chance to remove the apprehensions of farmers months back.hope they will reach a consensus

[@immanuel5095]

The congress government in Punjab kept inciting the farmers for political reasons. Remember the buffoon rahul was sitting on the tractor.

[@sarabjitsingh4442]

Media and Govt did not take Farmers seriously when they were protesting in Punjab for weeks together. Only when they marched in to Delhi , things started working and noticed.

[@ritwikmahajan7507]

@@sarabjitsingh4442 government has asked for talks in october itself which was rejected by farmers only. farmers have rejected GOVT proposal for talks about 5 times.

[@harshitrautela8662]

@@ritwikmahajan7507true

[@santoshseethanaboyina8255]

Great content and well presented ! Enables one to see through the fog of sensationalism and ideologies - the real issues related to an aspect. Thank you so much !

[@aananthanarayanan8853]

Sir you are the one and only unbiased journalist who state facts without any political leanings whatsoever.

[@abhijithn.b4552]

The print compensated yesterday's glitch by bringing beautiful visuals in today's CTC! Background👌🏼

[@shivanipal4379]

Hey if you are on Twitter tag this video to diljit Sir he is misguid by dalals

[@abhishekdatta4194]

Very very well explained. I made a comment about this in a previous episode, and I say it again.....for the sake of National Interest, I really feel that the Govt should include SG in the team that is negotiating with the farmers.

[@shivangdixit007]

Lol

[@mulukasreenath5192]

Can anyone could clarify my doubt 1. Why most of the farmers are not selling their produce in APMC 2. Is there any private trader in APMC (mandis) or only fci buys total farm produce if fci is giving msp then all the farmers will sell their produce to fci only why they are not selling their total produce.is there any restrictions for fci to procure

[@surajitmanna4472]

@@mulukasreenath5192 no the fci already has surplus even after that it had to buy wheat and rice from farmers on msp and offcourse most of the grains even after free distribution under various schemes rot provided bad and not using technology in storage facilities so the fci is already in loss but since it is a government body it is not dissolved yet and yes 90 % grains are still sold to private players offcourse indirectly due to middlemen in mandis which this law will remove as the farmer can directly sell it to the private player

[@mulukasreenath5192]

@@surajitmanna4472 is there will be any restrictions on fci to buy only that much limit

[@mulukasreenath5192]

@@surajitmanna4472 bro in apmc there are any private traders or only fci will procure

[@kaulkaul8898]

this is by far the best report in cut the clutter. this can be a lecture by itself in an economics class👏👏

[@nishanthkadire]

Mr Gupta Videos like this make my day better especially when you learn a lot about your own country. It also doesn’t make me regret my monthly contribution, keep up the good work and I will increase my contribution

[@karthikb5]

Thank you CTC for such rich research. Re protests: Just because something good has not been communicated well (as alleged on BJP now on these good laws), does not take away the fact that the laws are still v good for the farmers.Let's pl kill the 'BJP failed to communicate' narrative and condemn this protest.

[@Mahek_Mehta_1102]

I agree and its not that Govt. has not tried to communicate it to them. I have seen Govt. handles on Twitter communicating this. But there r many channels and people who have their own vested interest,they r creating fear among farmers and giving them wrong info.

[@mesinjana]

why should anyone condemn the protests? did they destroy public property or beat up someone? Instead the police on state orders damaged the road. Everyone has the right to protest peacefully and be heard, especially when concerns so many people. And all the TV channels are busy not just condemning them but even tagging them as terrorists and antinationals - and you expect the Punjabis to take that lying down?

[@nilanjandutta_]

This is the same issue as with CAA

[@rushirajraval8975]

Waiting for this cutter for long on farmer issues.. thank you

[@SPS_SM]

That's why consultation with farmers and states should have happened, and than any new farm laws should have been made.

[@vyomchaudhary563]

You haven't even listened to him

[@evm6177]

Absolutely agreed, how can govt take decision without consulting the main players.. i.e. farmers. 😎

[@preejukprasad2212]

At last, clarity. I hope farmers come to their senses watching this.😊👍

[@naklimsdhoni1019]

The level of organizational skills the Sikhs has is legendary and incredible, every person has food water and all basic needs during protest.

[@technicalaman3043]

it easy to comment, Visit Punjab see the difference how people contribute for Langars, otherwise ask any Bihari in Punjab how they are feeded. if you dont want to spend on travel visit gurudwara near you will come to know.

[@gandu5417]

They have plenty of money from msp. They are the only farmers in india that are rich. They abuse their money. Waste their money in drugs prostitution and sending their sons to foreign countries. Now they whine about why they aren't getting paid more by keeping the poor famers in bihar bengal starving

[@jubilantakku6993]

@@gandu5417 I guess you forgot to mention how they have abused their own land by decreasing water level(because no crop other than wheat rice), using Urea, and subtle burning.. which also increase pollution... No doubt Punjab has the large number of cancer patients.. and these are farmers who are getting benefited from subsidies the most.. + free electricity .. from which they produce poor quality crop.. which only government can buy

[@chandrakantshanbhag3058]

@@technicalaman3043 YES. But then why my sikh Bros r behind drugs?,,, Why they r being converted to Christianity? What is being taught in *, GURU GRANTH SAHIB* is followed by every SIKH? Lastly I have not come across any objections point by point against the New Bill's through KISAN LEADERS? OR This is WAR AGAINST ONE PERSON NARENDRA MODI? VANDE MATARAM. How much water is being supplied by PUNJAB to HARIYANA Farmers?

[@Abhishek-sr2pu]

Getting some fundings bhai

[@nitishthakur4489]

Gupta ji, you should start a Podcast. I'm sure it will be a hit. Edit: I meant an exclusive Shekhar Gupta podcast.

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Nitish. We do have a podcast: Spotify: sptfy.com/theprint Apple: podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/theprint/id1488735954 Google: podcasts.google.com?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3RoZXByaW50L2ZlZWQueG1s JioSaavn: www.saavn.com/s/show/theprint/1/YEr-o9hjOF4_

[@nitishthakur4489]

@@ThePrintIndia I mean an exclusive Shekhar Gupta podcast. 😀

[@v.sngranawat570]

@@ThePrintIndia SG does not even know that niti ayog and nirmala have already talked about removing msp and apmc. Cacp also sent notice. Protest dekhke bolne lag gye msp

[@garvgupta7658]

Hats off to you... Such detailed analysis is the key for ending the chaos ....

[@ajaysoni3376]

Stocks are bulging, also google this, Global Hunger Index 2020: India ranks 94 out of 107 countries, under ‘serious’ category.

[@baghyasrib6929]

India has a big mismanagement problem let it be commodities like wheat, rice or let it be waste management. India must simply learn how to handle bulk stock.

[@ajaysoni3376]

@@baghyasrib6929 yes, may be distribution to Hungry people is an option, but that might come under "freebies" so discourage farmers to produce by not giving right price. Sounds good?

[@SushmitWali]

@@ajaysoni3376 Your are raising cold chain storage issue & malnutrition that doesn't converge to stocks. So called MSP procured wheat & rice are substandard. APMCs used to intentionally delay to cause superficial inflation. India' agriculture has been made excessively complex & wasted on expenses to exchequer govt (which inturn is on us to pay more)

[@rajx7120]

That 1.8 lakh crore could be used for schools and hospitals also.

[@pranitha6043]

And no shouting !!! I forgot news can be told calmly !😭

[@GururajBN]

Mr. SG, as usual, this is a comprehensive and superb presentation. I have seen TV channels and digital news websites starting the discussion somewhere in the middle of the subject. Wishing The Print greater success. I am sure that no country has screwed up its agriculture the way India has done. The politicians who perpetrated this horrible system of incentive deserve to roast in hell. The problem with Modi-Shah duo is that they believe in bulldozing the laws through the parliament. If sufficient discussion had taken place in the parliament and the select committees, the opposition would have been far more muted. CAA is another such example. If the government had referred the CAB to the select committee, shaheen bagh and Delhi riots could have been avoided.

[@RD-ln2vx]

Sir, Amrinder Singh and Sukbhir Singh Badal was part of farm committees who made these farm laws. Farmer unions have been urging to bring these laws from last 15-20 years. What more consensus you want? Here is BKU tweet of 2019: mobile.twitter.com/BKU_KisanUnion/status/1101674010666913792 Some political parties just want anarchy now as they are loosing.

[@immanuel5095]

Sorely miss Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj who used to break the fake narratives with midas touch.

[@immanuel5095]

@@RD-ln2vx congress is trying to create anarchy in order to stay relevant in politics at the cost of farmers.

[@harishs6048]

No sir. It is all a churning that is happening in Delhi that is causing this misinformation. There is a very influential Lutyens circle which includes professors from few universities and colleges, journalists, politicians from all parties, lawyers, IAS, IRS etc They would decide all policies, narrative etc. All news breaks, leaks etc happen here. Same people are lawyers, professors, politicians, many of their fathers were politicians, IAS, lawyers etc in same Delhi Their and daughter sons now study in same schools and they all meet in same bars at night😁. There were even part of highest decision making body, NAC in UPA government. They were influential in Vajpayee govt too. That is why Vajpayee was defended and his ill-health was hidden even when his health actually was not well during last year of his rule... When Devegowda did not encourage them, he was shown as I'll person who always sleeps etc. and finally brought down. But Modi had always had bad relationship with them. He did not encourage this circle. He took his own decision and in some cases replaced people from this circle in some important positions like JNU VC with science professor, members of NEP committee was headed by a scientist, chancellor of Jadhavpur was replaced, Hyderabad University, FTII etc. That is when the circle became active. Student protests started in JNU, Jadhavpur, Hyderabad, then came caste protests etc. Still Jaitley and Shushma Swaraj were Lutyens' friends in Modi govt. As long as they were present things were in control. Once they passed away, the circle became ruthless in misinformation. Earlier it was Intolerance, award wapsi, Student protest and then now it is CAA, Farmers etc. Never know what next.

[@harjotkaur7511]

I patiently heard the whole video and each fact is stated in correct and clear manner. But I don't understand that what is the point where it says how these laws will help the farmers. Farmers in Punjab and Haryana are not happy by growing paddy, they do not have any other options. Instead of privatizing the agriculture sector, government should have started procuring more of the other crops that India is importing from outside. If we can have surplus of wheat and rice in the country by following a pattern of giving MSP and then procuring the produce. It can also be done for other commodities. Farmers are demanding from more than a decade now to have procurement system and MSP for other crops, which will not only help them save their groundwater, which is going down year by year but will also help India to have sufficient supply of the commodities which we are importing from outside. Bringing in the big corporations will neither help the farmers nor the consumers. Other point that is not covered in this video is that how Punjab and Haryana have spoilt their lands by putting in chemicals to increase production and to feed the starving India of 1960s. And now after using them and having sufficient supply of grains, we are saying we do not need your produce. Thanks for reading, hope you will understand that thousands of people are sleeping on roads because of some reason.

[@pnydu]

Shekharji, exceptional objective journalism. The subscription has, in a master stroke, become 100% worthy.

[@pnydu]

@G Kaur haha... Kaurji... by posting this reply, you have made clear who is who, and what is you. For the demented out there like you: BJP is doing a stellar job by privatising many of the PSUs. One after the other. Managing a huge country with a massive population, with extreme disparities and inequality is not the same as managing a chicken coop... perhaps your worldview is limited. And I am glad you replied, the kind of nonsensical quack you people blurt out only makes the case for even bigger majority for the Modi-led development revolution, albeit its many failings and some hardline issues. Its still the best thing thats happened to India in over 40yrs.

[@ahpoddar1]

Wish government would explain this to farmers !! Nicely articulated, summarised. Historic references and whole stitching together was truly cutting the clutter !!

[@dineshgulati1664]

APMC is a state subject. Further government is agree on MSP. Then where is the problem ?

[@79nirankumar]

It's in the genes of Politics (Not to name), in the name of Farmers.

[@soumyagupta845]

Where has the government agreed on MSP?

[@jaspalguru2480]

Not expected from so called educated person.. pehle padho fir bolo...

[@dineshgulati1664]

@@jaspalguru2480 Yes. i have evidance. could forward you.

[@79nirankumar]

@@jaspalguru2480 Bro, If you do not understand the content and context of the video, then you are a scapegoat of politics.

[@ShivKumar-jf7gz]

Sir, it will be great if you reach out to farmers and explain them. This is the best explanation

[@sankalp6872]

Hopefully, the Govt will not go back on these reforms but anyway Congress or particularly the Gandhi family missed out on the credit for Liberalization due to an unnecessary feud with PV Narsimharao and now they'll lose out on credit for the second liberalization too due to Rahul's stupidity. The laws are good and change is hard also Modi govt made mistakes as they failed to take stakeholders onboard.

[@sujithkumar2041]

...and it was Modi who heralded liberalisation in India.

[@dr.prashantkumar5885]

I adore you for your Extraordinary & Multidimensional explanation of these 3 farm laws. Brilliantly said...❤️

[@rathore333]

This is what is expected of media - to educate people about the real background of an issue. Shekhar Gupta has done exactly that. Thanks for enlightening us.

[@someshdabral4009]

I am relieved that conspiracy theories of Yogendra Yadav did not affect SG, even after writing regularly in The Print

[@Lakk958]

SG did not explain the reason of not allowing the former to go to court in case of dispute. Ask him if you have contacg wigh him.

[@harjotkaur7511]

I patiently heard the whole video and each fact is stated in correct and clear manner. But I don't understand that what is the point where it says how these laws will help the farmers. Farmers in Punjab and Haryana are not happy by growing paddy, they do not have any other options. Instead of privatizing the agriculture sector, government should have started procuring more of the other crops that India is importing from outside. If we can have surplus of wheat and rice in the country by following a pattern of giving MSP and then procuring the produce. It can also be done for other commodities. Farmers are demanding from more than a decade now to have procurement system and MSP for other crops, which will not only help them save their groundwater, which is going down year by year but will also help India to have sufficient supply of the commodities which we are importing from outside. Bringing in the big corporations will neither help the farmers nor the consumers. Other point that is not covered in this video is that how Punjab and Haryana have spoilt their lands by putting in chemicals to increase production and to feed the starving India of 1960s. And now after using them and having sufficient supply of grains, we are saying we do not need your produce. Thanks for reading, hope you will understand that thousands of people are sleeping on roads because of some reason.

[@chetanasanghavi1576]

@@harjotkaur7511 You are not looking at benefits for the economy as a whole. 1. Centre is buying at MSP at 20 but looking at excess production the actual price may not be 20.... so why would paying something more which is not worth it. 2. Farmer is paying Mandi tax and other tax which is almost 6% in Punjab. Punjab state is making crores of money. As Punjab govt. is not showing evidence of the usage of money in terms of rural development. SO why can't the Punjab state govt. contribute to reducing this Mandi tax from 6% to 2% which will help the farmers and as well as center do not need to pay such a high price of MSP 3. Also, you want to center to keep MSP for other crops as well. Don't you think so government bill is already in deficit with 5000 crores of equity and 1.80 lack crores of liability? Do you want to more worsen the situation of our economy? Hope you understand the logic, that government is not paying from his pocket, it is our hard-earned money, tax, which will be utilized to pay MSP. It's not the government we the people (including Punjab state people) are suffering by managing the MSP of Punjab state. 4. I do have sympathy for farmers, I am not sure, does the farmer knows about their actual worth of produce (with excess production each year). I hope you understand the market function as determination of price depends on demand and supply. Who is paying more by keeping MSP? Don't you think we as consumers are paying more? 5. Well, the government is not throwing them out. The government encourages market participants to have fair prices of the product. 6. I can only see, who losses here, the Mandi and state income, in the form of tax, which they use to make money for themselves because farmers will any which ways get money for their goods that too without paying Mandi tax. Farmers have the advantage of selling goods without paying Mandi tax. I don't know who is fooling farmers. 7. The last point, as SG rightly said, the state/center should provide incentives to encourage them for the diversification of crops which helps our economy to reduce the deficit.

[@sumarianprince]

@@harjotkaur7511 You guys don't understand economics, do you ?

[@harjotkaur7511]

@@sumarianprince Make your point if you have any?

[@vruschik69]

Excellent analysis once again. You have at most times really set the standard high.

[@drmanishtotey706]

The facts presented are selective... If paddy and wheat are surplus, the MSP could have been given to incentivise oilseed crops and others that are needed. There is no objection to setting up of private mandis. But guaranteed MSP has to be included in the bills and everybody has to buy above that MSP. Farmer cannot be left at the mercy of the private players. If the end consumer gets farm products at a slightly higher price (which anyway he does because the vyapari stocks it up) so be it. The farmer needs to get his production cost plus some premium above it to survive. Non mandatory MSP is useless. I agree with the rest of the provisions of the new acts.

[@jagermeisterbomb1543]

MSP for oilseeds are given my friend...but the problem lies in its procurement. The largest buyer of farm produce on MSP is the FCI, but it only procures rice and wheat.

[@sourabhsingh5286]

Please have MSP for chats, sweets, samosa and what not. After all we can't leave these people at the mercy of private players (the cusomers). Business = risk. Don't have the appetite for risk don't do business. Farming is a business.

[@charukhare9754]

Excellent video ! I love the way you have a explained and everything 👏

[@adityajaykumar7260]

Modi should use this video and issue it in public interest on national TV.

[@Lakk958]

Before deciding anything please have a look on the other side of the coin, listen to an interview of Dr. Devinder sharma.

[@harjotkaur7511]

I patiently heard the whole video and each fact is stated in correct and clear manner. But I don't understand that what is the point where it says how these laws will help the farmers. Farmers in Punjab and Haryana are not happy by growing paddy, they do not have any other options. Instead of privatizing the agriculture sector, government should have started procuring more of the other crops that India is importing from outside. If we can have surplus of wheat and rice in the country by following a pattern of giving MSP and then procuring the produce. It can also be done for other commodities. Farmers are demanding from more than a decade now to have procurement system and MSP for other crops, which will not only help them save their groundwater, which is going down year by year but will also help India to have sufficient supply of the commodities which we are importing from outside. Bringing in the big corporations will neither help the farmers nor the consumers. Other point that is not covered in this video is that how Punjab and Haryana have spoilt their lands by putting in chemicals to increase production and to feed the starving India of 1960s. And now after using them and having sufficient supply of grains, we are saying we do not need your produce. Thanks for reading, hope you will understand that thousands of people are sleeping on roads because of some reason.

[@technicalaman3043]

@@harjotkaur7511 When will sardar understand that your good deeds are going in wrong minds, 1st you give langar to poor than you are called danger. So Farmers are concerned about their land, Income & losing the agriculture race.

[@harjotkaur7511]

@@technicalaman3043 we are following the teachings of our gurus and will continue to do so. And we will also keep on with this peaceful agitation for our rights.

[@rameshg2717]

The video says, we are not focusing on other crops.. Then cotton, sugar and vegetables would not be grown.. Farmers suffered in 2018 due to low onion price, because they have no MSP.. 2019 we suffered because of high price and low production.. We can live without onion like FM says but without staple food??

[@deepomouli]

Listening to Shekhar sir,is like master class in contemporary Indian history and economics.Thumbs up for in depth research to produce such high quality videos.

[@tackytaco8133]

This CTC was much better than the last one which i felt was just opinionated and much less based on facts. There's reason and information here which I appreciate. Kudos

[@mohitck]

This is such a good explanation of MSP and APMC. Great job SG!

[@YoursTruly-hw1xz]

Another Fan added!!🙏🙏🙏

[@amanjthomas4779]

Very informative, The Print is providing informative and unbiased views with solid proof rather than going with the flow like other media. Your efforts deserve great appreciation.

[@python_lover_01]

The best explained videa on this topic, thanks alot to explain sir...