- Agrarian catastrophe refers to any destruction or loss in farming and related activities due to natural or human causes. - There has been a change in attitudes towards farming after independence, with farming now seen as less desirable than jobs or business. - Between 1995-2013, over 296,000 Indian farmers committed suicide due to financial distress, which amounts to around 45 suicides per day. States with the highest numbers of suicides include Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Madhya Pradesh. - Small and marginal landholdings are a major issue, with over 85% of landholdings being under 2 hectares in size.

1. M.M. UNIVERSITY
SADOPUR-AMBALA (HRY)

2. “AGRARIAN CATASTROPHE”
A presentation by Rammehar
75181524

3. What is
Agraraian
Catastrophe
Any destruction or any
physical, social,
mechanical, life,
economic loss in farming
and allied activities due to
natural and human cause
is termed as agrarian
catstrophe.
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4. Change of Condition and Attitude of People
आजादी के बाद की सोच: उत्तम खेती मध्यम व्यापार नीच नौकरी
अब सोच: उत्तम नौकरी मध्यम व्यापार नीच खेती
WHY?

5. FARMER’S SUICIDE
 2,96,466 farmers committed suicide
from 1995 to 2013.
 During this about 45 farmers committed
suicide everyday.
 Every 32 minutes a suicide was
committed by the farmer in India.

6. STATE WISE
FARMER’S
SUICIDE
DURING 2014

9. FRAGMENTED LAND HOLDINGS
SIZE GROUP AREA(IN HA) PERCENTAGE
MARGINAL <1.0 68.45
SMALL 1.0-2.0 17.62
SMALL- MEDIUM 2.0-4.0 9.55
MEDIUM 4.0-10.0 3.80
LARGE >10.0 0.57

10. FARM INCOME: THE PROBLEM CONTINUES
 Govt. of India’s agenda to double farmer’s income by 2022 seems very remote to
ground reality.
 A farmer is not sure about the coming additional hikes on MSP.
 A farmer is unable to go for horticulture, apiculture, aquaculture, poultry, etc. as it
needs high investment.
 Loans and subsidies by govt. requires very much documentation works and takes
months together.
CROP SELLING PRICE IN 2012-2013 SELLING PRICE IN 2020
COTTON 6500-7000 PER QTL. 5825 PER QTL.
PADDY 1121 4500-4800 PER QTL. 2500-2800 PER QTL.
CLUSTER BEAN(GUAR) 30000-33000 PER QTL. 4000-4200 PER QTL.

11. INCREASE IN MSP VS INCREASE IN
PRICE OF INPUTS
CROPS MSP IN 1981
(PER QTL.)
MSP IN 2020
(PER QTL.)
INCREAMENT BY
TIMES
PADDY 115 1888 16.417
WHEAT 142 1925 13.556
GRAM 235 4875 20.744
INPUTS PRICE IN 1981 PRICE IN 2020 INCREAMENT BY
TIMES
DIESEL 2.28/LITRE 71.64/LITRE 31.421
UREA 14 PER QTL. 600 PER QTL. 42.857
SSP 20 PER QTL. 825 PER QTL. 41.250

12. BOUNDATIONS OF GOVT. ON
PURCHASE
CROP MAX. YIELD PER ACRE TO
BE PURCHASED AT MSP
NORMAL PRODUCTION
IN IRRIGATED
CONDITIONS
MUSTARD 8 QTL. 10 QTL.
BAJRA 8 QTL. 11 QTL.
Govt. purchases only limited yield from the farmers but
production is very high because of introduction of HYVs.

13. GROUND REALITIES
 Very less procurement at MSP.
 Farmers are helpless to sell below MSP because they are not educated and not economically strong to
have storage facilities.
Realities of MSP

14. FAILURE OF ONE NATION ONE MARKET

15. ONLINE SYSTEM: A SNAG FOR FARMERS
 Only 2-3 % farmers themselves know about their land details (murba no.,
khasra no., kila no., khewat, khatoni).
 Merely 2% themselves knows about online system.
 Anyone can do online crop registration on others land.
 Poorest call and SMS system from govt. to sell crop in the market.
 In case if they do so, they SMS to bring crop in small fragments.
E. g. A farmer has mustard in 3 acres they will not ask to bring all produce
collectively but they will SMS twice or thrice to bring it in 2-3 portions on
different days.

16. FLAWS IN GOIs NEW AGRICULTURE BILLS
1st Bill: Bill on agriculture market Farmer’s produce trade and commerce bill, 2020.
Flaws: No security about MSP.
States will tend to lose mandi fees and chances of mandis to be destroyed.
2nd Bill: The farmer agreement of price assurance and farm services bill, 2020.
Flaws: Farmers will be weaker players.
Big private companies will get edge in disputes.

17. DROUGHT AND FLOOD
 About 72 lakh hectares
affected by droght and flood
in 2019.
 About 7.91 lakh hectares
affected due to drought in
Raj.,Guj., Maharashtra, etc.
 About 63.99 lakh hectares
affected due to flood in
Orissa, Bihar, U.P., A.P., W.B.,
Assam, Kerala, Raj.,Punjab,
etc.
Drought Flood

18. ANY QUERIES?

19. THANK
YOU