Thought for the day
"The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the
sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has
great silence."
-
Rabindranath Tagore (Indian, 1861-1941)
Word for the day
Larrikin (adj)
Disorderly; rowdy.
(Source: Dictionary.com)
Teaser for the day
What is a fair compensation to someone who has been
unlawfully incarcerated for a day, a week, a month, a year, or a decade?
"Land" does not get you votes, "No Land" does
Continuing from yesterday, I would like to draw attention of the
people, who are feeling deeply aggrieved by the likely pain the latest Land
Acquisition Bill will cause to the farmers, to the following simple points:
(a) As per 2013 NSSO
survey about 83% (80% in 2003) of the total farming households in India are
either landless or marginal (holding less than 1 hectare or 2.47 acres
cultivable land).
The total
cultivable land in India shrank to 92mn hectare in 2013 (average 0.6hectare per
farmer household) from 107mn hectare in 2003 (0.72hectare per farmer
household).
In 2013 the
landless and marginal farmers owned 30% of the total cultivable land in the
country up from 23% in 2003. This is due to further fragmentation of the land,
or lower conversion of their land holdings.
(b) On the contrary,
percentage of medium and large farmer household (owning more than 4 hectares)
shrank from 3.5% in 2003 to 2.17% in 2003. The cultivable land owned by these
medium and large farmer households shrank from ~35% in 2003 to 24% 2013.
These are the
farmers who sell land to industry and infrastructure projects. And these are
the farmers who actually do not cultivate their land themselves. They lease the
land to landless or small farmers. These are the farmers who stand to gain or
lose from the land acquisition laws.
Remember, the
compensation under the LARR is given to the owner of the land and to the person
who is actually cultivating that land. These people lose their employment
irrespective of the consent, compensation amount and environment impact.
(c) From political
perspective, 130mn farming households are marginal or landless against just 3mn
farmer households are medium to large land owners.
...to continue
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