drskmukherjee

The hard pressed farmers are still committing suicide due to crop failure and not getting minimum support price (MSP) of their produce. The government sat quiet for four years to honour her promise on MSP and whatever announced under the scheme in a huff is very confusing and not in line with her promise. It was obvious that the MSP as announced by the government is un-implementable in the current term of their office. Crop failure is another major reason for farmers committing suicide due to their inability to pay back their loan to the bank. Agriculture insurance is recognized the world over as an important safety net for farmers to deal with the impacts of extreme and unseasonal weather condition due to climate change. The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY) was launched by the Centre on April 1, 2016 to help farmers cope with crop losses due to unseasonal and extreme weather. It is hardly the historic and path-breaking scheme that the government claims it to be. It is a dres...

I have no personal grudge against Modi. For me the government and governance are of paramount importance. I am not into any party politics nor do I subscribe my allegiance to any political party or an ideology other than democracy. Questioning the government doesn’t mean I am suggesting option for a particular party. Questioning is the voice of dissatisfaction of a democrat to help the government to improve and perform. It is the right of a citizen to question and the government is bound to answer.       The year 2014 – the nation saw a spectacular victory of Modi lead BJP government as in his election campaigns Modi emerged as a leader to voice people’s anger against tainted politics, corrupt system, frustrating Congress culture, disillusionment of youth, hapless condition of women, hopelessness among farmers and pitiable conditions of the poor. He made relentless tour of the nation, traversed the lanes, bylanes, colonies, villages, districts and cities an...