our govt keeps harping on subsidies given to farmers and the loss to exchequer, then it goes ahead and fixes price for the produce, authorising pvt traders to buy on behalf of the govt,. in mandis, there the farmers is always on the losing side , he has to sell whatever price the trader quotes, he cannot run from one mandi to another. then the fertiliser distribution is also suspect, leave aside the planning of govt when they import just months b4 the sowing season. third and the most devastating effect the farmer gets is that they are restricted to sell to whomever they want, there is state wise restriction on movement of food grains. if the farmer gets his price then no need for subsidy at all. u talk of free economy, then u hv to open it up, same goes for petroleum products remove the subsidies, u will see the diff. only a few people get the rewards of these protective policies, specialy rich landlords who hv political pull and make most of loan / electric bill waivers.
