I just cannot understand why govt or industries require only fertile or cultivated lands. To construct industrial building and install machinery why does some one need fertile lands? Industrialization is required and it is must, but that should not be at the cost of agriculture. People give examples of west industrialization, but they do not talk on what lands these industries are build. How many industries built on fertile lands in west? Moreover, what is the percentage of western population depended on agriculture when compared to India. What about huge subsidies western countries offer to their framers? In spite a huge population depended on agriculture we never had any productive agricultural reforms or farmer friendly initiatives.
Developing agriculture sector helps country in many ways: 1) Stops heavy rural migration to urban 2) Control rural poverty 3) High percentage of unskilled labour are engaged with work for most part of the year
Agricultural growth and Industrial growth are two eyes to the economy. By killing one eye and glorifying the other, we can never attain a sustainable economic growth. It always would be a one sided growth and more dangerous than a no growth.
RE:Why only Fertile lands
by Pranta Pathik on Mar 14, 2007 08:43 PM Permalink
Mr. Pavan kumar CM of west bengal repeatedly declared after jan 7 that sez plan at nandigram is cancelled. then why opposition party with some naxalite lumpens and muslim extreemist digging up roads,killiing innocent police man for no reason, raping wife of cpm panchayat pradhan. are they actually farmer who created problems. if you tell that naxalites and extreemist are very good for our country then you are right at your opinion.
RE:RE:Why only Fertile lands
by Pavan Kumar on Mar 14, 2007 09:05 PM Permalink
My only point is govt and industries using fertile land for industralization across the country. Nothing to do with WB politics. My opinion had nothing to do with naxalites or extermist, voilence of any kind should be regretted. It looks like what ever is happening in WB now is more political stunt/fight rather than a farmers protest. Seems poor farmers became scape goats in Mamata and CM political games.
