Mr.Shenoy, I find almost no issues with your wonderful article.. But, you seem to agree that SEZs and industrial/BPO complexes are more profitable compared to agriculture and hence agricultural land can be used for this economic progress. If the whole country thinks so, very soon we have to buy food from USA and Canada, beg for grains from Russia like in the good old days. Do we want that? As such, Indian agriculture is in bad shape with all the urbanization and farmers selling lands around towns for new development.
RE:SEZs vs agriculture
by Neo on Mar 28, 2007 09:52 PM Permalink
If we can industrialise to an extent that competes chinese scale, then buying food from outside would not mean much! China imports raw materials from everywhere and exports finished goods...Value addition is the name of the game...
RE:SEZs vs agriculture
by blue wrox on Mar 28, 2007 11:04 PM Permalink
First of all a few SEZ's is not going to affect our food production.But unwanted and unplanned real estate development would.They should regulate that to ensure sustained food production.SEZ would act as a point or trigger for exports like china.It requires land but its not going to be so huge that its going to eat up farmland.
RE:SEZs vs agriculture
by Capitalist on Mar 28, 2007 10:04 PM Permalink
The Government should not interfere in the free market Capitalism.This issue is between Landowners and land developers.Let them decide profit and loss.
RE:SEZs vs agriculture
by Sridhar Raman on Mar 28, 2007 11:17 PM Permalink
Baring few industrialist rest will employ DADA's and Mafia like Dawood and force the landowners to sell. This is what is happening in Big cities We dont want that to happen in rural areas
RE:SEZs vs agriculture
by Capitalist on Mar 29, 2007 12:32 AM Permalink
THEN IT IS LAW AND ORDER SITUATION THAT IS MESSED UP.WE HAVE TO INITIATE GOONDA AND GOVERNMENT FREE LAND DEALS BETWEEN LAND-OWNERS AND LAND DEVELOPERS.READ THE FOLLOWING LINK BELOW,YOU WILL GET SOME IDEA OF HOE FREE MARKET CAPITALISM WORKS. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-01-10-trailerpark_x.htm?csp=34
RE:SEZs vs agriculture
by Kabadan Y on Mar 29, 2007 11:47 AM Permalink
good article and makes a lot of sense to implement here. This will decide most issues free of violence.
