Dear Pankaj, GOI has released a new Jatropha variety that yields only 1000 kg/ year seed yield or Rs.13/hetare/day. - Ravinder Singh
Trade Deficit 2004-07 From $14b To $27b To $39b To $54b
Loose and eccentric policies of Manmohan Singh have resulted in run away trade deficit of over $4.5b per month compared to $1.2b when he took over. Figures trade deficit for 2003-04 was $14.3b that nearly doubled to $27 in first year of Manmohan Singh government to $39b
to $36b in 8 months or $54b in full year.
The year he took over Indian imports were $78b (2003-04) and in eight months period April-November2006 Indian import has already crossed $116b and racing to $175b for full year- clear increase of nearly $100b in three years. Respective exports figures are $64b, $101b and $80b largely low value addition products.
This deficit could have
been wider had India not exported iron ore or unprocessed seafood and such products India need for our own people.
Considering India huge and cheap labor, banks are overflowing with funds India ought to have been trade surplus by $100b. This $154b could have contributed in improving the living conditions of the poor. GOI is actually promoting SEZ and loot programs artificially enriching corporate while starving and strangulating rural population and farmers are committing suicides all over.
Inflation has crossed 6%.
Wheat Procurement in best year 2002-03 was 19 MT and even in worst year 2003-04 was 15.8 MT that has come down to 9.22 MT for 2006-7 (Wheat is harvested in April).
Most shameful is low rice procurement of only 9 MT up to November30 this year considering rice is cultivated all over India all the year in south. This is 9 kg per capita in eight months or 1125
grams per capita per month. Punjab and Haryana might have contributed almost the entire quantity.
In current 8 months states picked up food grains for public distribution only 20.60 MT compared to 24.72 MT.
Jatropha Fraud On Farmers; In the following one page document you can see that average yield projected for a new variety is 1000-1100 kg per hectares and farmers are paid
Rs.5/- per kg. This is $110 per hectare in a year or $0.30 per hectare per day.
No bird or pest or insect consumes the biomass produced.
Farmers were paid only Rs.650 per quintal for more of the procurement season and bonus of Rs.50 was announced after Commission Agents procured all their needs. In the following link to Agro-Markets you will find average wheat price in open market is average Rs.1100/- or 70% more in just 8-9 months.
In the above link you will also find farmers are paid around Rs.2-5 per kg for all vegetable but retail price is in Rs.16-60 per kg range.
Most shamefully GOI has not up dated Ministry of Food site for two years. I have actually looked in to large files of states to get an idea of state of Indian agriculture.
My rating of Manmohan Singh government is 0/10.
Ravinder Singh January27, 2007
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