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Comments by "Arun Sar" (@arunsar7893) on "Why Punjab farmers won't stop burning stubble, despite the black fields u0026 air pollution" video.
The relentless growing of paddy, which no one in India needs, only because government procures it at MSP is the root cause of the problem. Both Punjab and Haryana are part of the problem. Putting aside responsibility by saying "Haryana is contributing 80% to Delhi pollution" is a cop out.
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@fusion7837 Private sector won't get involved at scale unless Essential Commodities Act is removed. No one wants to invest in sectors with such high uncertainty.
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@OhiSandhu Replacement with a MSP guarantee, which isn't going to happen.
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It increased after the 2009 law that forces them to sow 2 weeks later than the actual time that they uses to. That law was brought because water tables in these areas had gone down due to excessive cultivation of paddy.
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Government is busy playing odd-even.
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@slashybluesy "If you're arguing that they should be motivated to grow some other crop and the burden of paddy shifted other water rich states while keeping up with the demand. That's a fair argument." - Yes. That's my argument. " If you think no one in India needs the paddy grown there then you clearly haven't looked at the figures. 80% of the paddy grown in Punjab goes to different parts of india. So if you're arguing that the country doesn't need the paddy grown by Punjab and Haryana, that's a false argument." - That's not my argument but anyone looking at figures can easily 'figure' out that they are growing way more than the demand. It's not because of no reason that India sells rice, at a discounted rate, to China to feed it's pigs. "However, even that argument doesn't have legs as of now as many of the other states where it can potentially be moved to doesn't have the kind of storage and transport infrastructure that both these states have." - Don't you think that's a moot argument given "80% of rice they grow is transported to other states", as per you. If the states which consume it also produce it, one wouldn't need "storage and transport" at such big scale. And I can assure you there is enough capacity in other states to produce rice. It's not a coincidence that all southern states, WB, Odisha and North east Indian staple food is rice. It's because the geographical conditions are suitable for rice production. Where is the "Rice Bowl of India"? .. Hint: Not in Punjab or Haryana.
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@slashybluesy Sorry, I missed your comment. "Not really, if anything our reserves are dwindling. That's that led govt to be cautious with their wheat export claims and ban it and even this year with flooding in western UP and lack of rain in eastern UP and Bihar, the numbers aren't looking good." - Dude, the rice that we have is still 3x and wheat is still 1.5x of the stipulated required amount. If someone describes that situation as "dwindling" just because it's down from it's high, I don't know what to say. It's like people saying, India's foreign reserves have be dwindling and the situation is bad. "Going by that you'd assume that all the paddy produced by Punjab and Haryana is just left in FCI godowns and is never required by other parts of India." - Yup, that's exactly what happens. FCI gowdowns store as much as 300% more than required stipulated amount in godowns after the PDS distribution. Many times the grains get spoilt and are then sold to alcohol manufacturers. There is no escaping the fact that Punjab and Harayana produce paddy in excess of what is required by India. Agricultural economists have been writing about this for more than a decade.
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