Essay on Indian Farmer in English
India is an agricultural country. Majority of the Indian population is based in villages. The peasants residing in the rural areas grow food, vegetables and fruits for us. But even after 60 years of independence what is the condition of the Indian farmer?
They are still poor, illiterate, and unattended. They have to struggle very hard on their farms just to earn their livelihood. Their income is very low. He is not provided with the modern facilities. He still carries his work with the age old, traditional equipments.
Today majority of the farmers are working as labours in the farm. They possess very small piece of land which is not enough to fulfill their basic needs. Many times the land is infertile, there is no proper irrigation.
So they are unable to cultivate and produce food grains on a large scale. They do not get good price for whatever is produced. Indian agriculture mainly depends on monsoon. If the rain is not sufficient, crops get dried up.
Even if there is excess of rain, crops do not grow well. The farmers cannot afford to buy good quality seeds, fertilizers, farming equipments, or bullocks. As the percentage of literacy is very less, the farmers are cheated by others.
The money lenders take undue advantage of their condition. Due to financial constraints, his children cannot take proper education. Due to lack of manpower and lack of good equipments their children have to work in the farms, look after the cattle etc.
Indian government has taken many supportive measures to uplift the status of farmers. They can get easy loans from the bank to buy good quality seeds and fertilizers. But that is not enough. As the farmers are not educated and well organized they
are not aware about their rights. They are not given proper information about various schemes that are implemented. Grants offered by the government do not reach them. Thus, education is the primary need of this class of the society.
They should be offered free primary education and it should be made compulsory. The farmers have no work once the harvest season is over. This period can be used to educate them and to amplify their knowledge about farming.
Media resources like radio, television can be used for this. The farmers should get easy loans for digging up wells and to buy necessary equipments. Improved irrigation facilitates should be implemented on large scale.
Our country cannot progress as long as the peasants are poor and illiterate. So he should be provided with every possible help to make him self-sufficient. The slogan of 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kissan' given by our beloved Prime Minister Shree Lal Bahadur Shastri, illustrates the importance of farmers in Indian society.