Green or Red Revolution

JMM leader and former CM of Jharkhand state, Babulal Marandi’s daughter gets killed by Naxalites. Reason is attributed to first Green revolution way back in1960s. In the population of 1000+ crores, 650 Crores gain their livelihood from agriculture. A govt of India has bare 1.27% of GDP planned for improvement in agricultural sector. Out of 650 Crores, nearly 300 Crores gain are land-less farmers and agro-labors. Past 60 years of planning has worked on technological advancements in agriculture. Technological advancements have multiplying effect on the throughput on agriculture sector. At the dawn of independence, there has been huge economic inequality in population involved in agriculture. Because of technological multiplication factor, the inequality itself has been multiplied to a larger hiatus. The rift between rich peasantry and land-less labors has increased manifold past 60 years. No wonders, more than 1/3rd of Indian territory is inflicted with Naxalism. Its com-proportionate with percentage of land-less labor.

Land reforms have never been addressed in five year plans of India. Despite Leftist involvement in NDA coalition, there is no agenda on land-reforms. Government has no plans to address distribution of land to land-less farmers, ceiling on agricultural land for rich peasants. Without these reforms, the economic rift in agricultural hoi polloi will not improve. And any advancement in technology and farming is going to accentuate the inequality. First Green revolution has been triggered in the areas of already high production and rich peasants such as Punjab, Western UP and Harayana. Partially because of immediate sorting of food sufficiency problem in India that time, or immediate high returns of investment from economic ground, or political stratagem with rich land-owners, but beneficient cycle of growth didn’t whirl to the extent expected in other regions.

I heard, there is going to Land reform committee headed by PM (Luminary PM). Let’s see how the second green revolution works out, just to keep Red revolution in Abeyance.