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1. On average a farming household makes Rs. 10000 per month per acre.
2. Around nine-tenths of farmers hold less than 4 acres of land in the country. In monetary terms, around Rs. 40000 per month.
3. This amount is not available monthly as the money only comes in at the end of a crop cycle.
4. With an average crop cycle of 4 months, the majority of the farmers make Rs. 1,60,000.
5. This amount is not really ‘income.’ It is revenue generated.
6. Part of it is reinvested in procuring seeds for the next cycle.
7. Another part of it goes towards paying ‘farm help.’ This is needed, at a minimum, to quickly reap the crop upon ripening and get it to the market before any unseasonal rain destroys it. Usually, the ‘help’ is in form of extra hands. Sometimes, combine harvesting machines.
8. Another part of the revenue generated goes towards repaying loans on things like tractors or submersible pumps (needed to irrigate the crop). These are loans that are occasionally waived by governments. However, till they are we do end up accounting for them from our revenue.
9. Another part of the revenue is used towards getting pesticides needed to keep the crop healthy over the next cycle. These are ones that are subsidized. But, we do pay for the part which isn’t subsidized.
10. Having removed all these costs from the revenue of Rs. 1,60,000 for every 4 month cycle, we are left with the ‘income’. This is not a single person’s salary like the one you guys get. This is the household’s income. The Indian government pegs it at 4 people.
11. Ab woh 80000/90000 per 4 months for 4 people comes to an income of around Rs. 5000/6000 per person per month. Kya dein isme se?
12. Lathi khaane ke baad doctor ka kharach isi mein se nikalta hai.
13. Namak, cheeni aur tel si basic cheez bhi yahin se aati hai.
14. Gai bhains ka kharacha bhi yahin se. If we don’t keep and tend to them, then milk and milk products ki cost padti hai.
15. My parents saved so much out of this to send to university. Couldn’t go a NLU like most of you because we never had the means to pay for it.
Bahut mehnat se iss zindagi bahar nikaala hai parents ne kyunki koi future nahin hai. Aur aap mein kuch isse ‘best career option’ samajhte ho. Sharam karo ki apne desh ke kisaan aur kisaani ke baare mein itna kam malum aur itni choti soch rakhte ho.
I especially recommend from 5:20 onwards where it isn't the DTE reporter talking but the Professor from IIM-A's Centre for Management in Agriculture is speaking.