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Dear Brahmanyan Sir,

Several decades back we were a young nation who just obtained independence. It took a few decades of hard work for us to achieve a reasonable degree of self sufficiency in food supply. All these are understood. It is natural to romanticize agriculture in a country which has suffered many bouts of famine with a high percentage of poor people.

However as things stand today the agriculture sector contributes only 12% to GDP whereas it is estimated that 50% of working population is from this sector. This is basically unsustainable. This is the fundamental issue. Indian consumer cannot sustain 50% of the population who contribute only 12% of GDP.

Therefore our best bet is to reduce the percentage of population that is employed in the agricultural sector. Farmers instead of perennially dependent on govt subsidies must be gainfully employed in other skilled sectors. That is the only way.

<blockquote data-quote="கால பைரவன்" data-source="post: 439203" data-attributes="member: 22900">Dear Brahmanyan Sir,Several decades back we were a young nation who just obtained independence. It took a few decades of hard work for us to achieve a reasonable degree of self sufficiency in food supply. All these are understood.&nbsp; It is natural to romanticize agriculture in a country which has suffered many bouts of famine with a high percentage of poor people.However as things stand today the agriculture sector contributes only 12% to GDP whereas it is estimated that 50% of working population is from this sector. This is basically unsustainable. This is the fundamental issue. Indian consumer cannot sustain 50% of the population who contribute only 12% of GDP.Therefore our best bet is to reduce the percentage of population that is employed in the agricultural sector. Farmers instead of perennially dependent on govt subsidies must be gainfully employed in other skilled sectors. That is the only way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="கால பைரவன், post: 439203, member: 22900"] Dear Brahmanyan Sir, Several decades back we were a young nation who just obtained independence. It took a few decades of hard work for us to achieve a reasonable degree of self sufficiency in food supply. All these are understood. It is natural to romanticize agriculture in a country which has suffered many bouts of famine with a high percentage of poor people. However as things stand today the agriculture sector contributes only 12% to GDP whereas it is estimated that 50% of working population is from this sector. This is basically unsustainable. This is the fundamental issue. Indian consumer cannot sustain 50% of the population who contribute only 12% of GDP. Therefore our best bet is to reduce the percentage of population that is employed in the agricultural sector. Farmers instead of perennially dependent on govt subsidies must be gainfully employed in other skilled sectors. That is the only way. [/QUOTE]

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