Introduction "The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer."
India is an agriculture country. Your prosperity depends upon your agriculture productions. For achieving this, the Indian farmer’s contribution is very vital. India, as a matter of fact, is a land of farmers. Nearly, 75% of our population lives in villages. Hello everyone !!! This is Balkirat Singh, a farmer, a struggler and a true patriot is going to share my life struggle with you all. I live in a small village of Punjab name Morinda. I live a very simple life in a mud house with my family.
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Life style
My property comprises of few bulls, a plough share and few acres of land. Throughout the year, I remain busy in tilling or ploughing the fields, sowing seeds and reaping the crops, etc. I get up early in the morning. Then, I take my bulls and plough or tractors and go to the field where I plough the field for hours. Mainly, I grow seeds like wheat, rice and pulses. I buy HVY seeds for my land so that it remains fertile every year.
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Life Struggles
Here are some of my struggles that I face every year . Weather problems. Climatic conditions Unavailability of HVY seeds Lacking of Modern Equipment Irrigation Problems Dealing with dealers and other traders
Land issues Lack of Storage facilities
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And the most important is the 3 laws which were made by the Government. I will tell you the struggles which not only I, but all the farmers faced after these 3 laws were proposed.
I was not able to sell my products at a safer place. After the end of the APMC mandis, I will be forced to sell the crop to corporate companies at one-and-a-half price. I will be exposed to the risk of fraud due to the entry of the people of license or registration. My products will be going from one place to another and the sellers will be selling them in higher prices. This is a loss for me and benefit for the corporate. Due to the abolition of the mandi system, there will be no purchase of crops on MSP.
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I and all the farmers of the world protested again these laws for approximately 1 and a half years. As a result, we won the battle. Farming is such a profession where effort and labour are required. Farmers are the assets of our country. They should be treated like a soldier of the nation as responsible citizens of the country. We have to come forward to save the farmers because we can’t survive without them.