This is a blog for recording the "1001 Brilliant Suggestions" for what the Indian farmer must do to stop committing suicides because of agrarian distress, and to start sharing the optimism of Indian politicians, economists, bureaucrats regarding Incredible India.
While Indian farmers do have some idea about their situation, we will be asking farmers in a separate excercise what they want from other Indians. Right now, only those who are not dependant on agricultural incomes, and have basically, non agricultural incomes to sustain them, in their day to day living, will usually have better and more relevant ideas, of what the Indian kisan, ought to do, to escape his seemingly depressing and downhill progressing situation.
So here in this blog, we will try and collect 1001 most brilliant ideas of non agriculturists, on what the farmer should be doing and what the government should be doing to improve the lot of farmers. Once we reach the figure of 1001 most brilliant suggestions, we will try to put them up before a farmers panchayat for ratification before being presented to the President of India for further suitable action.
Please note, for giving constructive and acceptable suggestions, it is essential that you have non agricultural sources of income, for yourself and your family, and should be able to prove non agricultural sources of income if required. This will ensure consistency of the suggestions about Indian agrarian distress and will give a bird's eye view of the situation in Indian villages.
Please note we welcome people with guaranteed, as well as non guaranteed, sources of income. The only condition is, it should not be based on agriculture.
So if you are a politician, a bureaucrat, a student's leader, a journalist, a media professional, an economist, a government employee, an IT professional, a scientist, an NRI, or any other such non agricultural professional, with some basic guaranteed income or non guaranteed basic incomes, please feel free to submit your suggestions.
In case you come across some suggestions of other knowledgeable people, please do tell us about them, quoting the sources.
Please try to be brief in your suggestions. Suggestions in the form of brief action points, will be best.
Suggestions will be later categorized in categories of :
1. For the Central and state governments
2. For the politicians, in power or in opposition, and big industrialists
3. For professionals like scientists, teachers, defence forces, IT professionals, urban rich, urban middle class, urban poor
4. For landless sections of rural population
5. For students and coming generations
6. For the media
7. For non farming sections of Indian population who have left villages in last 10 years.
8. For families of farmers
9. For farmers themselves.
