March 10, 2016
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy during the Short Dusration Discussion on agrarian crisis
Sir, with your kind permission I would like to speak in Bengali. Before that, a few lines in English because, you see, some figures have been given by the Minister of State, Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare in the other House on March 1, 2016. In the reply to question number 913, and it appears from the reply, that total number of farmers’ suicides reported in 2015 all over the country is only 1,690, out of which 725 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra. But according to one report published in The Hindu on January 14, 2016, the data obtained by the Government shows Vidarbha was the worst-hit last year with around 1,541 farmers from the Amravati and Nagpur divisions committing suicide.
Toh yeh Government date ullekh karke bol rahe hain, yeh sarkar ka thtthya toh kuch alagh hain. Dono mein asmaam zameen ka farakh hain. Sir, now I would like to switch over to Bengali due to the fact that [in Bengali] amader rajye pat chashider obostha khub sangeen hoye porche kendriyo sarker-er bhul neetir jonyo. Sir, ami jeta bolte chaichi, ekhane jokhon notun sarkar ashlo BJP dol-er pokhyo theke je nirbachoni protishruti dewa hoyechilo, manifesto-r page 28-e bola hoyechilo that BJP will take steps to wind up profitability in agriculture by ensuring a minimum of 50% profit over the cost of production. Ekhon onek amader manoniyo sodoshyo-ra bollen je minimum support price-er kono boigyanik protha nei, kono bigyan-sommoto prothar madhyame ei minimum support price thik hoyna. Ekhon jemon khushi bibhinno agency-r madhyame eguli toiri hochhe, ebong amader rajye koto pat chash hoy, shei shomporkeo kono bigyan-shommoto assessment nei. Jute Corporation ekrokom hisheb dichhe, Jute Balers’ Association ekrokom hisheb dichhe, IJMA ekrokom hisheb dichhe ebong bibhinno sanstha bibhinnorokom hisheb dichhe. Shei jonno amar sarkar-er kache onurodh je pat chashi-der unnoti ghotanor sharthe shobcheye agae dorkar je keno pat chash kome jachhe ashonkajonok bhabe amader rajye sheta agae dekhte hobe. Sheta shudhu amader rajyer noy, Bharotborsher saat-ti rajye, in seven States of India cultivation of jute is going on for centuries together.
Sir, ki hochhe amader jute-er obostha jekhane 8 lakh kectare of land-e pat chash hoy, ebong jute hochhe ekta essential commodity. Satattor-ta (77) jute mill royeche shara desh-e, ebong prithibi-r moddhye shobcheye prachin jute mill amader rajye royeche ebong shobcheye beshi jute mill amader rajye royeche. Shutorang ek dike oshonkhyo pat sromik, onnyo dike oshinkho pat chashi poribar, tara aj sarkar-er kach theke thikmoto shohayok mulyo pachhe na bolei tader onekei emon durdoshar shommukhin hoye royechen, sarkar-er shey bishoy-e kono nojor nei. Ami, Sir, apnar madhyome sarkar-er kache onurodh korbo je minimum support price, sheta ke ekta emon jaygay niye jawa hok, sheta jeno mandi price-er theke, bajar dor-er theke sheta jeno ektu beshi thake, jate pat chashi-ra uthshahito hoy aro beshi pat chash korar jonyo.
Goto du bochor jokhon minimum support price eto kom chilo, ebong pat-er daam pore gelo, ebong pat chashi-ra distress sale korte badhyo holo, tokhon amader sarkar Mananiya Mamata Banerjee-er netritye 500 taka proti quintal chashi-der ke alada compensation-er byabostha korlen. Othocho amader barbar dabi kora sotteo kendriyo sarkar kono karnopat korlen na. Amader tai apnar madhyame ei sarkar-er kache abedan hobe je, shudhu Paschim Bange hoy, sara Bharatbarsher, bishesh kore je saat-ti rajye pat chash hoy, shei paat chashi-der swarthe ei nunotomo sahayok mulyo-ke, shei mandi price-er cheye opore jate jay, tar byabostha obilombe kora uchit, ebong ei season-eo je sohayok mulyo ghoshona kora hoyeche shetao parjaoto noy. Tar karon ek shrenir oshadhu patkol malik, tara raw jute-er daam kritrim bhabe bariye kritrim obhab srishti koriye pat chashider ke bonchito korche, ar tara otirikto munafa loot korche. Eta kono motei bordasto kora jayna. Apnar madhyame aamra sarkarer kache abedon korbo je minimum support price of jute must be increased to above the level of mandi price, otherwise the growers will not take interest in cultivation of raw jute.
Sir, shob sheshe ami shey kothata bolte chaichi je BJP tar nirbachoni protisruti te bolechilo je “genetically modified foods will not be allowed without full scientific evaluation.” Ebar ki evqaluation hochhe GM crop-er aamra kichui jani na, public ke jaante dewa hochhe na. Krishi doptor-er website-e shomosto bishoye, ki evaluation hoyeche na hoyeche, seta janate hobe public-ke jate public ei GM crop-er byapare shomosto evaluation dekhar por tara tader motamot janate pare, tara ei bishoye shothik podokkhep grohon korte pare, ebong amader krishok somproday, sara Bharatborsher krishok samprodayer motamot niye tobei GM crop ke utsahito kora hobe. Noile oi Maharashtra-er Bt cotton chasher modhyo diye jebhabe sorbonash ghoniye eseche Vidarbha anchal-e, Vidarbha-er chashidr moto shomosto chashider eki obostha hobe, ei obostha cholte dewa jay na. ami tai apnar madhyame sarkar-er kache abedan korbo je GM crop-er byapare ki scientific evaluation hoyeche shob kichu sobar gochore asha uchit.
