Kunal RastogiAIR 15 · CSE 2023 · 298 wordsTheir whole copy
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According to WMO Green house Observatory, agriculture is responsible for 19% of GHG emissions (CH4, CO2, N2O), thus resulting in various undesirable consequence
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Farm Policies → undesirable Consequence
- Economic Consequence
a) Higher MSP has led to sustained Rural inflation and less private investment
b) Made India WTO non-compliant [Amber box]
c) Cobweb phenomena and debt overhang due to low investment in agricultural productivity → Suicides (10182 → NCRB 2022)
Social Consequence
a) Regionally imbalanced growth → Son of soil movement.
b) Push migration → Urban Population Explosion.
Ecological Consequence
a) Free electricity → excessive groundwater consumption → land subsidence, Nitrate & Uranium poisoning.
b) Subsidised fertilizer → Eutrophication, degrading soil health.
Higher fiscal deficit due to loan waivers
Free cash transfer - PM Kisan → disguised employment
However, there have been certain Positives
a) Food Security → Availability, Accessibility, Stability
b) High Export Earning → +50 bn $
c) Poverty alleviation - NITI Ayog → 413.5mn since 2014
PM PRANAM → Budget 2023 → under green growth (Saptrishi) → Rationalise chemical fertilizer
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| Ways to Enhance | | :--- | :--- | | Soil Health | Farm Productivity | | 1. PM PRANAM could decrease use of nitrogenous fertilizer | 1. Improve the quality of Resource use efficiency | | 2. Improve soil microbes | 2. Help in Agro forestry | | 3. decrease land degradation due to indiscriminate use of Potash, N & phosphorous. | 3. decrease the input cost | | 4. Help in regenerative agriculture. | 4. better prices for organic & less fertilizer intensive products. eg → European markets. | | 5. ZBNF, organic farming are some other methods. | |
PM PRANAM can be a game changer in building tenets of Mission LiFE thereby achieving targets under the Panchamrit Principle.