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Ahmedabad, 13 July 2023
There has been a decrease of 17.1 percent in the number of farmers in 5 decades. According to that, it is estimated that till 2021, the number of farmers has decreased by 20 percent in 6 decades. The number of agricultural laborers also increased to the same extent.
How many farmers
According to NABARD estimates, there are 10.07 crore farmer families in the country. Which is 48 percent of the total families of the country. According to the 2016-17 Input Survey of the Ministry of Agriculture, there were 14.62 crore farmer households. While 11.15 crore farmers were given assistance under the Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. In 2020-21, this reduced to 10.20 crore farmers who took assistance.
There are 58 lakh farmer families in Gujarat. Most of them are leaving the farm and becoming laborers. Gujarat is not a model state for farmers.
Farmer’s income
In the year 2017, the total monthly income of a farmer family in India was Rs 8,931. The average number of members in a farming family in India is 4.9, which means the per day income per member is Rs. Was 61 years old.
Farmers in the country earn income in three ways, agriculture, animal husbandry and wages.
The lowest monthly income is Madhya Pradesh (Rs 7,919), Bihar (Rs 7,175), Andhra Pradesh (Rs 6,920), Jharkhand (Rs 6,991), Odisha (Rs 7,731), Tripura (Rs 7,731). Uttar Pradesh (Rs 6,668) and West Bengal (Rs 7,756), Gujarat (Rs 10,518), Punjab (Rs 23,133), Haryana (Rs 18,496) recorded comparatively higher average monthly income of farmers. There is a difference of three and a half times in the income of farmers between Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.
The income of the farmers was to be doubled by the year 2022. Which didn’t happen.
The per member income in Uttar Pradesh is Rs.37. In Jharkhand the per member income of farmer family is Rs.43. 51, in Mizoram Rs. 57, in Chhattisgarh Rs. 59 and in Madhya Pradesh Rs. 59, in Punjab Rs. 116, Kerala Rs. 99, in Nagaland and Haryana Rs. Was 91 years old.
In 2012-13, the average monthly income of a farmer in India was Rs 6,426. 48 percent of this i.e. Rs. 3,081 rupees were earned from the crop, this income decreased to 35 percent in the year 2016-17 (NABARD report). Then, in 2018 the total monthly income of a farmer family is Rs. 8,931, out of which only Rs. 3,140 (35 percent) came from agriculture, that is, in 5 years only Rs. There was an increase of 59 in this.
Animal husbandry labor
In the year 2012-13, Rs. 763 (12 per cent) had an income of Rs. In the year 2016-17, the income of farmers from animal husbandry decreased to Rs. 711 (8 per cent of the total monthly income).
In the five years of the BJP government, the largest part of the total monthly income of the farmers has been the income received from labor or wages, which in five years was Rs. 2,071 (32 per cent) to Rs. 3,025 (34 percent). Labor income increased but agricultural income decreased. Over five years, the share of income from agriculture, produce and livestock in a farmer’s monthly income has decreased proportionately.
According to the 2012-13 study, out of a monthly income of Rs 6,426, Rs 3,844 (60 per cent) was earned from crops and livestock. Five years later, in 2017-18, it came down to 43 per cent.
In 2016-17, out of Rs 8,931 crore farmers’ income, only Rs 3,851 crore came from crops and livestock. The remaining 57 per cent came from other sources i.e. labour. In fact, the income from agriculture increased by only Rs 7 per month.
Number of family members
In 2016-17, the average number of members in an agricultural household was 4.9. Kerala has 4 members per household, while Uttar Pradesh has 6, Manipur 6.4, Punjab 5.2, Bihar 5.5, Haryana 5.3, Gujarat 4.9, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh 4.5, and Maharashtra 4.5.
By 2011, the number of farmers declined by 9.3 percent as compared to 2001. An increase of 9.3 percent was registered in the number of agricultural laborers. The total labor force in the agriculture sector registered a decline of 3.6 percent. In this way, it will be found that the number of farmers was 62.2 percent in 1971, which has decreased to 45.1 percent in 2011. A decrease of 17.1 percent was registered. Agricultural laborers increased from 37.8 percent to 54.9 percent. In which an increase of 17.1 percent has been recorded.
The total number of people working in the agriculture sector was 69.7 percent in 1971, which has decreased by 15.1 percent to 54.6 percent in 2011. 49 percent in 2021 and 40 percent by 2025 will be with the agriculture sector. In which more than 50 percent will be agricultural laborers. Thus, in the 10 years from 2014 to 2024, there has been a big decline in the agriculture sector. That’s why the current BJP’s Modi government is not conducting the census.
After the year 2001, farmers started moving away from farming on a large scale. Left farming due to difficulties. The farmers who had given up farming were forced to become agricultural laborers. This is the reason that after the year 2001, the number of farmers decreased rapidly. On the other hand, the number of agricultural laborers has also increased equally fast.
2022:
Compared to the year 2001, there has been a decrease of 9.3% in the number of farmers in 2022. The number of agricultural labor registered an increase of 9.3%. The total labor force in the agriculture sector declined by 3.6%.
In the second decade after independence in India, the number of farmers in 1971 was 62.2 percent, which has decreased to 45.1 percent in 2011. In 2023, this number is estimated to be 40 percent.
1981
9.25 crore (62.5 per cent) were farmers. The number of agricultural laborers has increased to 5.55 crore (37.5 percent). The number of people engaged in agriculture increased to 148 million (60.5 per cent). The number of farmers increased by 0.3 percent. Agriculture
The number of workers decreased by 0.3 percent.
1991
The rural population was 63.06 crore (74.5 per cent). This was 2.4 percent less than the previous decade. The number of workers has increased to 31.41 crore. In which 11.07 crore (59.7 per cent) are farmers and 7.46 crore (40.3 per cent) are agricultural labourers. Agriculture and agricultural labor together 18.53 crore (59 per cent).
In the 10 years between 1981 and 1991, the number of farmers declined by 2.8 percent. The number of agricultural laborers employed increased by 2.8 per cent. The number of people working in agriculture fell from 60.5 percent to 59 percent. The agricultural workforce registered a decline of 1.5 percent over the decade.
2001
In the year 2001, 12.73 crore (54.4 per cent) were engaged in agriculture. 10.68 crore (45.6 per cent) were agricultural labourers. The total agricultural laborers were 23.41 crore (58.2 per cent).
There was a steep decline of 5.3 per cent in the number of farmers. The number of agricultural laborers increased. 5.3 percent of the farmers became agricultural laborers.
The agricultural labor force declined by 0.8 percent between 1991 and 2001.
2011
The population in the country increased from 102.87 crore to 121.08 crore. 83.37 crore (68.9 per cent) gathered in villages. The number of workers has reached 48.17 crore. Of these, 11.88 crore (45.1 per cent) were engaged in cultivation and 14.43 crore (54.9 per cent) were agricultural labourers. Thus, the total number of people working in the agriculture sector was 26.31 crore (54.6 per cent).
Modi model
The former Chief Ministers of Gujarat made Gujarat for the farmers. But till Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister for 13 years, Gujarat with agriculture is becoming Gujarat with farm laborer’s. Now farmers are becoming laborers by selling their land, or are migrating to cities. Large tracts of land have been given to industries by Modi and the three chief ministers after him. Now Gujarat is no more a model state for agriculture. If anyone is responsible for this then it is Narendra Modi. Which made the farmers poor and made the cities richer and richer.
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