: SKM: Govt. has Abandoned its Duty towards Farmers in Budget 2023 #IndiaNEWSAll #Farmers Protest Samyukt Kisan Morcha has expressed shock and bewilderment at the Union Budget 2023 announced by the

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SKM: Govt. has Abandoned its Duty towards Farmers in Budget 2023 #IndiaNEWSAll #Farmers Protest
Samyukt Kisan Morcha has expressed shock and bewilderment at the Union Budget 2023 announced by the Finance Minister on Wednesday.
After the sustained and determined protest of the farmers at Delhi, SKM had expected that the party-in-power would appreciate the importance of the farm sector and the need to secure income and future of the rural farming community, who form the bulk of India’s population. SKM has listed in detail that the Union Budget 2023 is the most anti-farmer budget in history of the nation for the following reasons:
1) The Allocation on Agriculture and Allied Sectors has been reduced from 3. 84% (BE 2022) to 3. 20% (BE 2023) of the total budget.
2) The Allocation on Rural Development has also been reduced from 5. 81% (RE 2022) to 5. 29% (BE 2023) of the total budget.
According to SKM, govt has shown its intent with such massive reductions. It also highlights how Union Budget 2023 hides more than it reveals.
1) Union Budget 2023 is silent on Doubling Farmers Income. There were no figures given in the Budget. It may be recalled that according to the Govt. , it was Rs. 8000 per month in 2016 (the year of announcement) and was to be increased to Rs. 21,000 per month in 2022, so that the grand announcement of doubling income becomes reality. After 3 years, it was found to have been Rs. 10,200 and perhaps now it is a maximum of Rs. 12,400. Thus, out of the targeted increase in income of Rs. 13,000, only Rs. 4,400 has been achieved, that is only one-third of the target. In any case, the Govt has dishonestly stopped giving data on this and has hoodwinked the farmers.
2) Union Budget 2023 is silent on status of Minimum Support Price (MSP) on crops as per recommendation of Swaminathan Commission and what shall be done to ensure that farmers get legal guarantee of MSP. While the Govt has irrationally resisted the demands of farmers for MSP and its guarantee, this Budget has removed even the fig-leaf with which the Govt was trying to cover its meagre efforts to ensure that farmers get MSP. Flagship schemes like PM Annadata Aay Sangrakshan Abhiyan (AASHA) have seen a steady decline in allocation. 2 years ago it was Rs. 1500 Cr. In 2022 it was reduced to Rs. 1 Cr !! Only Rs. 1 Cr to secure 150 million farming households.
Similarly, Price Support Scheme (PSS) and MIS (Market Intervention Scheme) was reduced from Rs. 3000 Cr to Rs. 1500 Cr in 2022 and this year it an unimaginable Rs. 10 lakhs! In effect, the Govt has buried ASHA, PSS and MIS and with that the fate of farmers getting MSP has been buried.
3) Union Budget 2023 is silent on PM Fasal Bima Yojna. In times of shifting weather patterns and climate change, this scheme was supposed to protect farmers from crop losses due to natural calamities.

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