The Government must stop its war against small farmers and the land

PEOPLE’S AGENDA FOR REJUVENATION OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE
The Government has declared a war against India's small farmers. In Nandigram, in Vidharbha, in Punjab, peasants and small farmers are being killed by Government policy.
In Nandigram, the peasants were killed because their land was earmarked for an SEZ and they resisted the land grab. The Chief Minister of Bengal stated "that 63% of the population continues to depend on agriculture for its livelihood is a sign of backwardness". In other words there are too many small farmers, and their number must be reduced by taking away their land for car factories and chemical factories, even though automobile and chemical factories will not be able to provide livelihoods for all the displaced peasants.
In Vidharbha farmers are being killed for Monsanto's profits and because of falling prices of cotton due to U.S subsidies. The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture has reported the total failure of the P.M's Vidharbha package. The package failed because it was more of a Monsanto aid package than a farmer relief package. ..more