What was the important lesson from 1943 Bengal famine for which the British Govt. is still blamed?

by Seva Lamberdar Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:37 am

In spite of people and leaders (local and regional) failing to bring changes and reforms in agriculture and farming on their own and while even acting as deterrent, including opposition from vested interests, to changes and reforms by Govt. in laws and conditions involving agriculture and farming, the Govt. should forge ahead with the necessary reforms and changes in practices and laws related to agriculture and farming.

by Seva Lamberdar Fri Dec 04, 2020 7:35 am

Farmers in India have been experiencing serious financial difficulties for many years, leading to some of them getting out of farming occupation completely or commit suicides, etc., when their economic condition became really bad.

Although the Govts. in the past have been coming to the aid of farmers with subsidies etc. regularly, almost on the yearly basis, it is time for current Govt. to do something permanently to improve farmers' condition through changes in the existing laws and practices related to farming / agriculture.

The current Govt. leaders must keep in mind the incident involving 1943 Bengal famine which had been in the making for several years -- due mostly to the regressive practices / policies of the locals (people and leaders) -- but, unfortunately, no remedial steps were taken by the then Govt. also to avert the deplorable condition.

by Seva Lamberdar Sun Dec 06, 2020 12:12 pm

The Indian Govt. is justified to urgently implement the changes and reforms in policies and practices related to agriculture / farming to improve farmers' condition, considering

(1) The Govt. in the past often had to provide financial aid and subsidies to farmers to keep them in business;

(2) Many times in the past, and repeatedly at the insistence of farmers and their families facing extreme financial hardships including bankruptcies and threatening suicides, the Govt. was forced to jump in to take care of and excuse large outstanding farming bank loans to defaulting farmers; and

(3) The farmers currently are stuck permanently (for more than seven decades since India's Independence in 1947) under the demeaning label as backward class to qualify for Govt. help for their children in education and jobs as OBC, which certainly reflects poorly on those engaged in farming, thus making it absolutely necessary for the Govt. to introduce current changes and reforms in farming and agriculture.

by Seva Lamberdar Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:22 am

Incidentally, in the past years I had watched many TV programs and listened to radio programs telecast / broadcast by Info-Canadians in Toronto and Vancouver etc., which included complaints from program hosts and guests on the "bad" condition of Indian (Punjabi and others) farmers, especially the enormous farming bank loans and suicides in the case of farmers.

Moreover, these people on TV and radio would complain that the Govt. In India was not doing enough to improve farmers' condition (basically forgive the bank loans to farmers easily, entirely and all the time).

But now, when the Govt. in India is trying to implement a long term permanent solution to problems faced by farmers, the same people (including TV and radio programs, their hosts and guests) are complaining and protesting against Govt. for going against farmers.

Do these protesters and complainers everywhere want the Indian Govt. to excuse / forgive the farming bank loans and dispense farming subsidies only, and do little else on farming and to improve farmers' condition?

by Seva Lamberdar Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:23 am

With regards to the vested interests alluded to in the main post, there is the possibility of various rich farmers, landowners and others protesting and colluding to defeat the Govt's improvement agenda / program on farming, hoping that the subsistence farmers remain backward and poor thus posing no economic / business competition to rich farmers / landowners in future and they (poor / subsistence farmers currently) continue in future, as in the past, to be easily and cheaply available farm-hands for work with rich farmers and landowners.

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What was the important lesson from 1943 Bengal famine for which the British Govt. is still blamed?

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