India’s agricultural yields are abysmal. The country farms far too much land area and produces far too little grain output, with way too many people dependent on this inefficient operation. It’s a trap of poverty that destroys the environment as collateral damage. And if one takes BR Ambedkar’s social critique into consideration, it does all this while breeding a culture of casteism, in turn making the village a cesspool.
Agriculture, over and above being a significant source of spending in the Union budget, is a state subject as well. State governments, put together, likely spend more than the Union. Which makes one ask: with an estimated Rs 7 Lakh Crore spending in one year between the states and Union, what are we getting? Why are the yields so poor that we don’t even match the global average?