Why should Chinas entry into food production affect Indian farmers?
Dr Swaminathan and [the late] C Subramaniam were the founders and promoters of India’s Green Revolution. Now the government of India seems to be neglecting agriculture and promoting information-technology, and money that IT is contributing to the Indian economy is being spent on armaments. If they spend a fraction of what they are spending on armaments on improving the lot of poor rural farmers, everybody would be much better off. Are you saying the Indian government lacks sensitivity about the plight of the small farmers? I believe it is so. They should be reminded that 70 percent of Indians live in rural communities. These people from rural areas who decide to move to urban areas only create trouble for themselves and for the environment. They move into slums of Mumbai and suffer immeasurably because they can’t find employment and they live in terrible conditions. This is why we are doing our best to help the rural people to use their resources to their advantage. Dr Sudarshan asked
