[Assam] Potatoeconomics of Assam

[umesh sharma]

thats why one should be careful about demand and supply. grow what has sustained demand - like some cash crops -- tea, mushrooms, soyabeans -- I am just guessing. or grow which nobody else is growing - saffron, sandalwood

Umesh

Manoj Das <dasmk2k at gmail.com> wrote: uttamda

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On 3/31/08, uttam borthakur  wrote:
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> A news item in Pratidin makes a difficult reading. Less of facts, more of
> opinions.
> But an item published on 31st March2008 is of concern. The prices of
> potato have suddenly plummetted in Assam. Apparently it should indicate the
> positive impact of withdrawal of Value Added Tax on food items. But it is
> not, because of the simple reason that the prices of rice-cereals etc. have
> remained sky-high.
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> Then why this sudden drop in potato prices? Its answer can be found in the
> huge production of potato in Barpeta district under the aegis of the Oxom
> Unnati Sabha. In order to ensure that the Oxomiya farmers producing potato
> incur loss and do not dare to cultivate it again successfully, the mainland
> India trading lobby or the oligopoly or the cartel, by whatever name called,
> has suddenly reduced the market prices of potato so that the reigning market
> prices would not allow the local cultivators recover the input prices, let
> alone make a profit. Moreover, storing in Assam is a bit difficult, because
> of dearth of cold storage facility and lack of electricity to run the cold
> storages effectively.
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> Such things have been taking place in Assam for a number of years in
> respect of tea, vegetables and now Potato. Some people may argue that let
> the market forces rule, as in any free market system. But history of
> economics shows that it is the trade barriers, subsidies and in short the
> protective policies of the state that have allowed the economies of rich
> nations grow. So such advocates  actually are the spokespersons of the
> mighty, and in this case that of the mainland India that uses Assam like a
> hinterland. Moreover, had it been a fairplay, it would have been acceptable.
> But here is a design working to stifle capital formation in Assam and the
> Indian State and its local lackeys are helping such a design to succeed by
> its inaction or covert helping hand.
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> I believe that we should do whatever we can to foil and expose such
> nefarious designs. Yes, desecration of archeological relics is important
> issue to tackle. But brazen economic loot is no less a question.
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>   I am also surprised that the outfits that want secession or sovereignty
> of Assam, do not point out these injustices in everyday life and restrict
> themselves to denouncing state atrocities, to which campaign people have
> become desensitized to an extent, as it smacks of partisanship. The major
> problem with these outfits are that they have failed to give anyone an
> alternative picture or system, if they have one, to fire the imaginations of
> the people, who they apparently want to win over.
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> Uttam Kumar Borthakur
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